Bachelor of Arts with Honours - Macquarie University 

Doctor of Philosophy - Bond University 

R. James Ferguson main teaching area is international relations, regionalism, and
globalisation. He is the Director of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic
Studies within the Faculty. 

Along with extensive travel and research in Asia, the Pacific and Europe, James has been
involved in teaching, research, consulting, submissions to government, and publishing in
International Relations, East-West Studies, Strategic Studies and Asian culture. 

James conducts research in the areas of Asian, Eurasia, European and Australasian
International Relations, Eurasian studies, Chinese cultural systems, human and
comprehensive security, Islamic governance, and regional organisations. 

He is a member of the International Studies Association (ISA), the refereed International
Institute for Strategic Studies (the IISS, London), the International Institute of
Development Studies (IIDS) and for several years served as a Council member of the
Australian Institute of International Affairs (Queensland). He regularly presents at
international conferences in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, India, Europe and Australia.
He has received grants and fellowships from a number of sources including the ARC,
Ford-IDSS, Bond University, and the Visiting Researchers Program, run by the Institute of
Liberal Arts, Walailak University (Thailand). 

Professional admission & memberships: Editor, The Culture Mandala and the Research
Papers of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies. Member, International
Studies Association and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London).
Member, Australian Institute of International Affairs (Queensland). 

Other professional appointments: Director - Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic
Studies, FHSS, Bond University. 

Research interests & research expertise: Publications and conference papers have
included studies of ASEAN, Chinese strategic thought, Chinese political culture, Asian
leadership styles, and regionalism in Asia-Pacific. New research foci include Eurasian
political studies and Islamic governance in the 21st century. 

Articles

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Contemporary political mobilisation of the 'Caliphate': the clash of propaganda and discontent, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2008)

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Islamic politics has become entangled with problematic issues such as Middle Eastern tensions, energy resource...

 

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Rome and Parthia: Power politics and diplomacy across cultural frontiers, CEWCES Research Papers (2005)

[extract] Historically the gateways to appreciate Persian and Parthian culture were limited until the modern...

 

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ASEAN Concord II: Policy prospects for participant regional development, Contemporary Southeast Asia: A journal of international and strategic affairs (2004)

With the ASEAN Concord II in late 2003, Southeast Asia charted an ambitious path towards...

 

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Making the Spirit Sing: A review of Trevor Carolan's Return to Stillness: Twenty years with a Tai Chi Master, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2003)

Highly recommended for beginners and adepts, students of Asian philosophies and marital arts, or those...

 

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The transnational politics of Cuban music and Cuban culture, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2003)

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Over the last decade it has become clear that the meaning of Cubanidad and...

 

Books

International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of Confucius' birthday: Toward a global community (with Martin Lu and Rosita Dellios) (2004)

Selected essays presented at the International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of...

 

Book Chapters

Indonesia, ASEAN and the ASEAN regional forum: Convergent Trends in Regional and National Development, Readings in World Development: Growth and Development in Asia Pacific (2006)

Deep regional interaction remains a crucial component for the development of modern Indonesia in the...

 

Beyond the Federation of fear: Regional responses to undocumented migration, The Eye of the Cyclone: Issues in Pacific Security (2004)

A compilation of many of the papers presented at the PIPSA conference on the theme...

 

Confucius, Mencius, and the participatory society, International Confucian Conference in Commemoration of the 2550th Anniversary of Confucius' Birthday: Toward a global community (2004)

Selected Essays presented at the International Confucian Conference in Commemoration of the 2550th Anniversary of...

 

Environmental sustainability in India and China: Prospects and risks, Twentieth Century Development: Some Relevant Issues (2004)

Chapter 15. Environmental Sustainability in India and China : Prospects and Risks

 

New forms of Southeast Asian governance: From Codes of Conduct to Greater East Asia., Non-Traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia (2001)

A ground-breaking discourse on an increasingly vital topic that moves away from the traditional concept...

 

Conference Papers

Harmony and humane governance - Contesting the social order in classical Chinese thought and 21st century global society (with Rosita Dellios), International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Inter-Congress: "From the crossroads of civilizations: Understanding cultural diversity to connect societies (2010)

When China’s President Hu Jintao articulated his country’s ‘harmonious world’ (hexie shijie) foreign policy perspective...