Dr Ian Hall

B Arts (Hons), M Letters, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Ian Christopher Hall

Research expertise

  • International relations theory
  • History of international thought
  • Politics and ethics of war

Current teaching areas

  • International security studies

Publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Hall, I. 2008, 'The imperial paradox in liberal international theory', Journal of International Political Theory, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 146-156.
  • Hall, I. 2007, 'Shallow piece of naughtiness: George Orwell on political realism', Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1-25.
  • Hall, I. 2006, 'World government and empire: the international historian as theorist', International Affairs, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. 1155-1165. Reprinted in J.W. Hunter (ed.) 2008, Contemporary Literary Criticism 250, Gale, Detroit.
  • Hall, I. 2006, 'Power politics and appeasement: political realism in British international thought, 1935-1955', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, no. 8, pp. 174-192.
  • Hall, I. 2005, 'The art and practice of a diplomatic historian: Sir Charles Webster, 1886-1961', International Politics, no. 42, pp. 470-490.
  • Hall, I. and Rengger, N. 2005, 'The right that failed? The ambiguities of conservative thought and the dilemmas of conservative practice in international affairs', International Affairs, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 69-82.
  • Hall, I. 2004, 'The return to limited war', Government and Opposition, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 638-646.

Books

  • Hall, I. and Hill, L. (eds) 2009, British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier, Palgrave, New York.
  • Hall, I. 2006, The International Thought of Martin Wight, Palgrave, New York.

Book chapters

  • Hall, I. 2009, 'The realist as moralist: Sir Lewis Namier's international thought', in I. Hall and L. Hill (eds), British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier, Palgrave, New York.
  • Hall, I. 2008, 'Avenging evil: A reconsideration', in R. Jeffery (ed.), Confronting Evil in International Relations: Ethical Responses to Problems of Moral Agency, Palgrave, New York, pp. 151-178.
  • Hall, I. 2006, 'Diplomacy, antidiplomacy and international society', in R. Little and J. Williams (eds), The Anarchical Society in a Globalized World, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 141-161.

Other publications

  • Hall, I. 2007, 'Martin Wight: A biographical overview of his life and Work', The Martin Wight Memorial Trust website, August.
  • Hall, I. 2007, 'Realists face reality check', Review of Michael Wesley, The Howard Paradox: Australian Diplomacy in Asia, 1996-2006, ABC Books, Sydney, Australian Literary Review, vol. 2, no. 5, June, p. 10.

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