Professor Carlyle Thayer

Professor Carl Thayer is Emeritus Professor of Politics and Visiting Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

He is also Director of Thayer Consultancy providing political analysis of regional security issues and other research support to selected clients.

He is a Southeast Asia regional and Vietnam country specialist with a focus on domestic politics, foreign policy, international relations and regional security. He has over 500 publications and gives over 200 media interviews annually.