Dr Phillips is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Strategy in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on war, strategy and international order, with a particular focus on Great Power rivalry and asymmetric violence as drivers of transformative change in world politics. His works include From Hollywood to Bollywood? Recasting Australia’s Indo/Pacific Strategic Geography (Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2016) and How the East Was Won: Barbarian Conquerors, Universal Conquest and the Making of Modern Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2021). From 2024-2028, he will be an Australia Research Council Future Fellow, investigating how, when and why rising powers have won regional domination in Asia from 1500CE-present.

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About School Research Seminar Series

POLSIS Research Seminar Series 

Semester 2 2025

All sessions are held in-person, Friday 1 — 2:30pm, Room 537, Building 39A (unless stated)

1 August

Minran Liu (UQ)Seminar

‘Correcting the World: Justice and Coercion in Chinese Strategic Culture’

8 August

Katherine Cullerton (UQ) 

Seminar

‘Corporate influence and the nutrition policy stalemate in Australia’

15 August

Ilias Alami (Cambridge), Lee Jones (QMUL), Seth Schindler (Manchester), Shahar Hameiri (UQ)

Roundtable'The Second Cold War and the Politics of Polyalignment’

22 August

Alastair Stark (UQ)Seminar

‘Erase and Repeat: Institutional Amnesia in Government’

29 AugustAlastair Stark (Chair)Portfolio EventGrad Centre Event: Participation

5 September

Michael Gavin (UQ)Seminar‘The Politics of the IMF's lending capacity’

12 September

Jon Piccini (ACU)Seminar

'The History of Left Nationalist Foreign Policy in Australia’

17 September (5-7pm)Andrew Phillips (UQ)Inaugural Lecture, 275 GCI Building‘Who Killed the Liberal International Order, and What Comes Next?’

19 September

Martin Weber (Chair)Portfolio EventIndigenous Engagement Event
26 SeptemberKiri Ingram (UQ)Seminar

‘The strategic logic of gender in violent extremist ideology and propaganda strategy: from Islamic State to Incels’

10 October

Ryan Walter (Chair)Portfolio EventT&L Event: Secure Assessment Showcase
17 October

Lindy Andren, Molly Murphy, Cormac Opdebeeck Wilson (UQ)

ECR ShowcaseECR Showcase
24 October

Julie Ballangarry & Outi Donovan (Griffith)

Seminar‘First Nations and Feminist Foreign Policy’

29 October
(1-5pm)

Outi Donovan & Matt McDonald (Chairs)UQ-Griffith Showcase, Ship Inn, South BankUQ- Griffith Research Showcase: Politics & IR in SEQ

 

Enquiries:

Director of Research, Professor Matt McDonald – matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au

 

 

Venue

Room: 
537, 39A