Principal speaker
Associate Professor Michael Heazle
Presented by: Associate Professor Michael Heazle, Griffith Asia Institute & School of Government and International Relations
In this seminar I propose a radical reconfiguration of the security dilemma; one that attempts to simplify the concept by stripping away some of its theoretical complexities and contradictions, particularly those imposed by defensive realists, to make it more coherent in terms of its core characteristics and application within realist theory. While my argument acknowledges that uncertainty over intentions is an inherent characteristic of relations between states under anarchy, it questions the conclusions realists, and others, normally draw from this key assumption. That is, uncertainty over intentions leads to suspicion and confrontation. I instead contend – contrary to the views of Herz, Waltz, Mearsheimer, and others – that uncertainty over the intentions of other states can have a mitigating effect on the prospects for war.
Michael Heazle is an Associate Professor with the Griffith Asia Institute and the Griffith University School of Government and International Relations where he teaches International Relations and Politics. Dr Heazle has researched and published in the areas of energy, human, and environmental security; policy making and the treatment of specialist advice; China-Japan relations; and Northeast Asian security.
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