Professor Alan Collins

Alan joined the Department in 1999 and is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations. Prior to this he was a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he also completed his PhD.

Publications

  1. (2018). From commitment to compliance: ASEAN's human rights regression?. The Pacific Review, 1-30.
  2. (2014). Escaping a Security Dilemma: anarchy, certainty and embedded norms. International Politics 51(5), 561-576.
  3. (2014). Bringing communities back: Security Communities and ASEAN’s plural turn. Cooperation and Conflict 49(2), 276-291.
  4. The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia.
  5. The Security Dilemma and the end of the Cold War.

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Teaching

  • MS-X210 MS-X210 City University, Hong Kong

    This module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • MS-X220 MS-X220 United International College

  • MS-X221 MS-X221 United International College

  • MS-X222 MS-X222 United International College

  • MS-X223 MS-X223 United International College

  • PO-397 Researching Politics 2

    This module offers students a valuable experience of both individual and collective research - as well as the opportunity to study in depth an important aspect of Politics and International Relations. Students extend and deepen the research undertaken in PO-396 Researching Politics 1 and continue to meet regularly in order to share ideas, opinions and sources. In these meetings, students evaluate, criticise and analyse issues concerning the topic under investigation. Minutes of the meetings are kept and the meetings are conducted with a view to arriving at a common position that will serve as the basis for producing a collectively authored report and presentation. Each student in the group also produces a shorter individual report on their own experience of Researching Politics, in the course of which they reflect on their individual contribution to the groups output. This self-assessment is validated by the other members of the group.

  • PO-M40 International Security in the Asia Pacific

    At the beginning of a new century the Asia-Pacific is beset with uncertainties. They range from `old¿ problems left remaining from the Cold War, such as the division of Korea and China, to `new¿ problems that have arisen in the post-Cold War era. In either case, these problems give rise to the perception that the Asia-Pacific has many `hotspots¿ that make conflict in the 21st Century a distinct probability. This module will focus on the security matters, broadly defined, of the region. In particular we will examine the internal threats to security that plague the ¿weak¿ states of the region as well as the inter-state rivalries that exist over Korea and Taiwan. The region is not bereft of ways of lessening tensions and thus appreciating the norms of behaviour that underpin the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the region¿s multilateral security forum (the ASEAN Regional Forum - ARF) are also necessary in our quest to assess the likelihood of conflict. With this knowledge at your finger tips you will become well-versed in one of the most dynamic regions in today¿s political world.

  • PO-PX00 University of the Philippines, Diliman

    This module is delivered at the University of the Philippines, Diliman for those students who participate in an Extended MA Programme in either Politics or Development and Human Rights.

  • PO-PX10 The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M (Semester of Study Abroad)

    This module is delivered at The Bush School of Government and Public Service for those students who participate in an Extended MA Programme in either International Relations or Public Policy.

  • PO-PX20 University of Oklahoma (Semester of Study Abroad)

    This module is delivered at The University of Oklahoma for those students who participate in an Extended MA Programme in International Security and Development.

  • PO-X240 PO-X240 United International College (UIC)

    This module is delivered at United International College, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • PO-X241 PO-X241 United International College (UIC)

    This module is delivered at United International College, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • PO-X242 PO-X242 United International College (UIC)

    This module is delivered at United International College, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • PO-X243 PO-X243 United International College (UIC)

    This module is delivered at United International College, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • POX210 POX210 City University, Hong Kong

    This module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who partipate in an Exchange Programme

  • POX211 POX211 City University, Hong Kong

    This Module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who participate in an Exchange Programme.

  • POX212 POX212 City University, Hong Kong

    This Module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who participate in an Exchange Programme.

  • POX213 POX213 City University, Hong Kong

    This Module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who participate in an Exchange Programme.

  • POX214 City University, Hong Kong

    This Module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who participate in an Exchange Programme.

  • POX215 City University, Hong Kong

    This Module is delivered at City University Hong Kong, for those students who participate in an Exchange Programme.

Supervision

  • Russia and the Ukraine Crisis: An analysis of trade expectations theory (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Mr Robert Bideleux
    Other supervisor: Prof Alan Collins

  • Crypto-Drug Markets: A Unique Challenge to the Global Drug Prohibition Regime? (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Prof Alan Collins
    Other supervisor: Prof David Bewley-Taylor

  • 'Collapse in southeast Asia: A Bureaucratic Politics Analysis of Gerald Ford''''s Foreign Policy.' (awarded 2017)

    Student name:
    MA
    Other supervisor: Dr Luca Trenta
    Other supervisor: Prof Alan Collins

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