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Books & Chapters in Books by Srdjan Vucetic

The "Anglosphere" is a neologism, but it refers to a global historical phenomenon of major impor... more The "Anglosphere" is a neologism, but it refers to a global historical phenomenon of major importance for world politics. Drawing on theories of collective identity-formation and framing, this book analyzes major foreign policy episodes that produced a community of English-speaking states, nations, and societies, taking into consideration how they shaped modern international order. The book's argument is that the origins of the Anglosphere are racial. http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=18744

Historians have long pointed out that Churchill's Fulton address was initially met with a mixture... more Historians have long pointed out that Churchill's Fulton address was initially met with a mixture of cheers and boos around the world. The reactions tended to be politically and ideologically determined. The reactions tended to be politically and ideologically determined. Conservative politicians and the media praised the speech for its realism about the nature of the postwar settlement: at last someone had the courage to publicly say that the victor nations could not forever be friends. In contrast, most liberals, socialists, and communists condemned the speech as inflammatory. With so many hopes pinned to the newly created United Nations Organization (UNO), the last thing the world needed was geopolitical tension between the Western powers and the Soviet Union, they argued. That was not all. Some leftists went further still. Churchill's notion the Anglo-American " special relationship " and " fraternal association " constituted the ultimate sinew of world peace smacked of racial supremacism, they said.

How nations construct themselves is a question that has catalyzed literally tens of thousands of ... more How nations construct themselves is a question that has catalyzed literally tens of thousands of scholarly articles and books. 1 In the present chapter, I address the implications that the " making identity count " project raises for existing conceptual , theoretical, and methodological approaches within this vast literature. If we accept that nations and their identities can and should be studied in a more valid and systematic manner introduced in this volume, then it also stands to reason that " making identity count " offers up an opportunity to advance other fields of inquiry, not just International Relations (IR). In what follows, I explore renderings of the link between national identity and political order in anthropology, history, social psychology, sociology, and IR. Of course, such an exercise will only scratch the surface of this voluminous literature, but I aim to form enough linkages and relations to indicate the wider relevance of the framework advanced in this volume. I begin below by looking at how anthropologists first essentialized and then de-essentialized nations. In the next two sections I examine some paths by which this project can enter into a dialogue with social psychology and sociology, respectively. Turning to history, I show how " making identity count " could contribute to the knowledge production in this field. In the final section I go back to IR once again, suggesting the ways this project could help overcome current limitations in analyzing the construction of national communities within a broader global society.

Chapter prepared for Making Things International II: Catalysts and Reactions. Mark B. Salter, ed.... more Chapter prepared for Making Things International II: Catalysts and Reactions. Mark B. Salter, ed. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press (2015)

Draft chapter prepared for Alex Anievas, Nivi Manchanda and Robbie Shilliam, eds., Race and Racis... more Draft chapter prepared for Alex Anievas, Nivi Manchanda and Robbie Shilliam, eds., Race and Racism in International Relations, Confronting the Global Colour Line (London, Routledge, 2014) .

Anglo-America and Its Discontents: Civilizational Identities Beyond West and East. Edited by Pete... more Anglo-America and Its Discontents: Civilizational Identities Beyond West and East. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein. New York: Routledge, 2012. 304p.

Inspired by the Adler-Barnett Security Communities (1998) volume, this essay considers the ways i... more Inspired by the Adler-Barnett Security Communities (1998) volume, this essay considers the ways in which the Stability Pact (1999-2008) helped construct a no-war community in the Balkans. Based on a poli sci MA thesis completed in 2001 at York U (Patiently supervised by Profs. David Dewitt and David Mutimer).

Papers by Srdjan Vucetic

The Brexit referendum triggered a feverish debate over the future of Britain. Critics warn of a c... more The Brexit referendum triggered a feverish debate over the future of Britain. Critics warn of a country stripped of its international influence, while advocates insist that it marks the beginning of a new phase in British engagement with the world. This article explores a notable development in the ideological debate. Some prominent Brexit supporters, both in Britain and elsewhere, endorse the idea of CANZUK, a union of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. We analyse CANZUK as an attempt to develop a fruitful post-Brexit imaginary and as a case of transnational elite advocacy. We begin by placing CANZUK in the context of debates over the “Anglosphere.” We then map the CANZUK advocacy network. Next we examine past plans for uniting English-speaking polities, tracing the idea back to late nineteenth century debates over settler colonialism. We end by sketching some reasons to be sceptical about the project.

The 1955 Afro-Asian Summit at Bandung is regarded as a pivot in the formation of Third Worldism a... more The 1955 Afro-Asian Summit at Bandung is regarded as a pivot in the formation of Third Worldism and of coloured solidarity against Western colonial-ism and global white supremacy. But while this anti-imperialist spirit was no doubt present at Bandung, so were many other spirits, including those of Cold War realpolitik. We consider the different meanings of Bandung by examining the critical role Yugoslavia played in the rise of the Non-Aligned Movement in years that followed the summit. Drawing on primary historical documents, we show that Yugoslav leaders consistently failed to appreciate the racism of the international society and their own racialised privilege in it. They did appreciate, however, that performing solidarity with the decolonised and decolonising nations would bring major status rewards to Yugoslavia in the context of the East–West showdown. That self-consciously anti-imperialist and anti-colonial positions can be thickly enveloped in white ignorance suggests the need for more critical International Relations analyses of race, racism and racialised international hierarchies.

Paper prepared for the 9th ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal, 26 - 29 August 2015.

Examines how the Canadian news media covered Canada's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter controversy (2010... more Examines how the Canadian news media covered Canada's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter controversy (2010-2012).

Paper Prepared for the 2014 convention of American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.

Using multiple sources, including diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, the paper traces how A... more Using multiple sources, including diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, the paper traces how Americans and their local brokers intervened in the Norwegian policy process to ensure that the Royal Norwegian Air Force would fly the F-35 rather than the Saab Gripen.

Drawing on theories of international relations, we consider the recent fighter aircraft competiti... more Drawing on theories of international relations, we consider the recent fighter aircraft competitions in Brazil and India, and analyze why the U.S.-made aircraft lost to their European rivals. Official statements offered by the Brazilian and Indian governments have cited inferior aircraft performance, technology-sharing issues, and prices. These explanations may be valid, but their main purpose is to direct attention away from the fact that military procurement is above all a matter of international policy and politics. Using analytical eclecticism as our guide, we selectively combine constructivist, liberal, and realist theoretical elements to provide a more comprehensive explanation of why Lockheed Martin and Boeing failed to sell fighters to Brazil and India.

Paper prepared for presentation at the Biennial Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Soci... more Paper prepared for presentation at the Biennial Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Conference, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, October 16-8, 2014.

How do mainstream Canadian newspapers portray contemporary terrorism? Inspired by framing theory... more How do mainstream Canadian newspapers portray contemporary terrorism? Inspired by framing theory, the following study develops a simple model for understanding and evaluating media coverage of terrorism. The model is then applied to a sample of 379 articles drawn from three Canadian newspapers in two periods of time—June 2006-June 2007 and June 2012-June 2013.

Some thoughts on how to talk about "race" in IR.

The "Anglosphere" is a neologism, but it refers to a global historical phenomenon of major impor... more The "Anglosphere" is a neologism, but it refers to a global historical phenomenon of major importance for world politics. Drawing on theories of collective identity-formation and framing, this book analyzes major foreign policy episodes that produced a community of English-speaking states, nations, and societies, taking into consideration how they shaped modern international order. The book's argument is that the origins of the Anglosphere are racial. http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=18744

Historians have long pointed out that Churchill's Fulton address was initially met with a mixture... more Historians have long pointed out that Churchill's Fulton address was initially met with a mixture of cheers and boos around the world. The reactions tended to be politically and ideologically determined. The reactions tended to be politically and ideologically determined. Conservative politicians and the media praised the speech for its realism about the nature of the postwar settlement: at last someone had the courage to publicly say that the victor nations could not forever be friends. In contrast, most liberals, socialists, and communists condemned the speech as inflammatory. With so many hopes pinned to the newly created United Nations Organization (UNO), the last thing the world needed was geopolitical tension between the Western powers and the Soviet Union, they argued. That was not all. Some leftists went further still. Churchill's notion the Anglo-American " special relationship " and " fraternal association " constituted the ultimate sinew of world peace smacked of racial supremacism, they said.

How nations construct themselves is a question that has catalyzed literally tens of thousands of ... more How nations construct themselves is a question that has catalyzed literally tens of thousands of scholarly articles and books. 1 In the present chapter, I address the implications that the " making identity count " project raises for existing conceptual , theoretical, and methodological approaches within this vast literature. If we accept that nations and their identities can and should be studied in a more valid and systematic manner introduced in this volume, then it also stands to reason that " making identity count " offers up an opportunity to advance other fields of inquiry, not just International Relations (IR). In what follows, I explore renderings of the link between national identity and political order in anthropology, history, social psychology, sociology, and IR. Of course, such an exercise will only scratch the surface of this voluminous literature, but I aim to form enough linkages and relations to indicate the wider relevance of the framework advanced in this volume. I begin below by looking at how anthropologists first essentialized and then de-essentialized nations. In the next two sections I examine some paths by which this project can enter into a dialogue with social psychology and sociology, respectively. Turning to history, I show how " making identity count " could contribute to the knowledge production in this field. In the final section I go back to IR once again, suggesting the ways this project could help overcome current limitations in analyzing the construction of national communities within a broader global society.

Chapter prepared for Making Things International II: Catalysts and Reactions. Mark B. Salter, ed.... more Chapter prepared for Making Things International II: Catalysts and Reactions. Mark B. Salter, ed. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press (2015)

Draft chapter prepared for Alex Anievas, Nivi Manchanda and Robbie Shilliam, eds., Race and Racis... more Draft chapter prepared for Alex Anievas, Nivi Manchanda and Robbie Shilliam, eds., Race and Racism in International Relations, Confronting the Global Colour Line (London, Routledge, 2014) .

Anglo-America and Its Discontents: Civilizational Identities Beyond West and East. Edited by Pete... more Anglo-America and Its Discontents: Civilizational Identities Beyond West and East. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein. New York: Routledge, 2012. 304p.

Inspired by the Adler-Barnett Security Communities (1998) volume, this essay considers the ways i... more Inspired by the Adler-Barnett Security Communities (1998) volume, this essay considers the ways in which the Stability Pact (1999-2008) helped construct a no-war community in the Balkans. Based on a poli sci MA thesis completed in 2001 at York U (Patiently supervised by Profs. David Dewitt and David Mutimer).

The Brexit referendum triggered a feverish debate over the future of Britain. Critics warn of a c... more The Brexit referendum triggered a feverish debate over the future of Britain. Critics warn of a country stripped of its international influence, while advocates insist that it marks the beginning of a new phase in British engagement with the world. This article explores a notable development in the ideological debate. Some prominent Brexit supporters, both in Britain and elsewhere, endorse the idea of CANZUK, a union of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. We analyse CANZUK as an attempt to develop a fruitful post-Brexit imaginary and as a case of transnational elite advocacy. We begin by placing CANZUK in the context of debates over the “Anglosphere.” We then map the CANZUK advocacy network. Next we examine past plans for uniting English-speaking polities, tracing the idea back to late nineteenth century debates over settler colonialism. We end by sketching some reasons to be sceptical about the project.

The 1955 Afro-Asian Summit at Bandung is regarded as a pivot in the formation of Third Worldism a... more The 1955 Afro-Asian Summit at Bandung is regarded as a pivot in the formation of Third Worldism and of coloured solidarity against Western colonial-ism and global white supremacy. But while this anti-imperialist spirit was no doubt present at Bandung, so were many other spirits, including those of Cold War realpolitik. We consider the different meanings of Bandung by examining the critical role Yugoslavia played in the rise of the Non-Aligned Movement in years that followed the summit. Drawing on primary historical documents, we show that Yugoslav leaders consistently failed to appreciate the racism of the international society and their own racialised privilege in it. They did appreciate, however, that performing solidarity with the decolonised and decolonising nations would bring major status rewards to Yugoslavia in the context of the East–West showdown. That self-consciously anti-imperialist and anti-colonial positions can be thickly enveloped in white ignorance suggests the need for more critical International Relations analyses of race, racism and racialised international hierarchies.

Paper prepared for the 9th ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal, 26 - 29 August 2015.

Examines how the Canadian news media covered Canada's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter controversy (2010... more Examines how the Canadian news media covered Canada's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter controversy (2010-2012).

Paper Prepared for the 2014 convention of American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.

Using multiple sources, including diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, the paper traces how A... more Using multiple sources, including diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, the paper traces how Americans and their local brokers intervened in the Norwegian policy process to ensure that the Royal Norwegian Air Force would fly the F-35 rather than the Saab Gripen.

Drawing on theories of international relations, we consider the recent fighter aircraft competiti... more Drawing on theories of international relations, we consider the recent fighter aircraft competitions in Brazil and India, and analyze why the U.S.-made aircraft lost to their European rivals. Official statements offered by the Brazilian and Indian governments have cited inferior aircraft performance, technology-sharing issues, and prices. These explanations may be valid, but their main purpose is to direct attention away from the fact that military procurement is above all a matter of international policy and politics. Using analytical eclecticism as our guide, we selectively combine constructivist, liberal, and realist theoretical elements to provide a more comprehensive explanation of why Lockheed Martin and Boeing failed to sell fighters to Brazil and India.

Paper prepared for presentation at the Biennial Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Soci... more Paper prepared for presentation at the Biennial Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Conference, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, October 16-8, 2014.

How do mainstream Canadian newspapers portray contemporary terrorism? Inspired by framing theory... more How do mainstream Canadian newspapers portray contemporary terrorism? Inspired by framing theory, the following study develops a simple model for understanding and evaluating media coverage of terrorism. The model is then applied to a sample of 379 articles drawn from three Canadian newspapers in two periods of time—June 2006-June 2007 and June 2012-June 2013.

Some thoughts on how to talk about "race" in IR.

Finds that membership in the ‘Anglosphere’ positively impacts the likelihood of participation in ... more Finds that membership in the ‘Anglosphere’ positively impacts the likelihood of participation in US-led coalitions of the willing, all else constant.

Argues that the patterns of interstate cooperation that led to the Anglo-American ‘‘special relat... more Argues that the patterns of interstate cooperation that led to the Anglo-American ‘‘special relationship’’ originate in the construction of a ‘‘racialized peace’’ between the American and British empires at the fin-de-siecle. Develops on new-ish a constructivist theorization of the national identity-foreign policy nexus.

A faux Foucaldian considers the status of genealogy in IR.

US imperial development was conditioned by many forces, but none match the aggregate power of Ame... more US imperial development was conditioned by many forces, but none match the aggregate power of America's ‘Anglo-ness’. A polemic prepared for the Symposium on "Race, Religion And Empire in American Power and Identity, The Research Group on American Power, Department Of Politics, School Of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, 5 June 2009.

Global governance read from the perspective of the Anglosphere conceit.

In this paired comparison, we go beyond explanations centered on the role of leaders to consider ... more In this paired comparison, we go beyond explanations centered on the role of leaders to consider three alternative factors—ruling party opinion, public opinion and strategic culture. We argue that in both countries the Iraq decision followed the dominant views within the ruling party as well as the dominant strategic culture among the elites.

Explores why the signature record of the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of ... more Explores why the signature record of the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has been so poor, especially among rich democracies.

API6339D Capstone Course, GSPIA, uOttawa, 2017

Syllabus draft for ECH2320--new course, Fall 2016.

The Disorder of Things, 1 October 2012.

Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans Vol. 4, No.1 (January 2004), pp. 67-71.

Lab Notes: The Official Newsletter of the Political Research Laboratory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Spring 20... more Lab Notes: The Official Newsletter of the Political Research Laboratory, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Spring 2006), pp. 3-6. Definitely not a book review.

Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol.14, No.2 (Summer 2004), pp. 210–212

An attempt to gain a better understanding of societal engagement with national security issues in... more An attempt to gain a better understanding of societal engagement with national security issues in Canada and to try to evaluate the effects of national security policy on a particular community, Muslim Canadians, directly impacted by post 9/11 security developments.

With Kim Richard Nossal. International Journal 68: 1 (2012-3), pp. 3-12.

In Vucetic, ed., “The F-35: Right for Canada?” Canadian Foreign Policy Vol. 17, No. 3 (2011), pp.... more In Vucetic, ed., “The F-35: Right for Canada?” Canadian Foreign Policy Vol. 17, No. 3 (2011), pp. 196–203.

In 2001, the United States government selected Lockheed Martin (over Boeing) to lead the development of a fifth generation fighter aircraft for the use by the United States’ Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Although assorted Congressional committees and Pentagon officials have continued to express no shortage of concerns over the project's overruns, delays and performance shortfalls of the F-35, the so-called “arms deal of the century” remains on track. Along with several other United States’ allies, Canada expressed interest early on by contributing funds toward the development of the F-35, and many Canadian companies have already been involved in the project. In 2010, the Harper government vowed to buy 65 F-35s. This special issue takes a second look at this proposed military procurement, and examines the main issues of concern for Canada.

Après six ans de réflexions, l'Inde a finalement décidé d'acquérir 126 Rafale, avions de chasse d... more Après six ans de réflexions, l'Inde a finalement décidé d'acquérir 126 Rafale, avions de chasse de dernière génération du constructeur français Dassault.

The Disorder of Things, 2020