James Batley
20152020

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Biography

James Batley is a Distinguished Policy Fellow in the Department of Pacific Affairs, a unit of the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University.  Prior to joining ANU he had a long career in government.  He joined Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 1984. In the early part of his career he was posted to Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. From 1997-1999 he was Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands. During this time he also served two terms as the senior Australian civilian member of the Bougainville Truce Monitoring Group and the Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group. From 1999-2002 he was the head of Australia’s diplomatic mission in East Timor, becoming Australia’s first Ambassador to East Timor following that country’s independence in 2002. From 2004-2006 he served as the leader of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and from 2007-2009 he was Australian High Commissioner to Fiji (and Permanent Representative to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat). In Canberra Mr Batley worked in a range of senior positions including Deputy Director-General of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Research interests

The Pacific Islands (esp Melanesia) - politics, governance, development, regional and international relations

Australia's relations with the Pacific

Solomon Islands - politics, governance, development, peace and conflict

Vanuatu - politics, governance, development

Qualifications

BA (Hons)

Expertise Areas

  • Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
  • International Relations

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