Mrs Denise Fisher is a visiting fellow of the ANU Centre for European Studies. An Australian diplomat for thirty years, Denise served in Australian diplomatic missions as a political and economic policy analyst in Rangoon, Nairobi, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC before being appointed Australian High Commissioner in Harare (1998-2001) then Australian Consul-General in Noumea, New Caledonia, (2001-2004) covering the French Pacific territories.