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Dr Keith Suter is a broadcaster (appearing on radio an average of onceper day), journalist, strategic planner, conference speaker and author. He is a Senior Fellow with the Global Business Network (Australia). He is also the Consultant on Social Policy at Wesley Mission (Sydney), and Consultant to Aged Services Association (NSW), Health Services Association (NSW), and the Conflict Resolution Network. He is also the Executive Director of the National Goals and Directions (a think tank working on Australia’s future). His first doctorate was in the international law of guerrilla warfare and his second in the economic and social consequences of the arms race. His masters degree is in religious studies and was on the role of the Uniting Church in the debate over economic justice.

He is the Chairperson of the Environment Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chairperson of International Humanitarian Law Committee of Australian Red Cross (NSW), Vice-President of the International commission of Jurists (NSW), andDirector of Studies, International Law Association (Australian Branch). Between 1979 and 1999 he was at various times the national and state presidents (NSW and WA) of the United Nations Association of Australia. In 1999 he was made a Life Member of the UN Association. From 1991-1998 he was the President of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney. His current teaching positions include part-time lecturer in the Department of Social Work, University of Sydney.