Bates Gill
Bates Gill (born May 2, 1959 ) is an American political scientist and has been CEO of the United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney since October 2012 .
Previously, from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012, he was the sixth director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) . He was the first American to hold this post.
Bates Gill is married to the virologist Sarah Palmer.
Life
Previous positions include the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC , and the post of Director at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution , also in Washington, DC in 1993 Until 1997, Bates Gill founded and led the East Asia Arms Control and Security Project at SIPRI.
Bates Gill received his PhD in foreign policy from the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at Virginia University .
After a two-year stay abroad in China and Taiwan and a five-year stay in various European countries, Bates Gill has mastered the languages English, Chinese and French.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Sydney: Dr Bates Gill Archivlink ( Memento June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Bates Gill new SIPRI Director
- ↑ a b Stockholm International Peace Research Institute : Dr Bates Gill appointed as Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( Memento of April 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gill, Bates |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gill, R. Bates; Gill, Robert Bates (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1959 |