Joseph Camilleri (born 1944) is an Australian citizen of Maltese descent.
As Professor of International Relations, he currently holds Personal Chair in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University.
He has taught over thirty different subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the following areas ranging from theories of world politics, conflict analysis and peace research to nuclear weapons in international relations, oil and the politics of the Middle East, and the foreign policies of the United States, China, Russia, France, Japan, and Australia.
His many research projects include governance and the development of multilateral regional and global institutions.
Since 1995 he has been a Member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security and Cooperation in Asia Pacific (AUS CSCAP).