Williams, Michael
Michael Williams is a Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and holds the University Research Chair in Global Political Thought at the University of Ottawa. His primary research interests are in International Relations theory and security studies. His previous research examines the influence of classic political theory in IR by emphasizing the evolution of realism. His current research focuses on the impact of radical conservative movements, a global right, on international order and foreign policy.
Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in 2009, Michael Williams was the Professor of International Politics in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Universities of Cape Town, Copenhagen, Sydney, Queensland, Queen Mary – London, and the European University Institute in Florence.
Research Interests: International Security, Critical Security Studies, International Political Theory, and Right-wing Populism
Listing Details
| Institution: | University of Ottawa |
| Fields of Expertise: | Defence and Security Ethics and Political Philosophy International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Extremism Populism |
| Research groups: | Democracy/Populism/Nationalism |
| Email: | michael.williams@uottawa.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English |
| Publications: | Security Beyond the State: Private Security in International Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.(co-authored with Rita Abrahamsen) Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security, London: Routledge, 2007. The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. America First: Paleoconservatism and the ideological struggle for the American Right. Journal of Political Ideologies (forthcoming; with Jean-François Drolet). The view from MARS: US paleoconservatism and ideological challenges to the liberal world order. International Journal 74(1) 2019: 15–31. (with Jean-François Drolet). International Relations in the Age of the Image. International Studies Quarterly 62, 2018: 880-891. Radical conservatism and global order. International Theory10(3): 285-313. (with Jean-Francois Drolet). Interlocuting classical realism and critical theory: Negotiating divides in international relations theory. Journal of International Political Theory12(4) 2016: 1-15. (with H. Behr). |
