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

• Clarke, M. Xinjiang and China's Foreign Relations with Central Asia, 1991-2001: Across the 'Domestic-Foreign Frontier', Asian Ethnicity, Volume 4, Number 2 (June 2003) pages 209-225.
• Clarke, M. China's Post-9/11 Strategy in Central Asia, Regional Outlook Paper Number 5, Griffith Asia Institute, 2005 pages 1-31.
• Clarke, M. 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.
• Clarke, M. 'In the National Interest': Australia's Proliferation Strategy in Changing International Environment, Regional Outlook Paper Number 9, Griffith Asia Institute, 2006 pages 1-30.
• 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).
• Clarke, M. 'In the National Interest': Australia's Proliferation Strategy in Changing International Environment, Australian Journal of History and Politics (Forthcoming 2007).
• Clarke, M. China's Internal Security Dilemma and the 'Great Western Development': The Dynamics of Integration, Ethnic Nationalism and Terrorism in Xinjiang, Asian Studies Review (Forthcoming 2007).
• Clarke, M. Xinjiang in the 'Reform' Era, 1978-1991: The Political and Economic Dynamics of Dengist Integration, Issues and Studies (Forthcoming 2007).