Mark Beeson (born 1952) is an adjunct professor at the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney.
Prior to this he was Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia in Perth.
[1] Beeson is a prolific author and editor in International Relations and Asian Politics.
His work often adopts a critical perspective, for example, challenging rosy assessments of progress in regional integration projects such as the Association for Southeast Asian Nations.
He also has written widely and influentially on environmental threats and governance.