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class=468062102-07052009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Background on Mike
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<P><FONT size=1>Michael (Mike) Smith was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
Austcare in December 2002. Austcare is an independent and non-sectarian
non-profit humanitarian aid and development organisation based in Sydney,
Australia, which has worked in more than 30 countries for 40 years. Austcare’s
particular focus is on human security and poverty reduction in emergency,
conflict and post-conflict situations – principally, protection, peacebuilding
and sustainable development of displaced people and their host communities, and
those affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Mike was on the Executive Committee of the Australian Council
for International Development in 2003-05. He is an Adjunct Professor at
the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University; a
Member of the National Consultative Committee on International Security Issues
to the Foreign Minister; a Member of the International Advisory Board of the
Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University; and a
Rotarian. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Previously, Mike served with the Australian Defence Force,
retiring in February 2002 with the rank of Major General. His last assignment
was as Deputy Force Commander for the UN Transitional Adminis­tration in
East Timor (UNTAET). His book <EM>Peacekeeping in</EM> <EM>East Timor: the
Path to Independence</EM> (Lynne Rienner, 2003) and his chapter on “East Timor”
in <EM>Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations</EM> (William J. Durch (Ed), USIP,
2007) identifies the lessons for intervention and
peacebuilding. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>During his service, General Smith held command appointments from
platoon to brigade level, and he saw service in Cambodia, East Timor, Kashmir
and Papua New Guinea, where he experienced the tragedies caused by poverty and
landmines. In 1998, he was team leader and principal author for the Australian
Army's keystone strategic doctrine <EM>The Fundamentals of Land Warfare</EM>. He
has published articles on issues of national and human security, strategy and
defence, and peacekeeping and peacebuilding.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Mike was educated at Sydney Boys’ High School. He is a graduate
of the Royal Military College Duntroon, the Australian Army Command and Staff
College, and the Australian Defence College. He holds a BA in History from the
University of New South Wales, and an MA in International Relations from the
Australian National University. He has a Diploma of Management and is a
Member of the Corporate Directors’ Association, having completed the Company
Directors Course at the University of New England.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1>Mike is married to Margaret Bain-Smith, and they have three
adult sons. Mike is a struggling golfer, discerning rugby spectator, and
enjoys reading, music and the theatre.</FONT></P> <FONT face=Arial
size=1>From <A
href="http://www.austcare.org.au/aboutus/our-people/mike-smith-bio.aspx">http://www.austcare.org.au/aboutus/our-people/mike-smith-bio.aspx</A></FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt">’s ‘Smart Power’: the Asia Pacific Civil-Military
Centre of Excellence<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Asia-Pacific Civil-Military Centre of
Excellence</SPAN></I> was set up in 2008 by the Rudd Government to develop
‘national civil-military capabilities to prevent, prepare for and respond
more effectively to conflicts and disasters overseas’. The recent
White Paper expresses the Government’s continued resolve to support this
key aspect of our foreign policy responses.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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on a collaborative approach, and the nurturing of trusting relationships
with government, international partners and relevant non-government
organisations alike. But there are many different organisations and goals
at stake in this arena, and such an approach is no doubt easier to say
than to do. What then are the challenges and opportunities facing
this new organisation, and what are the rewards for doing so?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the next Wednesday Lunch at Lowy,
Michael G. Smith AO, </SPAN></FONT>Executive Director of the Asia Pacific
Civil-Military Centre of Excellence, will join us to discuss the way ahead
for the Centre, and its purpose and value in today’s world. The
presentation will cover the key people and organisations the Centre deals
with and particularly, how the Centre will seek to work with international
partners and relevant non-government organisations, and some of the
challenges faced in these interactions.<o:p></o:p></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Michael (Mike) Smith is the founding
Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of
Excellence. From 2002-2008 he was CEO of Austcare, an independent
non-government aid and development agency that focuses on human security.
Mike formerly served as an Army Officer in the Australian Defence Force
for 34 years, retiring in 2002 as a Major General. He is an Adjunct
Professor at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Griffith</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and a Member of the International
Advisory Board of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Australian</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He also lectures on
international security issues at the Centre for International Security
Studies at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, and has delivered a number
of keynote addresses on peace-related issues at international forums.
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