Peter Khalil
Adjunct Associate Professor
Room 384
H04 - Merewether Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 9252
Fax: +61 2 9351 6635
Prior to joining CISS, Peter Khalil worked for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as his Foreign Policy/National Security adviser and as Senior International Adviser, Intelligence and Operations to the Minister for Defence. In these roles he provided foreign policy, defence and national security advice, including on Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Solomon Islands, the US relationship and on other global deployments and operational issues.
Prior to these appointments, he was a New York-based political risk analyst and consultant, providing advice to clients in government, multinational corporations and Wall Street financial institutions. Peter has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC (2004/05) after earlier working in both the Departments of Defence and Foreign Affairs. From August 2003-May 2004 Peter was the Director of National Security Policy for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and was awarded the Australian Overseas Humanitarian Services medal for his service.
Peter has testified before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and published widely including op-ed pieces in the New York Times, the Australian, Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald, and made regular appearances on CNN, ABC and BBC.Peter has a Masters of International Laws from the Australian National University and a Bachelors of Law and Arts from Melbourne University.
Publications
2008
Newspaper Article/s
Khalil P 2008 'Iraq withdrawal makes sense and leaves US alliance rock solid', Sydney Morning Herald- 2 June
Film or Broadcast
Khalil P 2008 'Australian troops in Iraq; mission accomplished', ABC Rear Vision: Interview-1 June, 1st January 2008-31st December 2008
Khalil P 2008 'Digger dies in Afghanistan', 7:30 Report: Interview- 28 April, 1st January 2008-31st December 2008
2006
Book Section/s
Khalil P 2006 'Cooperation and resistance under occupation: a complex web' in Beyond the Iraq War: the Promises, Pitfalls and Perils of External Interventionism, ed. Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 69-93
Report/s
Khalil P 2006 'Rebuilding and Reforming the Iraqi Security Sector: U.S. Policy during Democratic Transition', Brookings Institution Analysis Paper
Newspaper Article/s
Khalil P 2006 'Bush’s bunch of bad options', The Australian- 8 December
Khalil P 2006 'UK Stability not Democracy', The Guardian- 6 December
Film or Broadcast
Khalil P 2006 'Egyptian president losing grip on power', 7:30 Report: Interview-24 May, 1st January 2006-31st December 2006
Khalil P 2006 'Policy adviser says US troops must stay in Iraq', ABC World Today: Interview- 7 December, 1st January 2006-31st December 2006
2005
Report/s
Khalil P 2005 'Iraq security strategy: a complex challenge', Australian Strategic Policy Institute Strategic Insight-Vol 13
Khalil P 2005 'Building Iraqi Security Forces', written testimony to the House Subcommittee on National Security and Emerging Threats
Khalil P 2005 'Strategies for Shaping US policy in Iraq and the Middle East', written testimony to US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Newspaper Article/s
Khalil P 2005 'Don’t ignore Sunni triangle', The Australian-31 January
Khalil P 2005 'Is this our Unwinnable war?', The Age- 17 July
Film or Broadcast
Khalil P 2005 'DFAT team doing all they can to seek Wood's release: expert', Lateline: Interview- 17 May, 1st January 2005-31st December 2005
Khalil P 2005 'Interview with Peter Khalil', Council on Foreign Relations: Interview- 22 September, 1st January 2005-31st December 2005
2004
Newspaper Article/s
Khalil P 2004 'In Iraq, Less Can Be More', New York Times-20 December
Khalil P 2004 'Securing Iraq', MacNeil Lehrer Newshour: Interview- 3 December