Professor Christian Reus-Smit
Professor
School of Political Science and International Studies
+61 7 334 69457
Researcher biography
Chris Reus-Smit is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Before joining UQ, Professor Reus-Smit held Chairs at the European University Institute and the Australian National University (where he was the Head of the Department of International Relations from 2001 to 2010 and Deputy Director of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies from 2006 to 2008). He is co-editor of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations book series, former editor of the journal International Theory, and editor of a new multi-volume series of Oxford Handbooks of International Relations. In 2013-2014 Professor Reus-Smit served as a Vice-President of the International Studies Association.
Books
Reus-Smit, Christian (2020). International relations: a very short introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/actrade/9780198850212.001.0001
Reus-Smit, Christian (2018). On cultural diversity: international theory in a world of difference. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108658058
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). Individual rights and the making of the international system. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139046527
Bukovansky, Mlada, Clark, Ian, Eckersley, Robyn, Price, Richard, Reus-Smit, Christian and Wheeler, Nicholas J. (2012). Special responsibilities: global problems and American power. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139108812
Reus-Smit, Christian (2004). American power and world order. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (1999). The Moral Purpose of a State: Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International Relations. Princeton, N.J., USA: Princeton University Press.
Book Chapters
Reus-Smit, Christian (2022). Sovereignty Is Dead, Long Live Sovereignty. Governance, Security and Development. (pp. 109-131) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11393-2_6
Reus-Smit, Christian (2021). Holding the middle ground: cognitive evolution and progress. Theorizing world orders: cognitive evolution and beyond. (pp. 208-227) edited by Piki Ish-Shalom, Markus Kornprobst and Vincent Pouliot. Cambridge United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009058193.009
Reus-Smit, Christian and Phillips, Andrew (2020). Conclusion. Culture and order in world politics. (pp. 319-328) edited by Andrew Phillps and Christian Reus-Smit. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108754613.015
Reus-Smit, Christian (2020). International law. The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations. (pp. 303-318) edited by John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Phillips, Andrew and Reus-Smit, Christian (2020). Culture and order in world politics. Culture and Order in World Politics. (pp. 23-46) edited by Andrew Phillips and Christian Reus-Smit. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108754613.002
Reus-Smit, Christian (2019). Being a realist about human rights. The limits of human rights. (pp. 121-135) edited by Bardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198824756.003.0009
Reus-Smit, Christian (2018). Seeing culture in world politics. Theorizing global order: the international, culture, and governance. (pp. 66-90) edited by Hellmann, Gunther. Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2018). Protean power and revolutions in rights. Protean power: exploring the uncertain and unexpected in world politics. (pp. 59-78) edited by Peter J. Katzenstein and Lucia A. Seybert. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108597456.004
Reus-Smit, Christian (2017). The anarchical society and human rights. The anarchical society at 40: contemporary challenges and prospects. (pp. 75-91) edited by Hidemi Suganami, Madeline Carr and Adam Humphreys. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198779605.003.0005
Reus-Smith, Christian and Dunne, Tim (2017). Introduction. The globalization of international society. (pp. 3-17) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Dunne, Tim and Reus-Smit, Christian (2017). Conclusion. The globalization of international society. (pp. 425-432) edited by Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian and Dunne, Tim (2017). The globalization of international society. The globalization of international society. (pp. 18-40) edited by Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198793427.003.0002
Reus-Smit, Christian (2014). International law. The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. (pp. 274-288) edited by John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). Constructivism. Theories of International Relations. (pp. 217-240) Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). The liberal international order reconsidered. After Liberalism?: The Future of Liberalism in International Relations. (pp. 167-186) edited by Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian and Ramon Pacheco Pardo. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137303769
Rae, Heather and Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). Grand days, dark palaces: the contradictions of liberal ordering. Liberal World Orders. (pp. 87-105) edited by Tim Dunne and Trine Flockhart. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.5871/bacad/9780197265529.003.0005
Pauly, Louis W. and Reus-Smit, Christian (2012). Negotiating Anglo-America: Australia, Canada, and the United States. Anglo-America and its discontents : civilizational identities beyond West and East. (pp. 127-152) edited by Peter Katzenstein. London: Routledge.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2009). On rights and institutions. Global basic rights. (pp. 25-48) edited by Charles R. Beitz and Robert E. Goodin. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2008). Constructivism and the English school. Theorising international society: English school methods. (pp. 58-77) edited by Cornelia Navari. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230234475
Reus-Smit, Christian (2008). Constructivism. Theories of international relations. (pp. 212-235) edited by Scott Burchill and Andrew Linklater. Hampshire, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
Reus-Smit, Christian and Snidal, Duncan (2008). Between Utopianism and realism: the practical discourses of international relations. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. (pp. 3-40) edited by Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2008). Constructivism and the structure of ethical reasoning. Moral limit and possibility in world politics. (pp. 53-82) edited by Richard M. Price. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2006). Factors affecting peace and security. Positioning Navies for the Future: Challenge and Response. Proceedings of the Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Conference 2004. (pp. 26-32) edited by Jack McCaffrie. Broadway, NSW, Australia: Halstead Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2005). Constructivism. Theories of International Relations. (pp. 188-211) edited by Scott Burchill and Andrew Linklater. London, United Kingdom: Macmillan.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2005). Liberal hierarchy and the license to use force. Force and Legitimacy in World Politics. (pp. 71-92) edited by James David Armstrong, Theo Farrell and Bice Maiguashca. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511622021.005
Reus-Smit, Christian (2004). The politics of international law. The politics of international law. (pp. 14-44) edited by Christian Reus-Smit. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2004). Society, power, and ethics. The politics of international law. (pp. 272-290) edited by Christian Reus-Smit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2004). International law. The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. (pp. 349-368) edited by John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2004). The constructivist challenge after September 11. International Society and its Critics. (pp. 81-96) edited by Alex J. Bellamy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/0199265208.001.0001
Reus-Smit, Christian (2003). International relations. The Cambridge Handbook of the Social Sciences in Australia. (pp. 358-373) edited by Ian McAllister, Steve Dowrick and Riaz Hassan. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2002). The idea of history and history with ideas. Historical Sociology of International Relations. (pp. 120-140) edited by Stephen Hobden and John M. Hobson. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (2001). Constructivism. Theories of International Relations. (pp. 209-230) edited by Scott Burchill and Andrew Linklater. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Reus-Smit, Christian (1998). Changing patterns of governance: from absolutism to global multilateralism. Between Sovereignty and Global Governance: The United Nations, the State and Civil Society. (pp. 1-28) edited by Albert J. Paolini, Anthony P. Jarvis and Christian Reus-Smit. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Macmillan Press.
Reus-Smit, Christian (1996). The normative structure of international society. Earthly Goods: Environmental Change and Social Justice. (pp. 96-121) edited by Fen Osler Hampson and Judith Reppy. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University Press.
Journal Articles
Reus-Smit, Christian (2021). Going global: a future for Australian International Relations. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 75 (6), 678-690. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2021.1992145
Reus-Smit, Christian (2021). The end of global pluralism?. European Journal of International Relations, 27 (4), 135406612110172-1273. doi: 10.1177/13540661211017273
Reus-Smit, Christian (2019). Review: Praxis: on acting and knowing. Perspectives On Politics, 17 (3), 828-830. doi: 10.1017/S1537592719001956
Reus-Smit, Christian, Larson, Deborah Welch, Kydd, Andrew, Freedman, Lawrence and Wheeler, Nicholas J. (2018). Trusting enemies: interpersonal relationships in international conflict. International Affairs, 94 (6), 1431-1446. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiy229
Clark, Ian, Kaempf, Sebastian, Reus-Smit, Christian and Tannock, Emily (2018). Crisis in the laws of war? Beyond compliance and effectiveness. European Journal of International Relations, 24 (2), 319-343. doi: 10.1177/1354066117714528
Reus-Smit, Christian (2017). Cultural Diversity and International Order. International Organization, 71 (4), 851-885. doi: 10.1017/S0020818317000261
Reus-Smit, Christian (2016). Theory, history, and great transformations. International Theory, 8 (3), 422-435. doi: 10.1017/S1752971916000117
Reus-Smit, Christian (2014). Emotions and the social. International Theory, 6 (3), 568-574. doi: 10.1017/S1752971914000281
Reus-Smit, Christian (2014). International law and the mediation of culture. Ethics and International Affairs, 28 (1), 65-82. doi: 10.1017/S0892679414000069
Reus-Smit, Christian (2014). Power, legitimacy, and order. Chinese Journal of International Politics, 7 (3) pou035, 341-359. doi: 10.1093/cjip/pou035
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). The concept of intervention. Review of International Studies, 39 (5), 1057-1076. doi: 10.1017/S0260210513000296
克里斯蒂安·罗伊-施密特 Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). 国际社会中的权力、合法性与秩序. Zhejiang Daxue Xuebao (Renwen Shehui Kexue Ban), 43 (5), 45-56. doi: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-942X.2013.05.005
Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). Beyond metatheory?. European Journal of International Relations, 19 (3), 405-425. doi: 10.1177/1354066113495479
Clark, Ian and Reus-Smit, Christian (2013). Liberal internationalism, the practice of special responsibilities and evolving politics of the security council. International Politics, 50 (1), 38-56. doi: 10.1057/ip.2012.27
Reus-Smit, Christian (2012). International relations, irrelevant? don't blame theory. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 40 (3), 525-540. doi: 10.1177/0305829812442046
Reus-Smit, Christian (2011). Human rights in a global ecumene. International Affairs, 87 (5), 1205-1218. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2011.01029.x
Reus-Smit, Christian (2011). Obligation through practice. International Theory, 3 (2), 339-347. doi: 10.1017/S1752971911000078
Reus-Smit, Christian (2011). Struggles for individual rights and the expansion of the international system. International Organization, 65 (2), 207-242. doi: 10.1017/S0020818311000038
Reus-Smit, Christian (2008). Reading history through constructivist eyes. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 37 (2), 395-414. doi: 10.1177/0305829808097647
Reus-Smit, Christian and Snidal, Duncan (2008). Reuniting ethics and social science: The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Ethics and International Affairs, 22 (3), 261-271. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-7093.2008.00155.x
Reus-Smit, Christian (2007). International crises of legitimacy. International Politics, 44 (2/3), 157-174. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800182
Reus-Smit, Christian (2005). Liberal hierarchy and the licence to use force. Review of International Studies, 31 (S1), 71-92. doi: 10.1017/S0260210505006790
Reus-Smit, Christian (2003). Politics and International Legal Obligation. European Journal of International Relations, 9 (4), 591-625. doi: 10.1177/135406610394003
Reus-Smit, Christian (2003). The misleading mystique of America's material power. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 57 (3), 423-430. doi: 10.1080/1035771032000142563
Reus-Smit, Christian (2002). Imagining society: constructivism and the English School. The British Journal of Politics & International Relations, 4 (3), 487-509. doi: 10.1111/1467-856X.00091
Reus-Smit, Christian (2001). Human rights and the social construction of sovereignty. Review of International Studies, 27 (4), 519-538. doi: 10.1017/S0260210501005198
Reus-Smit, Christian (2001). The Strange Death of Liberal International Theory. European Journal of International Law, 12 (3), 573-594. doi: 10.1093/ejil/12.3.573
Reus-Smit, Christian (2000). In dialogue on the ethic of consensus: a reply to Shapcott. Pacifica Review: Peace, Security & Global Change, 12 (3), 305-308. doi: 10.1080/713604483
Reus-Smit, C (1999). The transformation of political community.. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 53 (3), 332-333.
Reus-Smit, Christian (1999). Book reviews: Andrew Linklater, The Transformation of Political Community. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 53 (3), 332-333. doi: 10.1080/00049919993917
Price, Richard and Reus-Smit, Christian (1998). Dangerous liaisons? Critical international theory and constructivism. European Journal of International Relations, 4 (3), 259-294. doi: 10.1177/1354066198004003001
Reus-Smit, C (1998). International society after the Cold War: Anarchy and order reconsidered. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 52 (2), 205-206.
Reus-Smit, Christian (1998). Book review: Rick Fawn and Jeremy Larkins (eds), International Society after the Cold War: Anarchy and Order Reconsidered. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 52 (2), 205-206. doi: 10.1080/10357719808445251
Reus-Smit, Christian (1997). The constitutional structure of international society and the nature of fundamental institutions. International Organization, 51 (4), 555-589. doi: 10.1162/002081897550456
Reus-Smit, Christian (1992). Realist and resistance Utopias: community, security and political action in the New Europe. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 21 (1), 1-28. doi: 10.1177/03058298920210010201
Reus-Smit, Christian (1989). Arms control, nuclear strategy and Australian foreign policy: The Fraser years. Interdisciplinary Peace Research, 1 (2), 57-73. doi: 10.1080/14781158908412712