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
I research in the field of international relations, at the intersection of political economy and security. My major focus is on economic statecraft, the foundations of economic interdependence (particularly between China and its economic partners), and the mechanisms through which trade and investment links can affect states’ security and foreign policies.
The issue areas covered by my published research include:
- “Debt trap diplomacy” and Chinese economic statecraft in Sri Lanka
- How East Asian states navigate relations between the US and China through hedging strategies
- Sino-US technology competition and great power rivalry
- China’s “institutional statecraft” and its creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Bargaining power in Eurozone bailout negotiations between Greece and Germany
As of June 2018, topics I’m currently working on include cyber interference in democratic elections, the logic of a China-led international order, Sino-Indian strategic competition, tourism as an instrument of economic statecraft, power in Australian foreign policy, consumer-state energy security strategies, and the intersection between economic coercion and industrial policy.
I received my PhD in 2014 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Previously, I obtained first class honours degrees in economics and law from Monash University, and prior to studying a masters and PhD I worked as Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, a corporate lawyer, and researcher at International Crisis Group.
Past student projects
State-sponsored cyber inteference in democratic elections (I. Hansen)
Price and energy security in East Asia (V. Ferguson)
Economic sanctions and Iran (R. Akmal)
Publications
- Lim, D, Moutselos, M & McKenna, M 2018, 'Puzzled out? The unsurprising outcomes of the Greek bailout negotiations [IN PRESS]', Journal of European Public Policy, vol. online.
- Hansen, I & Lim, D 2018, 'Doxing democracy: influencing elections via cyber voter interference [IN PRESS]', Contemporary Politics, vol. online.
- Kennedy, A & Lim, D 2018, 'The innovation imperative: technology and US-China rivalry in the twenty-first century', International Affairs, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 553-572.
- Lim, D & Ferguson, V 2018, 'Power in Australian foreign policy', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 306-313.
- Lim, D & Mukherjee, R 2017, 'What Money Can't Buy: The Security Externalities of Chinese Economic Statecraft in Post-War Sri Lanka', Asian Security, pp. 1-20.
- 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.
