Mr Richard Leaver

Position/s:Reader
International Relations
Phone: +61 8 82012376
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Location: Social Sciences South (394)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Research and supervision

Publications

Books
Leaver, R.L. and Ungerer, C. (2010). A Natural Power: Challenges for Australia's Resources Diplomacy in Asia. Barton, ACT: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Book chapters
Leaver, R. (2011). The Economic Potential of Uranium Mining for Australia. In Michael Clarke, Stephan Fruhling and Andrew O'Neil, ed. Australia's Uranium Trade. The Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges of a Contentious Export. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 87-107.
Leaver, R.L. (2009). Australia's role in feeding Asia's energy demand. In Christopher Len and Alvin Chew, ed. Energy and Security Cooperation in Asia: Challenges and Prospects. Stockholm-Nacka, Sweden: Institute for Security and Development Policy, pp. 121-142. [online]. Available from: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2009_len-chew_energy-and-security-cooperation-in-asia.pdf.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). The new trade agenda. In Carl Ungerer, ed. Australian Foreign Policy in the Age of Terror. Sydney, NSW: University of New South Wales Press, pp. 101-132.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). The oil crisis. In Sally Totman and Scott Burchill, ed. Global Crises and Risks. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, pp. 39-52.
Leaver, R.L. (2007). Australia and Asia-Pacific energy security: the rhymes of history. In Michael Wesley, ed. Energy security in Asia. Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 91-111.
Leaver, R.L. (2006). Everything new is old again? Australia-Japan relations, new security, and "the new dispensation". In Derek McDougall, Peter Shearman, ed. Australian Security after 9/11: New and Old Agendas. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 121-141.
Leaver, R.L. (2006). Australia in Asia. In James Goodman, ed. Regionalization, Marketization and Political Change in the Pacific Rim. Guadalajara, Mexico: University of Guadalajara, pp. 117-144.
Leaver, R.L. (2001). The impact of the self-declared nuclear weapon states upon the NPT Review process. In The Politics of Nuclear Non-proliferation. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, pp. 118-131.
Refereed journal articles
Leaver, R. (2011). Australia, Trade Policy and the Global South: An Odyssey over Five Decades. The Round Table, 100(415), pp.375-387. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2011.595253.

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Books
Leaver, R.L. and Ungerer, C. (2010). A Natural Power: Challenges for Australia's Resources Diplomacy in Asia. Barton, ACT: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Book chapters
Leaver, R. (2011). The Economic Potential of Uranium Mining for Australia. In Michael Clarke, Stephan Fruhling and Andrew O'Neil, ed. Australia's Uranium Trade. The Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges of a Contentious Export. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 87-107.
Leaver, R.L. (2010). Australia in the Post-War Recessions: A Comparative Analysis. In Ping Shu and Curtis Andressen, ed. Australia, China and the Global Financial Crisis. Adelaide: Flinders University, pp. 14-33.
Leaver, R.L. (2009). Australia's role in feeding Asia's energy demand. In Christopher Len and Alvin Chew, ed. Energy and Security Cooperation in Asia: Challenges and Prospects. Stockholm-Nacka, Sweden: Institute for Security and Development Policy, pp. 121-142. [online]. Available from: http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2009_len-chew_energy-and-security-cooperation-in-asia.pdf.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). The oil crisis. In Sally Totman and Scott Burchill, ed. Global Crises and Risks. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, pp. 39-52.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). The new trade agenda. In Carl Ungerer, ed. Australian Foreign Policy in the Age of Terror. Sydney, NSW: University of New South Wales Press, pp. 101-132.
Leaver, R.L. (2007). Australia and Asia-Pacific energy security: the rhymes of history. In Michael Wesley, ed. Energy security in Asia. Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 91-111.
Leaver, R.L. (2006). Everything new is old again? Australia-Japan relations, new security, and "the new dispensation". In Derek McDougall, Peter Shearman, ed. Australian Security after 9/11: New and Old Agendas. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 121-141.
Leaver, R.L. (2006). Australia in Asia. In James Goodman, ed. Regionalization, Marketization and Political Change in the Pacific Rim. Guadalajara, Mexico: University of Guadalajara, pp. 117-144.
Leaver, R.L. (2001). The impact of the self-declared nuclear weapon states upon the NPT Review process. In The Politics of Nuclear Non-proliferation. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, pp. 118-131.
Refereed journal articles
Leaver, R. (2011). Australia, Trade Policy and the Global South: An Odyssey over Five Decades. The Round Table, 100(415), pp.375-387. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2011.595253.
Leaver, R.L. and Kelton, M. (2010). Issues in Australian Foreign Policy: January to December 2009. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 56(2), pp.259-274.
Leaver, R.L. (2010). The Trade Policy of the Rudd Government and its Implications for Northeast Asia. Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, 14, pp.3-24.
Leaver, R.L. (2010). An Australian international political economy? The high road and the low road. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 64(1), pp.123-129.
Kelton, M. and Leaver, R.L. (2009). Issues in Australian foreign policy: July to December 2008. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 55(2), pp.248-260. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2009.01511a.x.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). Factoring energy security into Australian foreign and trade policy: has luck run out? International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 29(4), pp.388-399. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGEI.2008.019075.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). Issues in Australian Foreign Policy: January to June 2008. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54(4), pp.597-608. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2008.00518.x.
Leaver, R.L. (2007). The Redeeming of Unfree Trade Agreements: France, Taiwan, India and Australian Uranium Safeguards. Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, 8, pp.3-20.
Leaver, R.L. and Sach, R. (2006). Issues in Australian foreign policy, January to June 2006. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 52(4), pp.621-636. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200700988;res=APAFT.
Leaver, R.L. (2005). The failing NPT: the case for institutional reform. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 59(4), pp.417-424. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357710500367216.
Leaver, R.L. (2005). The Australia - United States free trade agreement: the boomerang of competitive liberalisation? Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, 6, pp.113-144.
Leaver, R.L. (2002). Australian trade policy under the Howard Government: implications for APEC. Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, 3, pp.95-125.
Leaver, R.L. (2001). Is Australia Being Excluded from Asia? Policy, Organisation and Society, 14(1), pp.141-156.
Leaver, R.L. (2001). The Meanings, Origins and Implications of "the Howard Doctrine". Pacific Review, 14(1), pp.15-34.
Leaver, R.L. and DeBats, D.A. (2001). Introductory Remarks. Policy, Organisation and Society, 20(1), pp.1-9.
Leaver, R.L. (2001). Introduction: Australia, East Timor and Indonesia. Pacific Review, 14(1), pp.1-14.
Refereed conference papers
Leaver, R.L. (2010). Same Bed, Different Nightmares: Stern Hu, The Iron Ore War, and Australia-China Relations. In Elizabeth Morrell and Michael D. Barr, ed. Crises and Opportunities: Past, Present and Future. 18th Biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. pp. 1-14. [online]. Available from: http://www.asaa.asn.au/ASAA2010/index.php.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). The Illusion surrounding the illusion of protection. In Conference Proceedings, Australian Political Studies Association conference. Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) conference. [online]. Available from: http://www.polsis.uq.edu.au/apsa2008/Refereed-papers/Leaver.pdf.
Leaver, R.L. (2008). US decline, once more? In Online Conference Publications for OCIS 2008. the third Oceanic Conference on Interantional Studies (OCIS). pp. 1-13. [online]. Available from: http://www.uq.edu.au/ocis/published-proceedings.
Journal articles
Leaver, R.L. (2009). Nuclear safeguards?: some Canadian questions about Australian policy. Austral Policy Forum, (09-5A). [online]. Available from: http://www.globalcollab.org/Nautilus/australia/apsnet/policy-forum/2009/leaver.
Conference publications
Leaver, R.L. and Kelton, M. (2008). Foreign and security policy issues for Australia and the US. In Proceedings of the ISAC/ISSS Annual Conference 2008. Globalization and security: American foreign policy and the new administration: ISAC/ISSS Annual Conference 2008. [online]. Available from: https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port2?page=2&uid=17038.
Other public research outputs
Leaver, R. (2011). Olympic Dam. Making a two-speed economy in a manufacturing state (Policy Brief). Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre, Policy Brief, 11, pp.1-9.
Leaver, R. (2011). Long Distance Trade in Iron-ore: Institutionalisation, De-institutionalisation and Market Stability. New Approaches to Building Markets in Asia, Working Paper Series, pp.1-13.
Leaver, R.L. (2010). Resources and Asian engagement: an historical perspective on the future. , November. [online]. Available from: http://www.aspi.org.au/research/spf.aspx?tid=12.
Leaver, R.L. (2010). Resources and Asian engagement: an historical perspective on the future. Strategic Policy Forum.
Leaver, R.L. (2009). Value-subtracting: form vs. substance in Australian uranium safeguard policy. Austral Policy Forum, 09-08S, pp.1-23. [online]. Available from: http://gc.nautilus.org/Nautilus/australia/apsnet/reports/2009/leaver-safeguards.pdf/view.
Leaver, R.L. and Stephens, A.J. (2009). Somewhere over the rainbow: the Australian defence white paper, economic vulnerability, and China. Austral Policy Forum, 09-15A. [online]. Available from: http://www.globalcollab.org/Nautilus/australia/apsnet/policy-forum/2009/australian-defence-and-china/.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

  • International Relations economic aspects, with particular attention to energy and oil
  • Nuclear Proliferation/Nuclear Non-Proliferation the politics of the international civil fuel cycle
  • australian foreign policy, especially in relation to all the above

Subject/s

  • Arms control
  • International relations
  • Trade


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