Dr. Athol Yates

Dr. Athol Yates teaches on civil security, security technology, internal security, disaster management, public policy, and research methods. His research focuses on the UAE public policy decision-making, the machinery of government, and UAE security structure and organizations. He has a particular interest in military, policing and intelligence history of the UAE. His major recent publications are:

• The Evolution of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (2020)
• Naval Force of Abu Dhabi 1967-1976 (2019)
• The Military and Police Forces of the Trucial States and the United Arab Emirates 1951-1980 (2018)

• Ph.D. (Public Policy) Australian National University, 2011
• MA (Public Policy) Australian National University, 2000
• Graduate Diploma (Soviet Studies) University of Melbourne, 1991
• B.Eng. Monash University, 1986

• National security
• Internal security/homeland security
• Disaster management
• Comparative civil security
• UAE security history
• Thesis writing
• Public policy