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Richard G. Whitman

Richard G. Whitman

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Political Science

D-Index
27
Citations
4140
World Ranking
1442
National Ranking
239

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Richard G. Whitman is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily falls within the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations. Whitman's research spans various aspects of European Union policy and governance, post-Soviet geopolitical dynamics, and European and Russian geopolitical military strategies.

The main fields of study for Whitman include:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields of study related to their research encompass:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Gender Studies
  • Strategy and Management

Key topics addressed in Whitman's recent work are:

  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
  • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
  • Political and Economic History of UK and US
  • Cyprus History, Politics, Society
  • European Politics and Security
  • European Socioeconomic and Political Studies

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Whitman are:

  • "Missing in action: The EU-UK foreign, security and defence policy relationship after Brexit," 2020, European View
  • "The EU and the invasion of Ukraine: a collective responsibility to act?", 2023, International Affairs
  • "The diplomacy of 'Global Britain': settling, safeguarding and seeking status," 2023, International Politics
  • ""Zeitenwende" as coming of age? EU foreign & security policy through war & peace*", 2024, European Security
  • "Who creates the "common market"? The gendered practices of knowledge production in a "European studies" journal," 2022, European Political Science

Whitman frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Toni Haastrup
  • Heather MacRae
  • Annick Masselot
  • Alasdair R. Young
  • Toni Ha

Their work is published in various academic venues, with the most common including:

  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • International Affairs
  • International Politics
  • European View
  • European Security

Richard G. Whitman has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • From Civilian Power to Superpower?: The International Identity of the European Union

    Richard G. Whitman

  • The "difference engine': constructing and representing the international identity of the European Union

    Ian Manners;Richard G. Whitman

  • Normative power Europe : empirical and theoretical perspectives

    Richard G. Whitman

  • Normative Power Europe

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  • Norms, Power and Europe: A New Agenda for Study of the EU and International Relations

    Richard G. Whitman

  • From Civilian Power to Superpower

    Richard G. Whitman

  • The European neighbourhood policy in perspective : context, implementation and impact

    Richard G. Whitman;Stefan Wolff

  • The EU as a conflict manager? The case of Georgia and its implications

    Richard G. Whitman;Stefan Wolff

  • The foreign policies of European Union member states

    Ian Manners;Richard G. Whitman

  • The neo-normative turn in theorising the EU’s international presence

    Richard G Whitman

  • Another Theory is Possible: Dissident Voices in Theorising Europe

    Ian Manners;Richard Whitman

  • The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

    Richard G. Whitman;Stefan Wolff

  • Towards identifying the international identity of the European union: a framework for analysis of the Eu's network of relationships1

    Ian J. Manners;Richard G. Whitman

  • The Lisbon Treaty and the Foreign, Security and Defence Policy:Reforms, Implementation and the Consequences of (non–)Ratification

    Richard Whitman;Ana Juncos

  • The fall, and rise, of civilian power Europe?

    Richard Whitman

  • NATO, the EU and ESDP: An Emerging Division of Labour?

    Richard G. Whitman

  • The Routledge Handbook of European Security

    Sven Biscop;Richard G. Whitman

  • The Changing Nature of International Institutions in Europe: the Challenge of the European Union

    Thomas Diez;Ian Manners;Richard G. Whitman

  • Analysing European Integration, Reflecting on the English School: Scenarios for an Encounter

    Thomas Diez;Richard G. Whitman

  • The UK and EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after Brexit: Integrated, Associated or Detached?:

    Richard G. Whitman

  • The European neighbourhood policy in perspective

    Richard G. Whitman;Stefan Wolff

  • Roadmap for a route-march? (De-)civilianizing through the EU's security strategy

    Richard Whitman

  • Brexit or Bremain: what future for the UK's European diplomatic strategy?

    Richard G. Whitman

  • Analysing European Integration, Reflecting on the English School: Scenarios for an Encounter

    Richard Whitman;Thomas Diez

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Manners
Ian Manners Lund University
Stefan Wolff
Stefan Wolff University of Birmingham
Thomas Diez
Thomas Diez University of Tübingen
Arne Niemann
Arne Niemann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jolyon M Howorth
Jolyon M Howorth University of Bath

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