Leanne Piggott
BA (Hons) Syd. MA Syd. MPhil. Oxford Phd Syd.
Senior Lecturer
l.piggott@econ.usyd.edu.au
Room 385
H04 Merewether Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 4075
Fax: +61 2 9351 6635
Leanne Piggott is the Deputy Director of the Centre for International Security Studies where she heads up the Centre's Energy Security program. She is a specialist on the Middle East, with a particular interest in governance reform and security in the region, and is the author of the book, The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Timeless Struggle. Her other recent publications include The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment, a jointly authored book published by the RAND Corporation.
Leanne is a member of the Australian Government's Foreign Affairs Council and the Editorial Advisory Board of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Research Expertise
- Energy Security
- Terrorism and counter-terrorism
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Middle East Security
- Politics of the Middle East