Russell Brunell Trood (5 December 1948 – 9 January 2017) was a

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for the state of Queensland, Australia. His surprise election as the third Liberal from Queensland in the 2004 Federal Election, along with 38 other Coalition Senators gave the

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a majority in the Senate and thus control of both houses of

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. He did not retain his seat in the

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. His term in the senate ended on 30 June 2011.

Education

He was previously Associate Professor of

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in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at

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. He worked alongside the academic

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. Dr Trood trained in law (the

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) at the

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, had a master's degree in strategic studies from the

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and a PhD in international relations from

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, Canada.

Career

Trood was Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs and co-chair of the Joint Standing Committee for the Library. Dr Trood was a member of the

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, the

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, the Australian Committee of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (AUSPECC). He was the Director of the Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia relations (CSAAR) at Griffith University from 1991 to 2003. He was a member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) and the Queensland Council of the

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. He authored numerous articles and chapters in journals and books on security and foreign policy issues and was a frequent media commentator on these matters. His publications include: ''The Emerging Global Order: Australian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century'' (2008); ''Power Shift: Challenges for Australia in Northeast Asia'' (2004); ''Strategic Culture in the Asia-Pacific'' (2000); ''Bilateralism in a Multilateral Era'' (1997); ''The Asia-Australia Survey 1996–97'' (1996); ''The Future Pacific Economic Order: Australia's Role'' (1993) and ''The Indian Ocean: Perspectives on a Strategic Arena'' (1985).

Post-career and later life

In 2012, Trood became the

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(UNAA) National President replacing Professor Sen. Robert Hill AC. In February 2016, Trood was diagnosed with an aggressive form of thyroid cancer. He died in January 2017.

References

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