Anna Powles

Associate Professor Anna Powles is a faculty member in Security Studies at Massey University, specializing in Pacific security and geopolitics. She also serves as an Expert Associate at the ANU National Security College.

• Expertise: Pacific security, geopolitics, New Zealand foreign and defence policy

Prior to her academic career, Powles worked on conflict and humanitarian emergencies in Timor-Leste and the Pacific with organizations such as the United Nations and International Crisis Group. She holds a PhD from the Australian National University.