He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. He also worked with the Universities of Birmingham (Professor of International Politics), York (UK), Murdoch, Griffith and Queensland (Australia). Recent published books include Regionalism, Globalization and East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development, (Palgrave, 2007), Securing Southeast Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform, (with Alex Bellamy, Routledge, 2007), Bush and Asia: America's Evolving Relations with East Asia (ed., Routledge, 2006). Professor Beeson publishes extensively on his areas of expertise and is engaged in several projects that analyse the geopolitical context in which processes of regional integration are unfolding in East Asia.