B Arts (Hons) in Asian and International Studies, PhD
Research Fellow
Contact details for Dr Michael Clarke
Research interests
- History and politics of Xinjiang and Central Asia
- Chinese history from the Qing (1644-1911) to the present
- Foreign policy of the People's Republic of China
- Ethnic separatism in China
- Terrorism in Central Asia
- Nuclear proliferation and Australia's nuclear strategy
Recent publications
Books
- Xinjiang and China's Rise in Central Asia, 1949-2009: A History, London: Routledge, March 2011.
Edited Books
- (With Fruehling, S. and O'Neil, A.) (eds), Australia's Uranium Trade: The Foreign and Domestic Policy Challenges of a Contentious Export, Houndmills: Ashgate, (forthcming 2012).
- (With Misra, A.), (eds), Pakistan's Stability Paradox: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions, London: Routledge, (forthcoming June 2011).
- (With Colin Mackerras), China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century, (London: Routledge, 2009).
Book Chapters
- "The Third Wave of the Uranium Export Debate: Towards the Fracturing of Australia's Nuclear Grand Bargain", in Clarke M., Fruehling, S. and O'Neil, A. (eds), Australia's Uranium Trade: The Foreign and Domestic Policy Challenges of a Contentious Export, Houndmills: Ashgate, (forthcoming 2012).
- "Pakistan and the Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism: A Preliminary Assessment", in Clarke, M.E, & Misra, A. (eds), Pakistan's Stability Paradox: Domestic, Regional and international Dimensions, London: Routledg, (forthcoming June 2011).
- "China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: The Dynamics of 'New Regionalism', 'Vassalization', and Geopolitics in Central Asia", in Emilian Kavalski (ed), The New Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors, Singapore: World Scientific Press, pp. 1170148, (2010).
- 'The `Centrality' of Central Asia in World History, 1700-2006: From Pivot to Periphery and Back Again?', in Clarke, M. E. & Colin Mackerras, (eds.), China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century, (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 21-54.
- '`Glocality', `Silk Roads' and New and Little `Great Games' in Xinjiang and Central Asia', in Clarke, M. E. & Colin Mackerras, (eds.), China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century, (London: Routledge, 2009), pp. 173-189.
- (With Doug Smith), 'The Song Remains the Same: Converging Views on a Rising China', in Martin Griffiths, Tom Connelly & Michael Heazle (eds), Engaging Foreign Policy Debates: Challenges for Liberal Democracies in a New Century, (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2009), pp. 100-124.
- (In German), 'China weitet sein Netz aus. Chinesische Antiterrorgesetze und die Menschenrechte in der Uigurischen Autonomen Region Xinjiang', in M. Grabowski, H. Herold and R. Jordan (eds.), Sicherheit kontra Menschenrechte: Antiterrorpolitik in Asien, (Asienhaus: Horleman Verlag, 2009), pp. 71-89.
- 'China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: The Dynamics of `New Regionalism', `Vassalization', and Geopolitics in Central Asia', in Emilian Kavalski (ed.), The New Central Asia: The Regional Impact of International Actors, (London: World Scientific and Imperial College Press, forthcoming December 2009).
Journal Articles
- 'Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trends in the Asia-Pacific: The Dilemmas of Regime Stasis, Strategic Flux and Market Expansion', Australian Journal of International Affairs, (forthcoming 2011).
- 'Iran as a Pariah Nuclear Aspirant', Australian Journal of International Affairs, accepted for publication 26 July 2010.
- 'China, Xinjiang and the Internationalisation of the Uyghur Issue', Global Change, Peace and Security, Vol. 22, No. 2, (2010), pp. 215-231.
- 'Nuclear Disarmament and the 2010 NPT Review Conference', Global Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2010), pp. 101-107.
- 'Widening the Net: China's Anti-Terror Laws and Human Rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region', International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 14, No. 4, (2010), pp. 542-558,.
- 'China's Integration of Xinjiang and Central Asia: Securing a `Silk Road' to Great Power Status?', China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol 6, No. 2 (May 2008), pp. 89-111.
- 'Refashioning Australia's Nuclear Bargain The Challenges of Changing Strategic, Regime and Market Environments', The Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, (July 2008), pp. 311-334.
- 'Issues in Australian Foreign Policy' July-December 2007?, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 54, No. 2 (2008), pp. 271-288.
- '`Making the Crooked Straight': China's Grand Strategy of Peaceful Rise and its Central Asian Dimension', Asian Security, Vol. 4, No. 2, (Spring 2008), pp. 107-142.
- 'China's `War on Terror' in Xinjiang: Human Security and the Causes of Violent Uighur Separatism', Terrorism & Political Violence, Vol. 20, No. 2, (2008), pp. 271-301.
- Clarke, M. 'In the National Interest': Australia's Proliferation Strategy in Changing International Environment, Australian Journal of History and Politics, Vol. 53, No. 4, (December 2007) pp. 581-599.
- 'The Problematic Progress of `Integration' in the Chinese State's Approach to Xinjiang, 1759-2005', Asian Ethnicity, Vol. 9, No. 3, (October 2007), pp. 261-289.
- China's Internal Security Dilemma and the 'Great Western Development': The Dynamics of Integration, Ethnic Nationalism and Terrorism in Xinjiang, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 31, No. 3 (September 2007), pp. 323-342.
- Xinjiang in the 'Reform' Era, 1978-1991: The Political and Economic Dynamics of Dengist Integration, Issues and Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2, (June 2007), pp. 39-92.
- Clarke, M. 'Stepping from Stone to Stone in a Stream': The Continuity of Integration in the Chinese State's Approach to Xinjiang, 1759-2005, Journal of Asian Studies, (In press, 2007).
- China's Strategy in Xinjiang and Central Asia: Toward Chinese Hegemony in the 'Geographical Pivot of History, Issues and Studies, Volume 41, Number 2 (June 2005) pages 75-118.
- Xinjiang and China's Relations with Central Asia, 1991-2001: Across the 'Domestic-Foreign Frontier', Asian Ethnicity, Vol. 4, Number 2 (June 2003) pp. 207-224.
Working Papers
- Clarke, M. "China's 'War on Terror' in Xinjiang: Human Security and the Causes of Violent Uighur Separatism", Regional Outlook No. 11, Griffith Asia Institute, 2007.
- Clarke, M. '"In the National Interest': Australia's Proliferation Strategy in Changing International Environment", Regional Outlook Paper Number 9, Griffith Asia Institute, 2006.
- Clarke, M. "China's Post-9/11 Strategy in Central Asia", Regional Outlook Paper Number 5, Griffith Asia Institute, 2005.
Research Grants
- ARC Linkage Grant 2008-2011 Australia's Nuclear Choices