Dr Darren Lim
Areas of expertise
- International Relations 160607
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
- Defence Studies 160604
- Political Science 1606
Research interests
- Economic diplomacy and coercion
- Interdependence and the economic-security nexus
- Grand strategy
- Australian foreign policy
- International political economy
- International trade
- International security
- Qualitative research methods
Biography
Originally from Melbourne, Darren Lim joined the School of Politics and International Relations in June 2015. He graduated with a PhD in 2015 from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His research primarily focuses on economic statecraft (diplomacy and coercion), the foundations of interdependence, particularly between China and its major economic partners (including Australia), and the mechanisms through which trade and investment links can affect states’ security and foreign policies. Other research projects include “hedging” security strategies in East Asia, the relationship between Security Council membership and foreign aid receipts, and the political economy of power transitions in the context of US-China relations.
Available student projects
Economic statecraft: Diplomacy and/or coercion
Security and foreign policy choices of secondary states
Grand strategy; great power rivalry; power transitions
Australian foreign policy
Past student projects
Price and energy security in East Asia (V. Ferguson)
Economic sanctions and Iran (R. Akmal)
Publications
- Ikenberry, GJ & Lim, D 2017, 'China's emerging institutional statecraft: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the prospects for counter-hegemony', Brookings Institution, Project on International Order and Strategy, April.
- Lim, D 2016, 'A View from Australia', The Asan Forum, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. Online.
- Lim, D & Cooper, Z 2015, 'Reassessing Hedging: The Logic of Alignment in East Asia', Security Studies, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 696-727.
- Bashir, O & Lim, D 2013, 'Misplaced Blame: Foreign Aid and the Consequences of UN Security Council Membership', Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 509-523.
