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  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Barry Buzan is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies, Education, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Global Security and Public Health
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Chinese history and philosophy
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Health and Conflict Studies

Barry Buzan has published recent papers in several journals, focusing on contemporary issues in international politics and security studies. Notable publications include:

  • "Racism and responsibility - The critical limits of deepfake methodology in security studies: A reply to Howell and Richter-Montpetit" (2020) in Security Dialogue
  • "China Through the Lens of Modernity" (2020) in The Chinese Journal of International Politics
  • "Russia in the Post-Cold War International Order" (2021) in Russia in Global Affairs
  • "A new cold war?: The case for a general concept" (2024) in International Politics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Amitav Acharya
  • David Leheny
  • Rajesh Basrur
  • Thomas Christensen
  • Aaron L. Friedberg

Barry Buzan has contributed multiple book publications through various presses. Their works have been published by Bristol University Press eBooks, Cambridge University Press, and Australian National University. Among these are:

  • "Timelines for Modernity" (2025), with multiple editions by Bristol University Press eBooks
  • "Making Global Society" (2023) by Cambridge University Press
  • "Re-imagining International Relations" (2021) by Cambridge University Press
  • "Rethinking Sino-Japanese Alienation: History Problems and Historical Opportunities" (2020) by Australian National University

Barry Buzan's research frequently appears in publication venues such as:

  • The Chinese Journal of International Politics
  • Russia in Global Affairs
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Bristol University Press eBooks
  • Security Dialogue

Best Publications

  • Security: A New Framework for Analysis

    B.G. Buzan;O Wæver;de Jaap Wilde

  • People, states and fear: an agenda for international security studies in the post-Cold War era

    Barry Buzan

  • Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • The Mind Map Book

    Tony Buzan;Barry Buzan

  • The Evolution of International Security Studies

    Barry Buzan;Lene Hansen

  • From International to World Society?: English School Theory and the Social Structure of Globalisation

    Barry Buzan

  • International Systems in World History: Remaking the Study of International Relations

    Barry Buzan;Richard Little

  • Regions and Powers

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  • Identity, Migration and the New Security Agenda in Europe

    Waever O;Buzan B;Kelstrup M;Lemaitre P

  • New patterns of global security in the twenty-first century

    Barry Buzan

  • The Logic of Anarchy: Neorealism to Structural Realism

    Barry Buzan;Charles A. Jones;Richard Little

  • Security

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  • From international system to international society: structural realism and regime theory meet the English school

    Barry Buzan

  • The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential

    Tony Buzan;Barry Buzan

  • Non-Western international relations theory: perspectives on and beyond Asia

    Amitav Acharya;Barry Buzan

  • Macrosecuritisation and security constellations: reconsidering scale in securitisation theory

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • Rethinking Security after the Cold War

    Barry Buzan

  • Why is there no non-Western international relations theory? An introduction

    Amitav Acharya;Barry Buzan

  • The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations

    Barry Buzan;George Lawson

  • China in International Society: Is ‘Peaceful Rise’ Possible?

    Barry Buzan

  • People, States and Fear

    Barry Buzan

  • Slippery? contradictory? sociologically untenable? The Copenhagen school replies

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • People, states, and fear : the national security problem in international relations

    Barry Buzan

  • The European Security Order Recast: Scenarios for the Post-Cold War Era

    Barry Buzan;Morten Kelstrup;Pierre Lemaitre;Elizabeta Tromer

  • After hegemony: cooperation and discord in the world political economy

    Barry Buzan

  • From International to World Society? by Barry Buzan

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  • Neorealism and its critics

    Barry Buzan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Wæver
Ole Wæver University of Copenhagen
Amitav Acharya
Amitav Acharya American University
Michael Zürn
Michael Zürn Social Science Research Center Berlin
David Held
David Held Durham University
Emanuel Adler
Emanuel Adler University of Toronto
Tim Dunne
Tim Dunne University of Queensland
Janice Gross Stein
Janice Gross Stein University of Toronto
Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum Johns Hopkins University
Pinar Bilgin
Pinar Bilgin Bilkent University

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