Dr Leanne Piggott
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.
Recent Publications
Bliuc A-M, Ellis R, Goodyear P and Piggott L 2009 'Learning through face-to-face and online discussions: Associations between students' conceptions, approaches and academic performance in political science', British Journal of Educational Technology, vol 40: 4, pp. 1-13.
Piggott L 2009 Forthcoming 'The "Bush Doctrine" and the Use of Force in International Law' in Impact of 9/11 and the New Legal Landscape, vol. 3 of series The Day that Changed Everything?, Praeger International Security Press, Santa Barbara, United States, pp. 241-266.
Piggott L 2009 'Middle East Outlook and Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region', Special Report, Issue 23, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra. 
Piggott L 2009 'Book Review: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Roots of Anti-Americanism', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 63:2, pp. 330-31.
Chalk P, Rabasa A, Rosenau W and Piggott L 2009 The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica.
Dupont A and Piggott L 2009 'Managing the Terrorist Threat from Southeast Asia: A Strategic Response', Australian Federal Police.
Ellis R, Ginns P and Piggott L 2009 'E-learning in higher education: some key aspects and their relationship to approaches to study', Higher Education Research & Development, vol 28:3, pp 303-318.
Piggott L 2009 'Asia’s Growing Dependence on Middle East Oil and Gas: the strategic implications', Third Australasian Conference on the Economics and Politics of War and Peace, University of Sydney, 26-27 June.
Piggott L 2009 'Political Islamist Groups in Australia' in Global Survey of Islamism, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk New York.
Piggott L 2008 'Australia and Israel: A Pictorial History', The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra.
Piggott L 2008 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Timeless Struggle, Science Press, Sydney.
Lyon R, Piggott L et al 2007 'The War on Terror after Iraq: Report of an Independent Task Force', Special Report, Issue 11, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Piggott L 2007 'Middle East Security After Iraq', Special Report, Issue 10, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Piggott L 2007 'Iraq and its Implications for Middle East Security', ASPI International Conference: Global Forces 2007, Canberra, Australia.
Piggott L 2006 'Globalization, Power and Reform in the Middle East: Arab responses to September 11 and its aftermath ' in Globalization and Conflict: National Security in a 'New' Strategic Era, ed. Robert G. Patman, Routledge, London pp. 168-184.
Piggott L 2005 'Book Review - Israel and Palestine: Why They Fight and Can They Stop?- Bernard Wasserstein', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol.59:1, pp. 106-108.
Piggott L 2005 'The Tribal Straightjacket: Pre-Modern Challenges to Twenty-first Century Development and Reform in the MENA Region', Global Development Studies, vol.3:3-4, pp. 89-120.
Piggott L 2005 'Tribalism in the Arab MENA Region', Policy, vol.21:1, pp. 15-20.
Piggott L 2005 'An Ideal Betrayed: Australia, Britain and the Palestine Question, 1947-1948',Middle East Studies Association, Washington DC, The United States of America.
Piggott L 2005 'Outside Inside: A Dynamic for Reform in the Arab World?'First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
Piggott L 2004 'How International Law Fails Us', Far Eastern Economic Review, vol.24.
Piggott L 2004 'Security and Legitimacy: Managing the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict', The Sydney Papers, vol.16:2, pp. 31-39.
Piggott L 2004 'The Pharaohs of Our Time Framing the Enemy in Muslim Political Discourse',Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Wakiki, Hawaii.
Piggott L 2003 'Confidence-Building Through Regional Education' in Bridging a Gulf: Peacebuilding in West Asia, ed. Majid Tehranian, I.B.Tauris, London pp. 221-230.