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Professor Shahar Hameiri
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Shahar Hameiri

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Overview

Background

I am a political economist with diverse research interests, with a particular interest in the evolving nature of statehood and political agency. My work focuses on Asia and the Pacific. I have written on rising powers (specifically China), global health politics, security governance, statebuilding, non-traditional security, global and regional governance, and Australian development and foreign policy. I have been awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2021-26) to examine emerging competition over international development financing projects in Asia and the Pacific. I am a Research Fellow of the Second Cold War Observatory.

My most recent books are The Locked-Up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia's COVID-19 Response (UQP, 2023), co-authored with Dr Tom Chodor, and Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China's Rise (Cambridge University Press, 2021), co-authored with Prof Lee Jones. My other books include International Intervention and Local Politics (Cambridge University, 2017), Governing Borderless Threats: Non-Traditional Security and the Politics of State Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2015), and Regulating Statehood (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). I am also co-editor of the all-new fourth edition of The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Poliltics and Uneven Development Under Hyperglobalisation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). I received my PhD from the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University in 2009. I tweet @ShaharHameiri.

Availability

Professor Shahar Hameiri is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Murdoch University
  • Bachelor (Honours), Murdoch University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Murdoch University

Research interests

  • Security governance, with a focus on the Asia Pacific

  • Rising Powers

  • Non-traditional security

  • State transformation and new modes of governance

  • Statebuilding and peacebuilding interventions

  • The politics of risk management

Research impacts

I have been a regular contributor to the print, broadcast and electronic media in areas relating to my expertise.

I have also co-authored policy papers, most recently with Dr Lee Jones for Chatham House, debunking the myth that China startegically ensnares recipients of its development financing in a 'debt-trap' to enhance China's geopolitical objectives.

Works

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62 works between 2007 and 2024

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Featured

2024

Journal Article

China, international competition and the stalemate in sovereign debt restructuring: beyond geopolitics

Hameiri, Shahar and Jones, Lee (2024). China, international competition and the stalemate in sovereign debt restructuring: beyond geopolitics. International Affairs, 100 (2), 691-710. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiae017

China, international competition and the stalemate in sovereign debt restructuring: beyond geopolitics

Featured

2023

Journal Article

Why the West’s alternative to China’s international infrastructure financing is failing

Hameiri, Shahar and Jones, Lee (2023). Why the West’s alternative to China’s international infrastructure financing is failing. European Journal of International Relations, 30 (3), 697-724. doi: 10.1177/13540661231218573

Why the West’s alternative to China’s international infrastructure financing is failing

Featured

2023

Book

The locked-up country: learning the lessons from Australia's COVID-19 response

Chodor, Tom and Hameiri, Shahar (2023). The locked-up country: learning the lessons from Australia's COVID-19 response. Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

The locked-up country: learning the lessons from Australia's COVID-19 response

Featured

2021

Book

Fractured China: how state transformation is shaping China's rise

Jones, Lee and Hameiri, Shahar (2021). Fractured China: how state transformation is shaping China's rise. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009047487

Fractured China: how state transformation is shaping China's rise

2024

Book Chapter

Australian Foreign Policy and the New International Disorder

Beeson, Mark and Hameiri, Shahar (2024). Australian Foreign Policy and the New International Disorder. Australia in World Affairs 2011–2015. (pp. 3-20) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009458559.004

Australian Foreign Policy and the New International Disorder

2023

Book Chapter

Heterarchy and state transformation

Jones, Lee and Hameiri, Shahar (2023). Heterarchy and state transformation. Heterarchy in world politics. (pp. 67-79) edited by Philip G. Cerny. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003352617-7

Heterarchy and state transformation

2022

Journal Article

Explaining the failure of global health governance during COVID-19

Jones, Lee and Hameiri, Shahar (2022). Explaining the failure of global health governance during COVID-19. International Affairs, 98 (6), 2057-2076. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiac231

Explaining the failure of global health governance during COVID-19

2022

Journal Article

COVID-19 and the pathologies of Australia’s regulatory state

Chodor, Tom and Hameiri, Shahar (2022). COVID-19 and the pathologies of Australia’s regulatory state. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 53 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2106883

COVID-19 and the pathologies of Australia’s regulatory state

2022

Journal Article

For a progressive realism: Australian foreign policy in the 21st century

Bisley, Nick, Eckersley, Robyn, Hameiri, Shahar, Kirk, Jessica, Lawson, George and Zala, Benjamin (2022). For a progressive realism: Australian foreign policy in the 21st century. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 76 (2), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2022.2051428

For a progressive realism: Australian foreign policy in the 21st century

2022

Book Chapter

Globalization, state transformation and global governance

Hameiri, Shahar and Jones, Lee (2022). Globalization, state transformation and global governance. Handbook on governance and development. (pp. 64-77) edited by Wil Hout and Jane Hutchison. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781789908756.00014

Globalization, state transformation and global governance

2021

Journal Article

COVID-19 and the failure of the neoliberal regulatory state

Jones, Lee and Hameiri, Shahar (2021). COVID-19 and the failure of the neoliberal regulatory state. Review of International Political Economy, 29 (4), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2021.1892798

COVID-19 and the failure of the neoliberal regulatory state

2021

Journal Article

COVID-19: is this the end of globalization?

Hameiri, Shahar (2021). COVID-19: is this the end of globalization?. International Journal, 76 (1), 30-41. doi: 10.1177/0020702020985325

COVID-19: is this the end of globalization?

2020

Book Chapter

Southeast Asian regional governance: political economy, regulatory regionalism and ASEAN integration

Jones, Lee and Hameiri, Shahar (2020). Southeast Asian regional governance: political economy, regulatory regionalism and ASEAN integration. The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobalisation. (pp. 199-224) edited by Toby Carroll, Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28255-4_8

Southeast Asian regional governance: political economy, regulatory regionalism and ASEAN integration

2020

Book Chapter

Theorising political economy in Southeast Asia

Hameiri, Shahar and Jones, Lee (2020). Theorising political economy in Southeast Asia. The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobalisation. (pp. 3-34) edited by Toby Carroll, Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28255-4_1

Theorising political economy in Southeast Asia

2020

Book

The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobalisation

Toby Carroll, Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones eds. (2020). The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobalisation. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-28255-4

The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobalisation

2019

Journal Article

Institutionalism beyond methodological nationalism? The new interdependence approach and the limits of historical institutionalism

Hameiri, Shahar (2019). Institutionalism beyond methodological nationalism? The new interdependence approach and the limits of historical institutionalism. Review of International Political Economy, 27 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2019.1675742

Institutionalism beyond methodological nationalism? The new interdependence approach and the limits of historical institutionalism

2019

Journal Article

Reframing the rising powers debate: state transformation and foreign policy

Hameiri, Shahar, Jones, Lee and Heathershaw, John (2019). Reframing the rising powers debate: state transformation and foreign policy. Third World Quarterly, 40 (8), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1594182

Reframing the rising powers debate: state transformation and foreign policy

2019

Journal Article

State transformation and China's engagement in global governance: the case of nuclear technologies

Hameiri, Shahar and Zeng, Jinghan (2019). State transformation and China's engagement in global governance: the case of nuclear technologies. Pacific Review, 33 (6), 900-930. doi: 10.1080/09512748.2019.1613441

State transformation and China's engagement in global governance: the case of nuclear technologies

2019

Book Chapter

International statebuilding interventions and the politics of scale

Hameiri, Shahar and Scarpello, Fabio (2019). International statebuilding interventions and the politics of scale. Handbook on intervention and statebuilding. (pp. 61-70) edited by Nicolas Lemay-Hebert. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781788116237.00013

International statebuilding interventions and the politics of scale

2018

Journal Article

Security governance and the politics of state transformation: moving from description to explanation

Hameiri, Shahar, Jones, Lee and Sandor, Adam (2018). Security governance and the politics of state transformation: moving from description to explanation. Journal of Global Security Studies, 3 (4), 463-482. doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogy024

Security governance and the politics of state transformation: moving from description to explanation

Funding

Current funding

  • 2021 - 2026
    The Politics of Development Financing Competition in Asia and the Pacific
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2017 - 2022
    Rising Powers and State Transformation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016
    The politics of public administration reform: capacity development and ideological contestation in international state-building
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Shahar Hameiri is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • The Politics of Development Financing Competition in Asia and the Pacific

    Project description

    Expressions of interest are sought from applicants interested in examining how states and their societies are responding to emerging competition between the US and its allies and China in Asia and the Pacific. Country case-studies, as well as regionally or thematically focused studies are all welcome.

    Research environment

    The School of Political Science and International Studies has an outstanding global reputation for research and teaching in the discipline. Our Graduate Centre is home to a thriving research community. We have over 50 PhD candidates working on a range of research projects.

    PhD students in our School Graduate Centre receive a number of benefits including:

    1. Postgraduate workshops and dedicated training 2. A thriving research culture in one of the world's best schools in the discipline 3. The resources you need to complete your studies, including work station, desktop computer, and research funding.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Politics of Government-Linked Companies in Malaysia

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Politics of Investment De-Risking in Indonesia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Johnston

  • Doctor Philosophy

    PLANNING AND BUDGETING REFORM IN INDONESIA: GOVERNANCE, REGULATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Johnston

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Political Economy of Market-oriented Healthcare Reform in State-Socialist Asia: State, Interests, and Ideology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Adam Hannah

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Countering China? Reactions to Chinese Geostrategy in India, Japan, and South Korea

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Percy

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Matrilineal Societies in the Borderlands

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Johnston

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Professor Shahar Hameiri directly for media enquiries about:

  • Asian security
  • australian foreign policy
  • development
  • global governance
  • politics of COVID-19
  • regional politics in the Asia-Pacific

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