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School of Government & International Affairs

Staff Profiles

Dr Vincent Keating, BA Economics (Dalhousie), MSc Nationalism Studies (Edinburgh), PhD International Politics (Aberystwyth)

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 47204
Room number: 009, South End House

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Biography

Vincent joined the department in 2012 after completing his PhD in International Politics at Aberystwyth University.  His doctoral thesis examined the legitimacy of Bush administration human rights preferences within international society during the war on terror.

Current Research

Vincent currently works within two research areas. The first examines the tension between the conduct of the United States during the war on terror and the established norms of the international human rights system. The second examines the role of trust in shaping relations between states, particularly when conceptualised as a habitual ideational structure.

Research Interests

  • Human Rights
  • Legitimacy in International Society
  • Nuclear Regimes and Strategy
  • Security Communities
  • Trust in International Society
  • US Foreign Policy

Teaching Areas

  • SGIA 2281 Sovereignty, State and Empire
  • SGIA 41315 The International System
  • SGIA 41415 America and the World: The Making of US Foreign Policy
  • SGIA 41815 International Theory
  • SGIA 44615 Research Methods and Dissertation Production

Publications

Books: authored

  • Keating, Vincent C (2014). US Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy: The Constrained Hegemony of the George W. Bush Administration. Palgrave Macmillan (under contract).

Books: sections

  • Keating, Vincent & Wheeler, Nicholas J (2013). Concepts and Practices of Cooperative Security: Building Trust in the International System. In The Security Challenge: From Alliance Systems to Cooperative Security. Vojtech Mastny & Zhu Liqun Rowman and Littlefield.

Conference papers

  • Ruzicka, Jan & Keating, Vincent C (2012), An Unlikely Trusting Relationship? The United States and Japan since 1945, Trust, Cooperation and the Global Nuclear Future. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Keating, Vincent C & Ruzicka, Jan (2012), No Need to Hedge: Determining Trusting Relationships in International Politics, British International Studies Association. Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Keating, Vincent & Ruzicka, Jan (2011), Confidence and Trust: Two Concepts in International Relations, Nuclear Rivalries Symposium. Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom.

Presentation

  • Keating, Vincent C (2012), Constrained hegemony: The Bush administration's unsuccessful legitimation of habeas corpus policy within international society, Café Politique. Ustinov College, Durham, United Kingdom.
  • Keating, Vincent C & Ruzicka, Jan (2012), No Need to Hedge Determining Trusting Relationships in International Politics, Department of Politics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Keating, Vincent C & Ruzicka, Jan (2012), No Need to Hedge: Determining Trusting Relationships in International Politics, Tirsdagsseminar. Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Workshop

  • Keating, Vincent & Ruzicka, Jan (2012), Can Japan trust the United States?, David Davies Memorial Institute of International Affairs International Politics Research Group Can we trust anybody in international politics?. Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth Univerisity, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom.

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