Faculty

• History of Strategic Thought
• Propaganda Theory
• Counter-insurgency Theory
• History of the Malayan Emergency (1948-60)
• Terrorist Motivations and Ideology
• Counter-terrorism Strategy

• Cold War International History of Southeast Asia and The Indochina Wars

• Regionalism and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific
• Non-Traditional Security
• Human Security, Comparative Politics and International Relations in Southeast Asia
• Conflict Prevention and Management, Human Rights, Democracy
• Human Security
• Migration and Protection of Civilian
• Responsibility to Protect

• China’s Diplomatic History
• Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy
• China’s Relations with East Asian Nations and the United States
• Asia-Pacific Security
• The South China Sea Disputes
• The Rise of China and Its International Implications

Interreligious Studies:

•   Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies.
•   Histories (C19th-today) of Interreligious Encounters.
•   Theories of Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue.
•   Interreligious Ethics.

Modern and Contemporary Christian Thought:

•  Theologies of Religions in Global Context.
•  Intercultural and Comparative Theologies.

Theory in the Study of Religion and Theology:

•  Definitions of Religion and Debates around Postcolonialism.

Other Areas:

• Sacred Space, Religious Architecture, and Pilgrimage.
• Death Studies and Religion.
• Religions in East, South, and Southeast Asia.

• International Relations Theory
• International Security
• Critical Security Studies

• Chinese Domestic Politics
• Civil-Military Relations in China
• China’s Military Modernisation
• The Chinese Civil War
• China’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Global South

• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
• Peace and Conflict
• Asia Pacific Regionalism
• Foreign Policy and Internal Conflicts in the Asia Pacific
• Myanmar

• China’s Economic Diplomacy
• Chinese Overseas Investments
• State-Firms Relations
• China-ASEAN Relations
• China’s CSR Activities

• Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
• Counter-terrorism Intelligence
• Counter-terrorism Operations
• Countering the Financing of Terrorism
• Strategic Prevention
• Online Radicalization
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration

• Security Multilateralism in the Asia Pacific Region With a Focus on Regional Institutions and Fora
• Chinese Foreign Policy and Ethical Philosophy
• National Security (Intelligence)
• Sociology of Religion

• Transatlantic relations
• Alliance politics
• UK defence policy
• Grand strategy
• The history of strategic thought
• European security
• Europe in the Indo-Pacific

• Chinese politics

• Primary research interests: Naval Affairs in the Asia-Pacific Region, Especially in Southeast Asia and Focusing on Naval Modernization Issues
• Naval Arms Control
• Confidence and Security-Building Measures at Sea
• Offence-Defence Theory
• Concept of Non-Provocative Defence
• Nuclear Energy Development in Southeast Asia

• International and Comparative Political Economy
• International Trade and U.S. Trade Politics
• (Re)Distributive Politics
• Political Institutions, Parties and Party Systems
• Research Methods
• Developing Countries, and Korean Politics