Paths to primacy: How rising powers win regional domination
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 August | Alastair Stark (Chair) | Portfolio Event | Grad 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 Event | Indigenous Engagement Event |
| 26 September | Kiri 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 Event | T&L Event: Secure Assessment Showcase |
| 17 October | Lindy Andren, Molly Murphy, Cormac Opdebeeck Wilson (UQ) | ECR Showcase | ECR Showcase |
| 24 October | Julie Ballangarry & Outi Donovan (Griffith) | Seminar | ‘First Nations and Feminist Foreign Policy’ |
29 October | Outi Donovan & Matt McDonald (Chairs) | UQ-Griffith Showcase, Ship Inn, South Bank | UQ- Griffith Research Showcase: Politics & IR in SEQ |
Enquiries:
Director of Research, Professor Matt McDonald – matt.mcdonald@uq.edu.au