Dr Justin Hastings

PhD, University of California, Berkeley
MA,
AB, Princeton University

BACKGROUND

Justin Hastings is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, where he is also affiliated with the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, the China Studies Centre, and Centre of International Security Studies. From 2008 to 2010, he was an Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he remains affiliated with the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy. He received an MA (2003) and PhD (2008) in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in public and international affairs from Princeton University in 2001.

Hastings' research is mostly focused on gray and black markets, rogue states, and the structure and behaviour of clandestine non-state actors, such as terrorists, maritime piracy, smugglers, organized criminals, insurgents, and nuclear weapons proliferators, primarily in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean. In the department, he teaches units and supervises research students on international security issues and Asian politics.

RESEARCH

Research Fields

• International Relations
• Comparative Politics

Research Interests

• Regional interests: Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Singapore), Northeast Asia (especially China, Taiwan, Korean Peninsula), East Africa
• Theoretical interests: Political and economic geography, non-traditional security, globalisation
• Substantive interests: Terrorism, smuggling, maritime piracy, insurgency, gray/black markets, nuclear weapons proliferation

Current Research Projects

• "Uncovering the organizational dynamics of violent maritime groups" (with Victor Asal, Karl Rethemeyer, and Sarah Phillips) – supported by International Program Development Fund ($10,900), Australian Research Council Discover Project Scheme ($148,949)
• "Technology and knowledge transfer in nuclear proliferation networks" (with Adam Stulberg) – supported by MacArthur Foundation International Security Program (US$200,000), Science Applications International Corporation (US$25,000)
• "International commerce and dark networks in East Asia" – supported by Bridging Support Grant ($10,000), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Support Scheme ($7,500), China Studies Centre Research Development Grant ($22,206)

TEACHING

Current Courses

• GOVT6314 - Terrorism and International Security

Past Courses

• GOVT 4101 - Honours Seminar
• GOVT 6136 - Asia Pacific Politics
• GOVT 2119 - Southeast Asia: Dilemmas of Development

PUBLICATIONS

Books Authored and Edited

Hastings, J 2010, No Man’s Land: Globalization, Territory, and Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia, Cornell University Press, Ithaca¹.

Refereed Journal Articles

Chan, R & Hastings, J (forthcoming), "Target Hardening and Terrorist Signaling: The Case of Aviation Security", Terrorism and Political Violence.

Hastings, J 2012, "Understanding Maritime Piracy Syndicate Operations", Security Studies, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 683-721.

Hastings, J 2012, "The Geography of Nuclear Proliferation Networks: The Case of AQ Khan", Nonproliferation Review, vol. 19 no. 3, pp. 429-450.

Hastings, J 2011, "Chartingthe Course of Uyghur Unrest", The China Quarterly, no. 208, pp. 891-912.

Hastings, J 2011, "The Fractured Geopolitics of the United States in the Indian Ocean Region", Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 183-199.

Hastings, J 2009, "Illicit Flows in the Hong Kong-China-Taiwan Triangle", Issues & Studies, vol. 45 no. 2, pp. 185-220.

Hastings, J 2009, "Geographies of State Failure and Sophistication in Maritime Piracy Hijackings", Political Geography, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 213-223.

Hastings, J 2008, "Geography, Globalization, and Terrorism: The Plots of Jemaah Islamiyah", Security Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 505-530.

Hastings, J 2005, "Perceiving a Single Chinese State: Escalation and Violence in Uighur Protests", Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 28-38.

Book Chapters

Hastings, J (forthcoming 2013), "Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia", in ATH Tan (ed), East and South-East Asia: International Relations and Security Perspectives, Routledge Press, London.

Hastings, J (forthcoming 2013), "The Ambiguous Political Economy of Terrorism in Southeast Asia’s Borderlands", in R Hathaway & M Wills (eds), Rethinking Asian Security: New Threats for a New Century, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Washington, DC.

Hastings, J (forthcoming 2013), "Consequences of the Nuclear Renaissance for Non-state Nuclear Trafficking", in A Stulberg & M Fuhrmann (eds), The Nuclear Renaissance and International Security, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA.

Hastings, J 2008, "Corruption’s Corrosive Effect on Counterinsurgency: The Free Aceh Movement in Southeast Asia", in M Cox (ed), State of Corruption, State of Chaos: The Terror of Political Malfeasance, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.

Selected Conference Papers

Hastings, J 2012, "Globalization, Ma Ying-jeou, and the Future of Transnational Criminal Networks", paper presented at Cross-Strait Relations in the Age of Globalization: Globalization-Security Linkages, Centre for Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. September 2012.

Hastings, J, Jablonski, R & Oliver, S 2012, "Tortuga Disease: The Perverse Economic Impacts of Maritime Piracy", paper presented at International Studies Association 2012 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2012.

Asal, V & Hastings, J 2012, "Terrorist Organizations and the Move to Maritime Targets", paper presented at International Studies Association 2012 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2012.

Hastings, J 2012, "Security, Transnational Commerce, and State Power in Archipelagic Southeast Asia", paper presented at Democracy in China and Southeast Asia? Local and National Perspectives, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. March 2012; Oceanic Conference on International Studies, Sydney, Australia. July 2012.

Chan, R & Hastings, J 2011, "Target Hardening and Terrorist Signaling: The Case of Aviation Security", paper presented at International Security Studies Section/International Security and Arms Control 2011 Annual Meeting, Irvine, CA. October 2011.

Hastings, J 2011, "Consequences of the Nuclear Renaissance for Non-state Proliferation", paper presented at International Studies Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC. March 2011.

Hastings, J 2011, "Exploiting Structural Weaknesses in Pirate Organizations", paper presented at International StudiesAssociation 2011 Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC. March 2011.

Hastings, J 2010, "Cross-Strait Rapprochement and the Future of Illicit Networks", paper presented at 2010 Conference on Taiwan Issues, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. October 2010.

Hastings, J 2010, "Targeting in Maritime Piracy Attacks", paper presented at International Studies Association 2010 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. February 2010.

Hastings, J & Stulberg, A 2010, "Technology and Knowledge Transfer in WMD Proliferation Networks: Towards an Integrative Framework", paper presented at International Studies Association 2010 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. February 2010.

Hastings, J 2009, "The AQ Khan Network: A Reappraisal", paper presented at American Political Science Association 2009 Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. September 2009; International Security StudiesSection/International Security and Arms Control 2009 Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA. October 2009.

Hastings, J 2008, "State Capacity and Sophistication in Piratical Hijackings", paper presented at International Studies Association-West 2008 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. September 2008.

Hastings, J 2007, "Smuggling Flows and the Political Geography of the Hong Kong-China-Taiwan Triangle", paper presented at Political Science Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 2007.

Hastings, J 2006, "Geography and Clandestine Transnational Networks: Using Jemaah Islamiyah to Understand Nuclear Proliferation Networks", paper presented at American Political Science Association 2006 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. September 2006.

Hastings, J 2004, "Perceiving a Single Chinese State: Escalation and Violence in Uighur Protests", paper presented at Department of Political Science Graduate Student Conference, University of California,Berkeley, CA. April 2004.

Working Papers

Asal, V & Hastings, J 2012, "Terrorist Organizations and the Move to Maritime Targets", (article MS).

Hastings, J, Jablonski, R & Oliver, S 2012, "Tortuga Disease: The Perverse Economic Impacts of Maritime Piracy", (article MS).

Hastings, J 2012, "Security, Transnational Commerce, and State Power in Archipelagic Southeast Asia", (book chapter MS).

Hastings, J 2010, "Taiwan-China Rapprochement and the Future of Illicit Networks", (article MS).

Hastings, J & Stulberg, A 2010, "Technology and Knowledge Transfer in WMD Proliferation Networks: Towards an Integrative Framework", (article MS).

Hastings, J 2010, "Targeting in Maritime Piracy Attacks", (article MS).

Reports

Hastings, J 2008, "Jemaah Islamiyah", FBI counterterrorism training manual, Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, January 2008.

Hastings, J, Szczepanowska, A & Yang, L 1999, "China’s Environmental Security: Implications for US Interests and Military-to-Military Engagement", Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA, October 1999.

COMMENTARY

Opinion Pieces

Hastings, J 2011, "China: the recurrence of ethnic tensions in Xinjiang," East Asia Forum, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research/Australian National University, April 6, 2012.

Hastings, J 2011, "Airport full-body slam hurts civilians, not terrorists," op-ed in The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), August 3, 2011.

Hastings, J 2010, "Threats from the Periphery: The Challenge of Terrorists, Smugglers, and Pirates in Southeast Asia’s Border Regions," essay for the National Asia Research Program (Seattle: National Bureau for Asian Research, June 2010).

Hastings, J 2010, "Border Fictions and Realities," op-ed in AsiaViews, a Southeast Asian public affairs magazine, January 2010.

Hastings, J 2008, "Obama must choose wisely in al-Qaida fight," op-ed in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 16, 2008.

Hastings, J 2007, "Ambiguity and Clarity in the U.S.-China Relationship," in Brad Glosserman (ed.), "Next Generation Thinking on Divergences and Trust in the U.S.-China Nuclear Relationship, Issues & Insights 7 no. 8, (Honolulu: Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, July 2007).

Hastings, J 2006, "Cognitive Reform of the Non-Proliferation Treaty," in Brad Glosserman (ed.), " Fighting the Spread of WMD: Views from the Next Generation," Issues & Insights 6 no. 4, (Honolulu: Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, January 2006).

Hastings, J 2006, "Warm and fuzzy feelings are greatly overrated: Decreasing the chance of conflict over Taiwan," in Brad Glosserman (ed.), "New Views of Cross-Strait Challenges," Issues & Insights 6 no. 3,(Honolulu: Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, January 2006).

Hastings, J 2006, "The AQ Khan Network, Geography, and Political Will," in Brad Glosserman (ed.), "New Security Challenges and Opportunities in East Asia: Views from the Next Generation," Issues & Insights 5 no. 7, (Honolulu: Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, January 2006).

Invited Lectures and Seminars

Hastings, J 2012, "China and North Korea in the Kim Jong-un Era", China in the World/Lowy Institute China Forum, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 23 November 2012.

Hastings, J 2012, "Terrorists, Separatists, Pirates," 15th Freeman Symposium on Dynamic Asia, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, 17 June 2012.

Hastings, J 2011, "Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Comparative Perspective: Pirate Organizations in the Horn of Africa and Southeast Asia," Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1 December 2011.

Hastings, J 2011, "The Public Policy Implications of Maritime Piracy and Smuggling in Indonesia," Institute of Research and Community Services/UKIAJ School of Law, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 July 2011.

Hastings, J 2010, Subject matter expert on Jemaah Islamiyah," Institute For Analysis 2010 Forum, University of Maryland-University College, Adelphi, MD, 22-23 September 2010.

Hastings, J 2010, "Security Issues and Economic Activities in Indonesia’s Border Areas," LPEM-ANU Joint Seminar Series (Kelompok Diskusi Sore Hari), Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 29 July 2010.

Hastings, J 2010, "Threats from the Periphery: The Challenge of Terrorists, Smugglers, and Pirates in Southeast Asia’s Border Regions," Asia Policy Assembly, National Bureau of Asian Research, Washington, DC, 17 June 2010.

Hastings, J 2010, "Charting the Course of Uyghur Unrest in China and Central Asia," Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, 7 January 2010.

Hastings, J 2009, "The Political Geography of the AQ Khan Network and Implications for the Non-Proliferation Regime," Public Policy and Nuclear Threats 2009 Winter Conference, Washington, DC, 20 February 2009.

Hastings, J 2007, "Thinking about Territory, Ideas, and the Transnational Activities of Clandestine Organizations," Confronting Terrorist Organizations Conference, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, 5 May 2007.

Hastings, J 2006, "Blowing Things Up: Globalization and the Political Geography of Insurgents, Pirates, and Terrorists in Southeast Asia," International Security and Social Science Seminar, CISAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 7 December 2006.

Hastings, J 2006, "Geography and Clandestine Transnational Networks in Southeast Asia," Security Intelligence Division, Ministry of Defence, Singapore, 27 January 2006; Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, 1 February 2006.

Hastings, J 2006, "North Korea and Cognitive Reform of the Non-Proliferation Treaty," Public Policy and Nuclear Threats 2006 Winter Conference, Santa Monica, CA, 3 February 2006.

¹Finalist, 2011 Bernard Schwartz Book Award (Asia Society). Also licensed to NUS Press, Singapore.