Paul Keal, BA (Hons) (Flinders), PhD (ANU)
Senior Fellow, Department of International Relations

Tel: +61 2 6125 8419
Fax: +61 2 6125 8010
Email: paul.keal@anu.edu.au
Location: Room 3.42, Hedley Bull Centre

Biographical Statement

He has held appointments in University College of the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Australian National University and La Trobe University, and had visiting appointments at Princeton University, Stanford University, the Russian Diplomatic Academy, and Keele University. He is the author of European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Moral Backwardness of International Society (Cambridge, 2003); Unspoken Rules and Superpower Dominance (Macmillan, 1983), co-editor with Andrew Mack of Security and Arms Control in the North Pacific (Allen & Unwin, 1988), and editor of Ethics and Foreign Policy (Allen & Unwin and the ANU, 1992). His main interests are indigenous rights in world politics, the theory and practice of sovereignty and self-determination in the Asia-Pacific region, ethical and cultural factors in the political re-building of war torn states, and concepts of security.

Research Interests

Indigenous rights in world politics, the theory and practice of sovereignty and self-determination in the Asia-Pacific region, ethical and cultural factors in the political re-building of war torn states, and concepts of security.

Key Publications

• European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Moral Backwardness of International Soceity, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
• 'An International Society?', in Jacinta O'Hagan and Greg Fry (eds), Contending Images Of World Politics, London, Macmillan, 61-75, 2000.'
• "Just Backward Children": International Law and the Conquest of Non-European Peoples', Australian Journal Of International Affairs, 191-206, 49:2, 1995.

Career Highlights

Senior Lecturer Department of Politics, University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy 1993 – 2000. Visiting Fellow Keele University, 1996.