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Christian Reus-Smit

Christian Reus-Smit

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Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
9005
World Ranking
1047
National Ranking
48

Overview

Christian Reus-Smit is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities. Their scholarly work notably intersects the subfields of Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, History, and Demography.

The research focus encompasses several main topics including International Relations and Foreign Policy, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics, Political Philosophy and Ethics, Religion and Society Interactions, European Union Policy and Governance, as well as Island Studies and Pacific Affairs.

Recent publications by Christian Reus-Smit provide insight into their research interests. These include:

  • Polymorphic justice and the crisis of international order (2023), published in International Affairs
  • The end of global pluralism? (2021), published in European Journal of International Relations
  • Going global: a future for Australian International Relations (2021), published in Australian Journal Of International Affairs

The scholar's frequent coauthors include Amitav Acharya, David Leheny, Peter J. Katzenstein, Michael Mastanduno, and Varun Sahni, each collaborating on multiple works. These collaborations suggest sustained academic partnerships within their research community.

Christian Reus-Smit's works have appeared in reputable academic venues such as International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, and Australian Journal Of International Affairs.

In the realm of book publications, Christian Reus-Smit has authored works published by Oxford University Press, including The Oxford Handbook of History and International Relations (2023) and International Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2020), both contributing to the literature in their field.

Best Publications

  • The Moral Purpose of the State: Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International Relations

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The Moral Purpose of the State

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The Constitutional Structure of International Society and the Nature of Fundamental Institutions

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • International Crises of Legitimacy

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The Oxford Handbook of International Relations

    Christian Reus-Smit;Duncan Snidal

  • The politics of international law

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Dangerous Liaisons?

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  • Human rights and the social construction of sovereignty

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • American power and world order

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Special Responsibilities: Global Problems and American Power

    Mlada Bukovansky;Ian Clark;Robyn Eckersley;Richard Price

  • Individual Rights and the Making of the International System

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The globalization of international society

    Tim Dunne;Christian Reus-Smit

  • Liberal hierarchy and the license to use force

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The Politics of International Law

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  • Special Responsibilities

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  • The Strange Death of Liberal International Theory

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Imagining Society: Constructivism and the English School

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Politics and International Legal Obligation

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Trusting Enemies: Interpersonal Relationships in International Conflict

    Christian Reus-Smit;Deborah Welch Larson;Andrew Kydd;Lawrence Freedman

  • Cultural Diversity and International Order

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Struggles for individual rights and the expansion of the international system

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • The concept of intervention

    Christian Reus-Smit

  • Between Utopia and Reality: The Practical Discourses of International Relations

    Christian Reus-Smit;Duncan Snidal

  • Special Responsibilities: The ethics of special responsibilities

    Mlada Bukovansky;Ian Clark;Robyn Eckersley;Richard Price

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Clark
Ian Clark Rothamsted Research
Nicholas J. Wheeler
Nicholas J. Wheeler University of Birmingham
Robyn Eckersley
Robyn Eckersley University of Melbourne
Duncan Snidal
Duncan Snidal University of Oxford
Lawrence Freedman
Lawrence Freedman King's College London
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Tim Dunne
Tim Dunne University of Queensland

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