Our Politics and International Relations research

Research in this discipline covers the broad fields of Australian politics, comparative politics, international political economy, political theory and public policy.

Current research topics include:

  • climate politics
  • East Asian developmental states and greening strategies
  • Europe and Eurasian national and international politics
  • geo-politics, security and strategy in the Indo-Pacific
  • the history of ideas
  • Middle East and North African politics
  • nationalism and the state
  • North/South relations
  • the political influence of interest groups
  • the politics of sexuality
  • religion and politics
  • US foreign policy.

Members of this School of Social Science discipline are involved in research collaborations with colleagues from around the world.

We actively contribute to national and international policy debates, and our expertise is frequently called upon by governments, business and non-governmental sectors from Australia and internationally.

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