
Fraser CAMERON
Director of the EU-Russia Centre and a senior adviser at the European Policy Centre
and the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels
IUEU Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Fraser Cameron was in residence at La Trobe University from March to April 2009. Fraser Cameron was educated at St Andrews (MA) and Cambridge (PhD) universities. He has been a Research Fellow at the University of Hamburg and a Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Kent. He was a member of the British diplomatic service for several years, serving in New York, Bonn and East Berlin. He joined the European Commission as an adviser in 1990, and was Head of the Political and Academic Affairs Section in the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington DC. While serving in the Commission he has been closely involved in the external relations of the Union, specialising in transatlantic relations, European security issues, and enlargement. He has been a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, the European University in Florence, and the University of Edinburgh. He has lectured widely in Europe and the US. He is now the Director of the EU-Russia Centre and a senior adviser at the European Policy Centre and the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels. He is a visiting Professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a number of other universities. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the external relations of the EU and is also an adviser to the UK Higher Education Council panel on Europe. His published books include The Enlargement of the European Union (1998), Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union (1999) and US Foreign Policy after the Cold War (2005).
During his time as the IUEU Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Fraser Cameron presented public lectures at Flinders University, the Barr Smith Library at University of Adelaide, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne, James Cook University and Macquarie University, as well as the Australian Institue of Internation Relations in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Dr Cameron's topics covered such diverse areas as:
How the EU Really Works (Flinders University)
Transatlantic Relations under Obama (University of Adelaide)
The EU’s Relations with its Strategic Partners: The US, Russia and China (University of Melbourne)
The EU: The Next Superpower? (La Trobe University)
Can the European Union Survive its Present Crises (AIIA, Melbourne)
Prospects for EU–Russia Relations (AIIA, Brisbane)
Dealing with the Dragon: the EU and China (James Cook University & Macquarie University*)
How will Russia play Europe in the Age of Obama? Can the EU, Russia and the US work together? (AIIA, Sydney)
Click here to view the invitiations produced for these events by the various states involved: 
Dr Cameron has made the slide presentations for two of his public lectures available for download from this site:
During his time in Australia, Dr Cameron spoke on Radio National with Phillip Adams on the future of the European Union. The audio of that interview is available to download from ABC Radio National at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2533668.htm.

* The public seminar that Dr Cameron presented at Macquarie University was part of a series of events supported by the Macquarie University Art Gallery that corresponded with the exhibition by artist Dr Fan Dongwang titled Enter the Dragon. This is a survey show that explores the influence of traditional Chinese calligraphy on Fan's practice in which the visual language, culture and historical significance of the Chinese Dragon emerges. The artist fuses pop culture stylistic elements with Chinese iconography and successfully produces a cross cultural overlay.

For more information on the Macquarie University Art Gallery and related events: 
For the media release visit: http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/events/index.asp?ItemID=3711
To view coverage of this event by The Globe visit: http://www.international.mq.edu.au/globe/default.aspx?id=215&EditionID=248
A slideshow of photos from various events will be added in the near future.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Philip Bull, P.J.Bull@latrobe.edu.au