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Dr Rémy Davison

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Biography
Research
Publications
Postgraduate Supervision

Dr Rémy Davison is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, and Associate Director of the Monash European and EU Centre. He graduated Combined Honours in Politics and History from Monash University and completed his Ph.D. in International Relations/Political Science at the University of Melbourne.

Dr Davison currently teaches:

ATS1873 - Introduction to International Relations
ATS2694 ATS3694 - International Political Economy
ATS2688 ATS3688 - Foreign Policies of the Great and Emerging Powers
ATS4324 APG4324 APG5324 - Advanced Seminar in International Political Economy

Biography

Prior to his return to Monash in 2006, Dr. Davison was Senior Lecturer in Government at the University of Tasmania. Previously, he was Convener of the Master of Strategic Studies program and Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University. His earlier appointments include Lecturer in European Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne; and Lecturer in International Business Relations at Griffith University, Brisbane. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Studies, Australian National University (2008– ). Dr. Davison was previously Research Fellow at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne (1997–2009). He is a former Vice President of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (2001–02).

Research

Rémy's main research areas include:

Comparative foreign policy
International relations theory
International political economy
Strategic studies
European Union economics
Government and politics of the EU

Publications

Books – authored research

Davison, R. (2011 forthcoming) Conflict and Cooperation in Transatlantic Relations.
Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J. (2010) The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 2nd, revised and expanded edition, Routledge: New York and London. 331pp. + xvi.
Davison, R. (2008) Foreign Policies of the Great and Emerging Powers (Prentice Hall, Frenchs Forest, NSW), 318pp. + xvii. Order from Booktopia. Order from Fishpond.
Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J. (2004) The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, Routledge: New York and London. 225pp. + xii. Order paperback Order hardcover edition

Journal articles and chapters in edited volumes

Davison, R. (2011 forthcoming) ‘An Ever Closer Alliance? Transforming the EU-NATO Partnership’, in P. Winand (ed.), The External Relations of the European Union: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes-Peter Lang: Brussels & New York.
Davison, R. (2010), ‘Russia and India in the Asia-Pacific’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J. (2010) The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 2nd, revised and enlarged edition, Routledge: New York and London.
Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J. (2010) ‘Conclusions’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J. (2010) The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 2nd, revised and enlarged edition, Routledge: New York and London.
Davison, R. (2010) ‘Arm in Arm? The ESDP and the EU armaments industry’, in A. Arranz, N. Doyle and P. Winand (eds.), New Europe, New World? The European Union, Europe and the Challenges of the 21st Century, Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes-Peter Lang: Brussels & New York, pp. 191–212. Order.
Davison, R. (2007) “‘Soft Law” Regimes and European Organisations’ fight against Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering’, in L. T. Holmes (ed.), Terrorism, Corruption and Organised Crime: Networks and Linkages Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 61–85. Order paperback Order hardcover edition.
Davison, R. (2004) ‘Introduction: The New Global Politics of the Asia–Pacific’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J., The New Global Politics of the Asia–Pacific, RoutledgeCurzon: London and New York, pp. 1–16.
Davison, R. (2004) ‘China in the Asia–Pacific’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J., The New Global Politics of the Asia–Pacific, Routledge: London and New York, pp. 52–71.
Davison, R. (2004) ‘Globalisation and Regionalism in the Asia–Pacific’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J., The New Global Politics of the Asia–Pacific, Routledge: London and New York, pp. 142–63
Davison, R. (2004) ‘Transnational Actors in the Asia–Pacific’, in Connors, M., Davison, R. and Dosch, J., The New Global Politics of the Asia–Pacific, Routledge: London and New York, pp. 182–200.
Davison, R. (2004) 'French Security After 9/11: Franco-American Discord', in P. Shearman and M. Sussex (eds.), European Security After 9/11 Ashgate: Brookfield, USA and Aldershot UK, pp. 69-90. Order hardcover edition.
Davison, R. (2000, 2003), ‘Re-evaluating EU integration: an economic assessment of the impact of the Single European Market’ CERC Working Papers, No. 2 (Melbourne: CERC, 2000; 2nd revised and updated edition, 2003). 48pp. + iii. Download PDF.
Davison, R. (2002) 'Intervention or Regulation? Australian and European Policies on Competition', Law in Context, special issue, Competition Policy with Legal Form, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 63-100. Order.

Invited papers and keynotes

Davison, R. (2010) ‘US Foreign Policy and the Nuclearization of the Middle East’, invited paper for the conference on US Democracy Promotion in the Middle East, Melbourne Asia Institute, October.
Davison, R. (2008) ‘Transatlantic Relations and the European Union’, keynote delivered to the Europe Day symposium, National Europe Centre, Australian National University, May 9.
Davison, R. (2006) 'Dangerous Liaisons: China, ASEAN, the US and the South China Sea', invited paper delivered to the Fulbright Symposium on Maritime Governance in the Asia-Pacific, June.
Davison, R. (2004) ‘The EU–US Relationship and NATO', invited paper delivered to the EU Commission Delegation/Asia–Pacific Journalism Centre conference on Reporting Contemporary Europe, Melbourne, July.
Davison, R. (2004) 'Continental Drift: The Transatlantic Division over International Security', paper delivered to the conference on New Security Agendas, King's College, London, June.

Media

‘Empires of Chance’, The Australian, 3 October, 2009.
‘Merkel teams up with pro-business party’, The World Today, ABC radio, 28 September, 2009.
‘German elections’, Sunday Morning, ABC radio, 20 September, 2009.
‘Kevin Rudd’s Rio Tinto Headache’, 21st-Century Business Herald (China), 17 July, 2009.
‘G20 meeting in London’, ABC TV, 4 April, 2009.
‘Terrorist attacks in India: the South Asian subcontinent and political change’, 21st-Century Business Herald (China), 29 November, 2008.
‘Rethinking the End of History’, The Australian, 20 September, 2008.
‘Dell-Linux: Is the target Windows or OS X?’, Linux Today 1 March, 2007.
‘3 Former Apple Execs and a Baby Company’, IGM 15 March, 2006.

Reviews

Davison, R. (2009) Review of The New Eurocrats: National Civil Servants in EU Policy Making by Karin Geuijen, Paul ’t Hart, Sebastiaan Princen and Kutsal Yesilkagit, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 562–64.
Davison, R. (2005) Review of Allies at War: America, Europe and the Crisis Over Iraq by Philip Gordon and Jeremy Shapiro, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 549-51.
Davison, R. (2005) Review of European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World by Karen E. Smith, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 456.
Davison, R. (2004), Review of The New Diplomacy, by S. Riordan, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 402–04.

Selected conference papers

Davison, R. (2010) ‘An Ever Closer Alliance? Transforming the EU-NATO Partnership’, paper delivered to the 8th ICHA conference, Honolulu, USA, January.
Davison, R. (2008) ‘Evaluating NATO’s Military Concept: The Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures’, paper delivered to the 8th ISA/CISS Millennium conference on Global conflict, Cooperation and Integration, Paris, June 14-16.
Davison, R. (2007) 'Soft Power Plus? Building a EU Defence Policy', paper delivered to the conference on Europe: New Governance, New Worlds, Monash University, Melbourne, April.
Davison, R. and Sussex, M. (2006) ‘Deconstructing Constructivism: Explaining change in foreign policy decision making’, paper delivered to the Oceanic International Studies conference, University of Melbourne, July.
Davison, R. (2005) 'Arm in Arm? EDA, CFSP and ESDP', paper delivered to the annual CERC conference, University of Melbourne, December.
Davison, R. (2001), ‘East Meets West: The Development of the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM’, paper delivered to the National European Studies Workshop, National Europe Centre, Australian National University, December.

Postgraduate Supervision

Justin Shearer (Ph.D.). ‘State failure and conflict’. Supervisors: Dr. Rémy Davison and Dr. Andy Butfoy.
Alpha Lisimba (Ph.D). ‘The PRC`s Rising Role in Africa: New Energy Politics in the “Dark Continent”’. Supervisors: Dr. Dennis Woodward and Dr. Rémy Davison.
Michael Krause (MA). ‘Small and light arms exports to Africa’. Supervisors: Dr. Andy Butfoy and Dr. Rémy Davison.
Tim Stoney (MA). ‘A Study of the Consequences of American National Identity for the Framing and Conduct of the War on Terror and the war in Iraq ‘. Supervisors: Dr. Peter Lentini and Dr. Rémy Davison.