Dr Keith Suter, Broadcaster & Social Commentator

Dr Keith Suter is an economic and social commentator, strategic planner, conference speaker, author and broadcaster.

As a broadcaster, he appears on Australian radio an average of once per day. He is the TV Channel 7 “Sunrise” foreign affairs editor. He is also a foreign policy analyst for Sky TV Australia and Radio 4BC Brisbane.

He also holds the following offices:Director of Studies, International Law Association (Australian Branch)Chairperson, International Commission of Jurists (NSW)Chairperson, International Humanitarian Law Committee, Australian Red Cross (NSW).

His first degree is from the University of Sussex (international relations/international law). His first doctorate (University of Sydney) was on the international law of guerrilla warfare (a study of the two 1977 Additional Protocols to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions) and his second (Deakin University) was on the economic and social consequences of the arms race. 

He also teaches politics at the Sydney international campus of Boston University, USA. He has been a member of the international think tank The Club of Rome since 1993. 

In 1986: International Year of Peace, he was awarded the Australian Government’s Peace Medal. In 1994, he was voted “Australian Communicator of the Year”. In 2007 he was awarded the Australian Red Cross Distinguished Service Medal. He was the President of the UN Association (NSW) 1979-1985 and 1993-99, and President UN Association (WA) 1987-90. He was National President 1982-5. He is now a Life Member of the UN Association (NSW).