B Arts (Hons) Asian and International Studies, PhD

Research Fellow

Contact details for Dr Michael Heazle

Research interests

• Uncertainty and policy making
• International relations theory
• International regimes and organisations
• Environmental policy
• Japanese foreign policy
• China-Japan relations
• Human security
• Energy security

Recent publications

(* peer reviewed publications)

Books

• Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling (Seattle: University of Washington Press; Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, 2006), xi+259 pages.*

Edited volumes

• Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam (editors), Beyond the Iraq War: The Promises, Pitfalls, and Perils of External Interventionism (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006), xiii+190 pages. *

Book chapters

• Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam, "Editors' introduction: new intervention but same old promises and perils?" in Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam (editors), Beyond the Iraq War: The Promises, Pitfalls, and Perils of External Interventionism (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006), pages 1-18. *
• "Covering (up) Islam part III: terrorism and the US intervention in Iraq" in Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam (editors), Beyond the Iraq War: The Promises, Pitfalls, and Perils of External Interventionism (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006), pages 120-40.*
• "Energy and Human Security in the Asia Pacific", in Michael Wesley (editor) Energy Security in Asia (London: Routledge, 2006)*

Journal articles

• "Lessons in precaution: the International Whaling Commission experience with precautionary management", Marine Policy, volume 30, 2006, pages 496-509. *
• "Precautions for the day after tomorrow", Griffith Review 12: Hot air - How nigh's the end, Winter 2006 (ABC Books), pages 122-28.
• Sino-Japanese Relations and Japan's Emerging Foreign Policy Crisis, Griffith Asia Institute Regional Outlook Paper (Number 4, 2005).
• "The Politics of Uncertainty: The International Whaling Commission's Road to Management by Moratoria", International Journal of Maritime History, volume 16, number 2, 2004, pages 111-44. *
• "Scientific Uncertainty and the International Whaling Commission: An Alternative Perspective on the Use of Science in Policy Making", Marine Policy, volume 28, 2004, pages 361-74. *
• "The International Whaling Commission 1949 –1959: An Exercise in Uncertainty Becoming Certainty", The Ritsumeikan Economic Review, volume 50, number 4, October 2001, pages 168-97. *
• "Some Thoughts on the Nature of Historical Knowledge", Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture, volume 11, number 4, February 2000, pages 273-77. *

Forthcoming publications

Edited volumes

• Michael Heazle and Nick Knight (editors), China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Creating a Future Past (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; in press, expected publication June 2007). *

Book chapters

• Michael Heazle and Nick Knight , "2005: A year of living dangerously", in Michael Heazle and Nick Knight (editors), China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Creating a Future Past (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; in press, expected publication June 2007). *
• Michael Heazle, "Nationalism, Security, and Prosperity: The Three Dimensions of Sino-Japan Relations", in Michael Heazle and Nick Knight (editors), China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Creating a Future Past (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; in press, expected publication June 2007). *

Journal articles

• Michael Heazle and John Butcher, "Fisheries Depletion and the State in Indonesia: Towards a Regional Regulatory Regime, Marine Policy (in press) *

Conferences/workshops

• "Nuclear Dynamics on the Korean Peninsular: The Role of External Variables", paper presented by invitation (travel and accommodation expenses received), North Korea and East Asian Security: Where to from Here?, Flinders University, Adelaide, December 6, 2006.
• "Energy and Human Security in the Asia Pacific", paper presented by invitation at a Griffith Asia Institute/ Asia Pacific Futures Network funded workshop Energy Security in the Asia Pacific, Brisbane, August 31-September 2, 2005.
• "Southeast Asia's Fisheries: The Need for a Regional Regulatory Regime", paper presented, by invitation, as part of a Monbukagakusho (Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) funded panel (travel, accommodation, and research expenses received via the "Risk Society in East Asia" project), Centre for Maritime Research Bi-Annual Conference, Amsterdam, July 2005.
• "Uncertainty, Precaution and the International Whaling Commission", paper presented, by invitation, as part of a Monbukagakusho (Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) funded panel (travel, accommodation, and research expenses received via the "Risk Society in East Asia" project), International Studies Association Annual Conference, Honolulu, March 2005.

Conferences convened

• "Post-Saddam Iraq: Gambling the future of democratisation and the free-market ideal?", Griffith Asia Institute funded conference, Brisbane, February 2005; Speakers: Professor Ira Chernus (University of Colorado); Professor Amin Saikal (Australian National University), Anthony Bubalo (Lowy Institute); Major General (Retired) John Hartley; Professor Ross Buckley (Bond University).
• "China, Korea, and Japan: Evolving Relations", Griffith Asia Institute and Asia Pacific Futures Network funded conference, Brisbane, 24-25 November 2005.

Public lectures

• "Nationalism, Security and Economic Growth: The Three Dimensions of China-Japan Relations, paper presented, by invitation at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Brisbane, May 14, 2006.
• "Scientific Uncertainty and Policy Making", research paper presented, by invitation, for Shimonoseki University's Problems and Issues in the International Whaling Commission Lecture Series, Shimonoseki University, Japan, May 19, 2002 (lecture fee and expenses received).

Book reviews

• "Six Years On, The Mystery Deepens", The Courier Mail, August 30 1997.
• "Politics of Fear", The Courier Mail, June 29, 1996.
• "Japan Inc. Implodes", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 158, October 26 1995, page 61.

Print media (1992-2005)

(* international relations focus)

• "A Capital Dilemma", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 155, November 5 1992, pages 40-41. *
• "Night Flight People", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 156, March 18 1993, pages 30-31. *
• "Japanese Whaling and Culture", Kahoku Shinpo, May 11 1993.
• "A Community on Edge", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 156, June 10 1993, pages 34-35. *
• "Wails for Whales", Japan International Journal, volume 3, July 1993, pages 34-39. *
• "A Greener Shade of Whale?", The Asian Wall Street Journal, August 18 1993. *
• "The Allure of Japan", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 156, October 14 1993, pages 38-39.
• "Leader's Attitude Outdated", The Cairns Post, May 9 1994. *
• "Respect is Key to Harmony", The Cairns Post, May 23 1994. *
• "Cambodia a Catch-22 in Canberra", The Cairns Post, June 16 1994. *
• "New Russia Must Face a Chilly Legacy", The Cairns Post, July 12 1994. *
• "Press made Victims of Power Play", The Cairns Post, August 12 1994. *
• "APEC Forum Facing Quandary", The Cairns Post, October 10 1994. *
• "Welcome Mat", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 157, October 20 1994, pages 28-29. *
• "Japan Looks North", The Australian Way, June 1996, pages 49-55.
• "Reef Grief", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 159, December 5 1996, pages 72-73. *
• "High Rollers", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 160, March 6 1997, page 62. *
• "Identity Crisis", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 161, December 25 1997 and Jan. 1 1998, page 21. *
• "Getting away with Murder", The Australian Magazine, February 21-22 1998, pages 24-29.
• "Foul-Weather Friends", Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 161, August 27 1998, pages 26-27. *
• "Moral Bullying", Kansai Time Out, number 258 August 1998, page 11. *
• "Come on you reds", Kansai Time Out, number 261 November 1998, page 8. *
• "IWC flirts with irrelevance and oblivion", The Japan Times, May 18 1999. *
• "Whaling town Taiji dreams for miracle IWC reprieve", The Japan Times, May 23 1999. *
• "Bamboo Splinters", The Courier Mail, April 21 2005. *