Authored Books:

Mortensen, J, Thompson, S (under contract), National Security in Late Colonial and Early-Federation Australia 1880s-1930s: Security within Empire, Palgrave Macmillan

Thompson, S (2019), The United States and Southeast Asian Regionalism: Collective Security and Economic Development, 1945-75, Routledge

Thompson, S, (2015) British Military Withdrawal from South-East Asia and the Rise of Regional Cooperation, 1964-1973, Palgrave Macmillan

Edited Journal:

Harris Rimmer, S and Thompson, S. eds. (2018), Security Challenges, Vol. 14, No. 2, special issue on Women and National Security

Articles and Chapters:

Thompson, S (forthcoming) ‘John Nott’ in Antony Mullen, Martin Farr, David Jeffery and Sam Blaxland (eds) Thatcher’s Ministers, Palgrave Macmillan

Thompson, S (forthcoming), ‘Cooperative Defence and Allied Planning in Southeast Asia during the Cold War’, in J. Blaxland (ed) Contingencies and compromises: mobilising the Australian Army, Cambridge University Press

Thompson, S (2022), ‘World War II and the post-1945 “world order” in the Indo-Pacific’, in O. Turner, N. Nymalm & W. Aslam (eds), Routledge Handbook of US Policy in the Indo-Pacific, Routledge

Thompson, S, (2021) ‘The Nixon Doctrine and United States Post-World War II Regional Cooperation Policy on Southeast Asia’, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol 23 Issue 1

Thompson, S, (2021), ‘Kidnapped to Ranches and Canefields: Was Australia home to slavery in the 19th Century?’, in Atlas of Enslavement: Facts and figures about forced labour and exploitation, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Thompson, S, (2020) ‘The Foundations of Australia-Thailand Security Ties, 1945-65’ in Bill Tow (ed), Australia and Thailand: A Strategic Reset?, Centre of Gravity Series, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU

Harris Rimmer, S and Thompson, S (2018), ‘Celebrating and Interrogating Women and National Security’, Security Challenges, Vol. 14, No. 2

Thompson, S, (2017) ‘The Evolution of Southeast Asian Regionalism: Foreign Power Support for Regional Initiatives, 1947-77’, Journal of ASEAN Studies, Vol 5. No. 1

Thompson, S, (2015) ‘Leadership and Dependency: Indonesia’s Regional and Global Role, 1945-1975’ in C. Roberts, L. Sebastian & D. Habir (eds), Indonesia’s Ascent: Power, Leadership and the Regional Order, Palgrave Macmillan

Thompson, S, (2014) ‘The Greatest Success of British Diplomacy in Southeast Asia in Recent Years? British Diplomacy and the end of Confrontation, 1965-1966’, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 25 No. 2

Thompson, S, (2014), ‘The historical foundations of Indonesia’s regional and global role’, in Roberts C, Habir D, Sebastian L (eds), Indonesia’s Ascent: Power, Leadership and Asia’s Security Order, ANU Press

Thompson, S, (2011), ‘The Western Powers and the Origins of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia: The international dimension, 1945-1967’ Global Change, Peace and Security, Vol. 23 No. 1

Commentaries:

‘‘Australian and ASEAN: A storied History’, Lowy Interpreter, February 2024, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-asean-storied-hi...

‘Cold War hangovers and why there is no Asian NATO’, Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, 25 August 2022, https://www.policyforum.net/cold-war-hangovers-and-why-there-is-no-asian...

‘The Significance and Strategic Context of the 2021 New Caledonia Independence Referendum’, NSC Occasional Briefing Series, December 2021, https://crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/19720/significance-and-strategic...

‘Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ghosts of Vietnam’, Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, 9 September 2021, https://www.policyforum.net/withdrawal-from-afghanistan-and-the-ghosts-o...
‘Seventy-five years on from Hiroshima’, National Security College, 6 August 2020 https://nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/department-news/17294/seventy-five-years...

‘What’s in a name? Blackbirding and indentured labour in 19th century Queensland’, Policy Forum, Asia and The Pacific Policy Society, 3 July 2020 https://www.policyforum.net/blackbirding-and-indentured-labour-in-19th-c...

‘ASEAN: Fifty years of peace and prosperity with tough challenges ahead’, Asian Currents, Asian Studies Association of Australia, October 2017 https://asaa.asn.au/asean-50-years-peace-prosperity-tough-challenges-ahead/

‘ASEAN Turns Fifty: Reflections on the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism’, Australian Outlook, Australian Institute of International Affairs, August 2017 https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/10523/

‘Fifty years of Australian civilian police involvement in international peacekeeping’ The Strategist, ASPI, August 2014 https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fifty-years-of-australian-civilian-pol...