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Professor James Der Derian
Director of CISS and Michael Hintze Chair
Member of Sydney Nano Institute
Member of Sydney Nano Institute
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+61 2 9351 3387
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A02 - Social Sciences Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre
Member of The University of Sydney Nano Institute
James Der Derian is Michael Hintze Chair of International Security Studies and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies. HIs research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory, and documentary film.
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- International security
- Information technology
- International theory
- Documentary film
Der Derian has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, MIT, Harvard, Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. In 2011, he received the Audience Award at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence for his documentary film ‘Human Terrain’, and was awarded a Bosch Berlin Prize in Public Policy at the American Academy in Berlin.
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| A Quantum Entanglement Analysis of the Kremlin’s Influence Industry’s Threat to Global Security | Alexandra CHALUPA |
| Grasping the Speed of Global Politics: a Quantum Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Livestreaming | Yuting HE |
| Digital Containment – An assessment of institutional responses to online disinformation and influence campaigns | Angela PALMER |
| Demystifying Rationality in International Politics: A Study of The Logic of US-China’s Strategic Competition. | Yiyang XU |
Selected publications
Sustainable Diplomacies
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
Critical Practices of International Theory: Selected Essays
(Routledge, 2009)
Publications
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Books
- Der Derian, J. (2009). Critical Practices of International Theory: Selected Essays. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
- Der Derian, J. (2009). Virtuous War: Mapping the military-industrial-media-entertainment network. New York: Routledge.
Edited Books
- Der Derian, J., Wendt, A. (2022). Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Constantinou, C., Der Derian, J. (2010). Sustainable Diplomacies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book Chapters
- Der Derian, J., Rollo, S. (2023). Quantum Warfare. Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, (pp. 319-329). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., Wendt, A. (2022). Quantum International Relations: The Case for a New Human Science of World Politics. In James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt (Eds.), Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Der Derian, J. (2018). War. In Roland Bleiker (Eds.), Visual Global Politics, (pp. 328-331). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
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Journals
- Der Derian, J., Waters, J. (2024). International Security in a Quantum Age: Hope, Harm, and Hype. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 25(1), 21-28. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., Rollo, S. (2024). “Quantum 3.0”: What Will It Mean for War, Peace, and World Order? Global Perspectives, 5(1). [More Information]
- Der Derian, J. (2022). Quantum Espionage: A Phenomenology of the Snowden Affair. Intelligence and National Security. [More Information]
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Digital Creative Works
- Der Derian, J., McGrath, J., De Windt, D. (2024). Project Q: War, Peace and Quantum Mechanics. Film/Video, Reading, PA, United States of America: Bullfrog Films.
- Der Derian, J. (2024). QBook. Online, Sydney, Australia: Centre for International Security Studies.
Film / Video
- Der Derian, J., Gara, P. (2015). Project Z: The Final Global Event. DVD, Oley, Pennsylvania, United States of America: Bullfrog Films.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Der Derian, J., Gara, P. (2020). How Zombie Films Reveal the True Dangers of COVID-19. Zocalo Public Square.
- Der Derian, J. (2019). "When the Whistle Blows", Review essay of Permanent Record by Edward Snowden and Project Rainfall: The Secret History of Pine Gap by Tom Gilling. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. [More Information]
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2024
- Der Derian, J., Waters, J. (2024). International Security in a Quantum Age: Hope, Harm, and Hype. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 25(1), 21-28. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., McGrath, J., De Windt, D. (2024). Project Q: War, Peace and Quantum Mechanics. Film/Video, Reading, PA, United States of America: Bullfrog Films.
- Der Derian, J. (2024). QBook. Online, Sydney, Australia: Centre for International Security Studies.
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2023
- Der Derian, J., Rollo, S. (2023). Quantum Warfare. Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, (pp. 319-329). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2022
- Der Derian, J. (2022). Quantum Espionage: A Phenomenology of the Snowden Affair. Intelligence and National Security. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., Wendt, A. (2022). Quantum International Relations: The Case for a New Human Science of World Politics. In James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt (Eds.), Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Der Derian, J., Wendt, A. (2022). Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.
2021
- Der Derian, J., Gara, P. (2021). Life, death, and the living dead in the time of COVID-19. Cultural Politics, 17(1), 102-113. [More Information]
2020
- Der Derian, J., Wendt, A. (2020). 'Quantizing international relations': The case for quantum approaches to international theory and security practice. Security Dialogue, 51(5), 399-413. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., Gara, P. (2020). How Zombie Films Reveal the True Dangers of COVID-19. Zocalo Public Square.
2019
- Der Derian, J. (2019). "When the Whistle Blows", Review essay of Permanent Record by Edward Snowden and Project Rainfall: The Secret History of Pine Gap by Tom Gilling. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J. (2019). A Quantum of Insecurity. New Perspectives, 27(2), 13-27. [More Information]
2018
- Der Derian, J. (2018). War. In Roland Bleiker (Eds.), Visual Global Politics, (pp. 328-331). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
2017
- Der Derian, J. (2017). 'Every Dog Got His Day': On Diplomacy After Thirty Years. New Perspectives: Journal of Central and Eastern European Politics and International Relations, 25(3), 73-78. [More Information]
- Leira, H., Der Derian, J., Neumann, I., Kuus, M., Acuto, M., Sharp, P. (2017). Forum: On on diplomacy: James Der Derian’s classic 30 years on. New Perspectives, 25(3), 67-100. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J. (2017). War in the Twenty-First Century: Visible, Invisible or Superpositional? In Jon Simon, Jonathan Louis Lucaites (Eds.), In/visible War: The Culture of War in Twenty-first-Century America, (pp. 249-264). New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
2016
- Der Derian, J. (2016). Avante!. In Scott Nelson and Nevzgat Soguk (Eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations, (pp. xix-xx). Surrey, England: Ashgate.
2015
- Der Derian, J. (2015). After-image. In Rens Van Munster, Casper Sylvest (Eds.), Documenting World Politics: A critical companion to IR and non-fiction film, (pp. 223-231). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J., Gara, P. (2015). Project Z: The Final Global Event. DVD, Oley, Pennsylvania, United States of America: Bullfrog Films.
- Der Derian, J. (2015). Virtuous War. In Robin Mackay (Eds.), Simulation, Exercise, Operations, (pp. 21-23). Windsor Quarry: Urbanomic.
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2013
- Der Derian, J. (2013). From War 2.0 to quantum war: The superpositionality of global violence. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 67(5), 570-585. [More Information]
- Der Derian, J. (2013). War becomes academic: Human Terrain, virtuous war and contemporary militarism. An interview with James Der Derian. In Anna Stavrianakis, Jan Selby (Eds.), Militarism and International Relations: Political Economy, Security, Theory, (pp. 59-74). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2012
- Der Derian, J. (2012). Quantum Diplomacy, German-US Relations and the Psychogeography of Berlin. In Paul Sharp, Geoffrey Wiseman (Eds.), American Diplomacy, (pp. 139-158). Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV. [More Information]
2011
- Der Derian, J. (2011). Quantum Diplomacy, German-US Relations and the Psychogeography of Berlin. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 6(3-4), 373-392. [More Information]
2010
- Der Derian, J. (2010). Now we are all Avatars. Millennium Journal of International Studies, 29(1), 181-186. [More Information]
- Constantinou, C., Der Derian, J. (2010). Sustainable Diplomacies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Constantinou, C., Der Derian, J. (2010). Sustaining Global Hope: Sovereignty, Power and the Transformation of Diplomacy. In Costas Constantinou and James Der Derian (Eds.), Sustainable Diplomacies, (pp. 1-22). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2009
- Der Derian, J. (2009). Critical Practices of International Theory: Selected Essays. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
- Der Derian, J. (2009). From Images of War to a War of Images. Manipulating Reality: How Images Redefine the World, (pp. 020-025). Florence: Mandragora.
- Der Derian, J. (2009). Paul Virilio. In Jenny Edkins and Nick Vaughan-Williams (Eds.), Critical Theorists and International Relations. United Kingdom: Routledge.
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2008
- Der Derian, J. (2008). Becoming Connolly: Critique, Crossing Over, and Concepts. In David Campbell, Morton Schoolman (Eds.), The New Pluralism: William Connolly and the Contemporary Global Condition, (pp. 273-288). Durham: Duke University Press.
- Der Derian, J. (2008). Critical Encounters in International Relations. International Social Science Journal, 59(191), 69-73. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2023
- Critical Quantum Technology: Creating Scientific Fluency, Ethical Awareness and Policy Options for a Quantum Future, Der Derian J, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership
2021
- Quantum Meta-Ethics: A Project to Develop Normative Frameworks, Best Practices and IndoPacific Accords for Emerging Quantum Technologies, Der Derian J, Shah N, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership
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Feature Documentaries
- Project Z: The Final Global Event (85 minutes, October 2015), in collaboration with Phillip Gara, official selection of Leipzig DOK Film Festival, distributed by Bullfrog Films.
- Human Terrain (85 minutes, May 2010; 56 minutes, September 2011), in collaboration with Udris Film, winner of Audience Award at Festival dei Popoli (Florence), official selection of nine international film festivals, distributed by Bullfrog Films and Sideways Film.
- After 9/11 (56 minutes, 2003), in collaboration with Amedia Productions, broadcast by LinkTV.
- VirtualY2K (25 minutes, 2000), in collaboration with Amedia Productions, distributed by the Media Education Foundation.
Short Documentaries
- Schrödinger’s Dog(5.25 minutes, December 2020)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtC0AoYM6c)
Selected Interviews:
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‘Thinking Global’, E-International Relations podcast (13 April 2023)
- ‘Quantizing International Relations’, with Antoine Bousquet,Security Dialogue(Podcast #29, 2020)
(https://journals.sagepub.com/page/sdi/podcasts)
- ‘How Quantum Tech Will Change Our Lives’, with David Skok and Taylor Owen,Big Tech(2 January 2020)
(https://www.cigionline.org/big-tech/james-der-derian-how-quantum-tech-will-change-our-lives)
- ‘Future Insecurity’,Another World,with Siobhan Maron-McFarlane (14 April 2019)
(https://projectqsydney.com/portfolio/east-side-89-7fm-radio-interviews-professor-james-der- derian/)
- Q3: Peace and Security in a Quantum Age (12 minutes, April 2016) with Project Q (https://projectqsydney.com/portfolio/q3-q-symposium-2016/)
- The Bruce Movie (30 minutes, February 2013), with Bruce Kickery
- Ticonderoga: A Memorial for Michael Bhatia (12 minutes, November 2010), with Phillip Gara and Lindsay Richardson
- Virtuous War (10 minutes, June 2009), with Phillip Gara (https://vimeo.com/17099704)
- Disastrous Horizons (10 minutes, October 2008), with Phillip Gara (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpjhuAVe8WQ)
Selected Interviews
- ‘E-International Relations Interview’, by Federica Caso (5 August 2016) (http://www.e-ir.info/2016/08/05/interview-james-der-derian/)
- ‘The Psychogeography of Berlin’, NPR Berlin (25 October 2011) (http://www.npr.org/2011/10/24/141657004/the-psychogeography-of-berlin)
- ‘Berlin Debates Ronald Reagan Square’, Deutsche Welle (3 March 2011) (mediacenter.dwworld.de/english/video/#!/88776/Berlin_Debates_Ronald_Reagan_Square)
- ‘Machen Anthropologen den Krieg weniger blutig?’, Neues Deutschland(10 February 2011)
- ‘Wo Killer lernen’, Tageszeitung (8 February 2011) (http://www.taz.de/1/leben/film/artikel/1/wo-killer-lernen/)
- ‘Wenn Krieg zur Unterhaltung wird’, Deutschlandfunk (22 January 2011) (http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/marktundmedien/1371121/)
- ‘War Porn: Part One’, Edge (12 January 2011) (www.next-gen.biz/features/war-porn-part-one)
- ‘Hearts and Minds’, Brown Alumni Magazine (September/October 2010) (http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/2673/32/)
- ‘James Der Derian on Academics at War’, Wisconsin Public Radio (20 June 2010) (http://m.ttbook.org/book/james-der-derian-academics-war)
- ‘Revolutionizing Virtual War’, interview with Laura Guillaume, Theory & Event, vol. 13, no 3 (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v013/13.3.guillaume.html), 2010
- ‘Drones become U.S. weapon of choice’, Al Jazeera TV (16 November 2009)
- Interview, "МОСКВА И ВАШИНГТОН В ГЕТЕРОПОЛЯРНОМ МИРЕ," in Русского Института, (March 26, 2009), Moscow, Russia.
- ‘Virtuous War? Interview with James Der Derian’, Asrudian Center (November, 2008) (http://asrudiancenter.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/%E2%80%9Cvirtuous-war%E2%80%9D-interview-with-james-der-derian/)
- Interview, ‘Ameriški guru mednarodnih odnosov’, Mladina(January, 2008), Ljubjlana, Slovenia.
- Interview, ‘Når halen logrer med hunden’, Ræson (Feburary, 2007), Copenhagen, Denmark
- ‘Why are we in Iraq?’, one of 16 public figures interviewed in Playboy (August, 2006)
- ‘James Der Derian on Imagining Peace’, one of 32 scholars, scientists, artists, business professionals, and military experts interviewed for Massive Change, ed. Bruce Mau (Phaidon Press, 2004)
- Alternatives Internationales, Summer 2002, Interview by Sandrine Tolotti on the ‘New McCarthyism’, Paris, France.
Selected Articles
- ‘Japan Chronicle: Building a Multi-Layered Network of Intellectuals’ Japan Up Close (http://japanupclose.web-japan.org/discussion/d20150704_1.html), July, 2015.
- ‘When Quantum Mechanics and International Relations Collide’, with Benjamin Foldy, The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/when-quantum-mechanics-and-international-relations-collide-39241), 30 March 2015.
- ‘Director’s Letters’ (http://sydney.edu.au/arts/ciss/news/director_letters.shtml), 2013-Present.
- ‘The “Virtuous War”’, The Future of Fighting: How the Canadian Military Must Adapt, OpenCanada.org (http://opencanada.org/features/the-think-tank/comments/the-virtuous-war/), 14 June 2012.
- ‘9/11+10: Remembering and Forgetting’, 10 Years after September 11: A Social Science Research Council Essay Forum (http://essays.ssrc.org/10yearsafter911/), September, 2011
- ‘Human Terrain: A Study Guide’, in collaboration with Camilla Hawthorne and the Global Media Project (http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/humt.html), 2011
- ‘Virtuous War’, Dictionary of War (http://dictionaryofwar.org/concepts/Virtuous_War), 2009
- Global Security Matrix 4.0, with Choices Program for secondary education (http://choices.edu/gsm/), 2009-2010
- Global Security Matrix 2.0 and 3.0 (http://www.globalsecuritymatrix.org), 2005-2009
- Global Security Matrix 1.0 (http://www.watsoninstitute.org/gs/beyondterror/Website/Index2.htm), 2004-5
- Global Security Manifesto (http://www.watsonblogs.org/globalsecurity/), 2004
- ‘9/11: Before, After and In Between’, After September 11: A Social Science Research Council Essay Forum (http://essays.ssrc.org/10yearsafter911/), September 2001
- Over 20 online essays on information technology, war and peace (2001-2005):
- http://www.watsoninstitute.org/infopeace/
- http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/essays/newwar.htm
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_&_event/
- “The QDR, the Theater of War, and Building a Better Rat-Trap”, June 1997, http://www.comw.org/qdr/jderian.htm
In the media
- ‘Trump Demands a Post-Post-Truth Response’, 30 May 2017 (https://theconversation.com/trump-demands-a-post-post-truth-response-77563)
- ‘The Cyber-Age Demands a New Understanding of War’, Zacalo Public Square, 20 March 2017 (http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2017/03/29/cyber-age-demands-new-understanding-war-wed-better-hurry/ideas/nexus/)
- ‘Trump: Tragedy or Farce?’, The Australian, 24 November 2016 (http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/11/24/trump--tragedy-or-farce.html)
- A Cycle of Loss’, Der Tagesspiegel (9 September 2011) (http://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/a-cycle-of-loss/4582478.html)
- ‘Auch Ike hat eine Strasse verdient’, Berliner Zeitung (January 17, 2011) (http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/schliesslich-war-dwight-d--eisenhower-nicht-irgendein-kalter-krieger--sondern-ein-visionaerer-politiker-auch-ike-hat-eine-strasse-verdient,10810590,10766094.html)
- ‘The Human Terrain in the War on Terror’ (9 September 2010) (http://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/the-human-terrain-in-the-war-on-terror/1929220.html)
- ‘National Security: An Accident Waiting to Happen’, Endpaper, Harvard International Review vol. 27, no. 3 (Fall 2005)
- “Moore or Less Morality,” Op-ed, Al-Ahram (Egyptian English weekly), July 1-7, 2004
- “The Art of the Art of War After 9/11”, Op-ed, Providence Journal, September 8, 2002
- “The Illusion of a Grand Strategy”, Op-ed, The New York Times, May 25, 2001.
- “Warning: War Games May Prove Deadly”, Newsday Op-Ed, 9 December 1990, reprinted in Department of Defense Current News, 12 December 1990