Jim Rolfe

James (Jim) Rolfe's research and publications focus on Asia-Pacific security issues and on their relationship to New Zealand's security. 

He has had a career in both the public and university sector. He started his working life in the New Zealand Army, moved to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet as a policy adviser dealing with a range of security issues and completed his PhD while there.

He was Director for the Centre for Strategic Studies from 2013 to November 2015, having previously served as Deputy Director of the Centre and Associate Director of the Master of International Relations Programme at VUW in the period 1991-2001.

Dr Rolfe then moved to the United States as an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for six years. He returned to the Ministry of Defence where he was Principal Adviser, Strategic Policy for several years and from where he was seconded to the Australian Civil-Military Centre as Deputy Director.

Dr Rolfe's research interests have focused on issues of national and regional security and on the relationships between actors within security complexes. He has a range of books and journal articles on these issues.