Peter Khalil
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.
Recent Publications
Khalil P 2008 'Afghanistan mission must not be allowed to fail', Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December. 
Khalil P 2008 'Get to know your enemy', Australian Literary Review, The Australian, 3 September.
Khalil P 2008 'Iraq withdrawal makes sense and leaves US alliance rock solid', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June.
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. by Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp 69-93.
Khalil P 2006 'Bush's bunch of bad options', The Australian, 8 December.
Khalil P 2006 'UK Stability not Democracy', The Guardian, 6 December.
Khalil P 2006 'Rebuilding and Reforming the Iraqi Security Sector: U.S. Policy during Democratic Transition' Brookings Institution Analysis Paper 1 July.
Khalil P 2005 'Don't ignore Sunni triangle', The Australian, 31 January.
Khalil P 2005 'Is this our Unwinnable war?', The Age, 17 July.
Khalil P 2005 'Iraq security strategy: a complex challenge', Australian Strategic Policy Institute Strategic Insight, vol. 13.
Khalil P 2004 'In Iraq, Less Can Be More', New York Times, 20 December.
Selection of speeches/testimony/interviews
Khalil P 2008 'Australian troops in Iraq; mission accomplished', interview, ABC Rear Vision, 1 June.
Khalil P 2008 'Digger dies in Afghanistan', interview, 7:30 Report interview 28 April.
Khalil P 2006 'Policy adviser says US troops must stay in Iraq', interview, ABC World Today, 7 December.
Khalil P 2006 'Egyptian president losing grip on power', interview, 7:30 Report, 24 May.
Khalil P 2005 'Interview with Peter Khalil', interview, Council on Foreign Relations, 22 September.
Khalil P 2005 'DFAT team doing all they can to seek Wood's release: expert', interview, Lateline, 17 May.
Khalil P 2005 'Building Iraqi Security Forces', written testimony to the House Subcommittee on National Security and Emerging Threats, March.
Khalil P 2005 'Strategies for Shaping US policy in Iraq and the Middle East', written testimony to US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1 February.
Khalil P 2004 'Securing Iraq', interview, MacNeil Lehrer Newshour, 3 December.