Clive Williams (professor)

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Clive Williams
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Williams in 2013
Born
Clive Owen Gestern Williams

(1945-03-01) 1 March 1945 (age 79)
Nationality Australian
EducationMA Hons Criminology BA Hons
Alma mater University of Melbourne
King's College London
Occupation(s)Academic, Visiting Professor, Military / Defence Intelligence, Lecturer, Author
Military career
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branch Australian Army
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Awards Medal for Gallantry
Website Clive Williams

Clive Owen Gestern Williams, MG (born 1 March 1945) [1] is a British-born former Australian Army Military Intelligence officer, and academic with research interests in terrorism and counterterrorism, politically motivated violence, insurgency and counterinsurgency. [2]

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Career

Military

Williams was born in London but his early career was as an officer in Australian Military Intelligence, which included a number of overseas intelligence appointments. As a 2nd Lieutenant in the Australian Army Intelligence Corps (AUSTINT), he served with 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1966, and was awarded the Medal for Gallantry. [3] He served in the Australian Army until 1981.

Civilian

Defence Intelligence

After leaving the Army, Williams pursued a civilian career in Australian Defence Intelligence, working mainly on transnational issues. He had a Chevening Scholarship at the War Studies Department, King's College London in 1987. His last Defence appointment was Director of Security Intelligence with responsibility for running high-level security investigations. He left Defence in 2002

Academic

Clive Williams has worked and lectured internationally on terrorism-related issues since 1980, and started running terrorism courses at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1996. Since leaving Defence in 2002, Williams has run terrorism and national security-related Masters course electives at the ANU and a number of Australian and overseas universities. This included a Masters course unit on Terrorism Law at the University of Sydney. He regularly conducts field work in his areas of research interest, including Afghanistan. He has been a Visiting Professor at the ANU College of Law's Centre for Military and Security Law since January 2012.

Clive Williams is also an adjunct professor / lecturer at Macquarie University Sydney Australia [4] and a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales, Canberra [5]

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Professional associations

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