Career Biography Michael has worked at the University of Aberdeen, where he was director of the Scottish Centre for International Security, and at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
Research His research interests are in the fields of international security, North-East Asia, and the international politics of space. Recent publications include International Security: An Analytical Survey (2005). National and International Security (2000); Elements in Political Science, (with Frank Bealy and Richard Chapman, 1999), and The Balance of Power: History and Theory (1996). He is currently completing a book on The International Politics of Space. His current research focuses on the military use of outer space, and on the relationship between democracy and war. He is director of the Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict here at Swansea.
Teaching Michael teaches the Level 3 module on The International Politics of Space, and co-teaches the Level 2 module on International Security and the Level 1 module on War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, as well as severeal modules on the MA programme.
