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Keywords
Critical geopolitics, European security, EU's geopolitics, Maritime affairs, Maritime security, Navies
Research Areas
Geography, Politics and International Relations
Dr Basil Germond FHEA FRGS
Lecturer
County South
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YL
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Tel: +44 1524 594252
Office hours: Tuesday 1200-1400 or by appointment
Affiliations
I am Lecturer in Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and International Relations Theories, and Programme Director for our MA in Diplomacy (including distance-learning). I am specialised in naval affairs, maritime security and maritime geopolitics, as well as in European security and the geopolitical actorness of the EU.
My research interests cover the maritime dimension of the European Union; maritime security (including counter-piracy, counter-trafficking, counter-immigration, counter-terrorism); current naval developments, maritime strategy and maritime geopolitics; the European Union's geopolitics (including its geopolitical vision and discourse); energy security and the Arctic region; and borders and frontiers in IR. I am currently writing a book on the maritime dimension of the European Union.
PhD Supervision Interests
-Maritime security and Maritime/Naval affairs
-European Security
-The EU's geopolitical actorness
-Geopolitical discourses and Critical geopolitics
-Borders and frontiers in IR
Qualifications
MA, MRes, PhD (University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies), PGCAP (Lancaster), FHEA, FRGS
Professional Role
Departmental roles
- Member of the Richardson Institute Management Committee
- Programme Director for the MA programmes in Diplomacy (campus-based and distance-learning)
Faculty role
- Member of the Undergraduate Course Committee
External affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Research Fellow, Centre for European Security, University of Salford
- Associate Researcher, the Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History, Switzerland
- Associate Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Development, UCLan
- Member of the editorial board of the Romanian Review of European Governance Studies
Current Teaching
Undergraduate
POLI.100 Section 4: "Principles of International Relations"
PPR.221 International Relations and Security, Section 3: "Security"
PPR.331 The European Union and the World (course convenor)
Postgraduate
I am the course convenor for the following postgraduate modules:
PPR.410 Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations
PPR.430 Theories and Concepts in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
PPR.431 Issues and Practice in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Programme Director
I am Programme Director for our Masters in Diplomacy:
-MA in Diplomacy and International Relations (Distance-learning)
-MA in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (Campus-based)
-MA/LLM in Diplomacy and International Law (Campus-based)
-MA in Diplomacy and Religion (Campus-based)
Office hours
Tuesday 1200-1400 or by appointment
In Press
The European Union at the Horn of Africa: contribution of critical geopolitics to piracy studies
Germond, B. 02/2013 In: Global Policy. 4, 1, p. n/a.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2011
The EU's security and the sea: defining a maritime security strategy
Germond, B. 12/2011 In: European Security. 20, 4, p. 563-584. 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Climate change and security: the European Union’s discourse and climate geopolitics
Germond, B. 07/2011 In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Revisiting the Socio-Political and Technological Dimensions of Climate Change. Germond-Duret, C., Goulding, J., Rahimian, F. P. & Akintoye, A. (eds.). Preston: UCLan, p. 45-57. 13 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2010
Venus Has Learned Geopolitics: The European Union's Frontier and Transatlantic Relations
Germond, B. 2010 In: The Routledge Handbook of Transatlantic Security. Germond, B., Hanhimaki, J. & Soutou, G-H. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 206-217.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Maritime Security Cooperation in the Mediterranean: Towards a Comprehensive Approach
Germond, B. 2010 In: VIII Seminario Internacional sobre Seguridad y Defensa en el Mediterráneo: New scenarios for cooperation. Soler i Lecha, E. & García, I. (eds.). Barcelona Center for International Studies, Dirección General de Relaciones Institucionales (Ministerio de Defensa de España), p. 65-73.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The Routledge handbook of transatlantic security.
Hanhimaki, J. (ed.), Soutou, G-H. (ed.) & Germond, B. (ed.) 2010 Abingdon: Routledge. 300 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Maritime security in the Mediterranean: European and transatlantic approaches.
Germond, B. & Grove, E. 2010 Washington; Roma: The German Marshall Fund of the United States; The Istituto Affari Internazionali
Research output: Working paper
From frontier to boundary and back again: the European Union's maritime margins.
Germond, B. 02/2010 In: European Foreign Affairs Review. 15, 1, p. 39-55. 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2009
L'Union européenne et ses marches maritimes: vers une déterritorialisation de la sécurité
Germond, B. 2009 In: Coastal dynamics and maritime frontiers: the shores: hinges or frontiers of territories?. Semmoud, B. (ed.). L'Harmattan, p. 37-50. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Re-thinking European security interests and the ESDP: explaining the EU's anti-piracy operation.
Germond, B. & Smith, M. E. 12/2009 In: Contemporary Security Policy. 30, 3, p. 573-593. 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2008
Construire l'Europe
Germond, B. (ed.) & Liebich, A. (ed.) 2008 Presses Universitaires de France. 301 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Les forces navales européennes dans la période post-guerre froide
Germond, B. 2008 L'Harmattan. 295 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Multinational military cooperation and its challenges: the case of European naval operations in the wider Mediterranean area.
Germond, B. 06/2008 In: International Relations. 22, 2, p. 173-191. 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2007
La puissance navale turque: quels atouts pour l'Union européenne?
Germond, B. 2007 In: Europe-Power and Turkey. Dedeoglu, B. & Turkmen, F. (eds.). L'Harmattan, p. 131-153. 23 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The Naval and Maritime Dimension of the European Union
Germond, B. 2007 In: The EC/EU: a world security actor?. Deighton, A. & Bossuat, G. (eds.). Paris: Soleb, p. 346-361.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2006
L'action des forces navales europeennes pour la prevention et la gestion des crises et des conflits en periode post-guerre froide. [The European naval forces and conflicts/crises management in the post-cold war era]
Germond, B. 2006 In: Prevention, gestion et sortie des conflits [Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts]. Chetail, V. (ed.). Geneva: Euryopa, p. 75-99. 25 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Les forces navales europeennes face aux nouvelles menaces en mer. [The European naval forces and the new threats at sea]
Germond, B. 2006 In: Relations Internationales. 125, p. 45-58. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Similarites dans la rhetorique, les effets et la pratique des interventions de developpement et des interventions militaires humanitaires. [Similarities in the rhetoric, practice and effects of development interventions and military humanitarian interventions]
Germond-Duret, C. & Germond, B. 04/2006 In: Revue Juridique et Politique des Etats Francophones. 60, 2, p. 301-331. 31 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2005
Les missions des marines militaires europeennes depuis 1989. [The missions of the European navies since 1989]
Germond, B. 2005 In: Relations Internationales. 122, p. 105-116. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
De l'Atlantique a la Mediterranee: vers une reorientation de la geostrategie navale dans l'espace euro-atlantique depuis 1989. [From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean: towards a reorientation of naval geostrategy within the Euro-Atlantic space since 1989]
Germond, B. 12/2005 In: Les Cahiers de la Mediterranee. 71, 2, p. 227-244. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The Maritime Dimension of European Security
01/07/2011 →
Basil Germond
I am currently writing a comprehensive monograph on the maritime dimension of European security. The book is under contract with Palgrave. ... Read more»
Dr Basil Germond spoke to the European Parliament, Sub-Committee on Security and Defence
26/11/2012
Dr Basil Germond has been invited as an expert on maritime security to talk to the European Parliament, Sub-Committee on Security and Defence, on the prospect for an EU maritime security strategy. 27 ... Read more»Dr Basil Germond interviewed by Italian newspaper
13/02/2012
Dr Basil Germond has been interviewed by the Italian newspaper Affaritaliani.it to discuss the Chinese and Russian veto of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria and the implications for ... Read more»New Lecturer Awarded the European Foreign Affairs Review 2010 Prize
05/01/2011
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion is pleased to announce that its new Lecturer in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, Dr Basil Germond, has just been awarded the European Foreign Affairs R ... Read more»
