Associate Professor James Headley's research interests are in Russian foreign policy, the European Union, nationalism and ethnic conflict, and International Relations theory. He is the author of Russia and the Balkans: Foreign Policy from Yeltsin to Putin (Hurst and Co./Columbia University Press, 2008) and co-editor of Public Participation in Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He joined the Department of Politics in 2005, having previously lectured at the University of Auckland, University of Leicester, and University College London.
He is the University of Otago representative on the Steering Committee of the New Zealand European Union Centres Network (EUCN).
Chaban, N., & Headley, J. (2023). Responsibility not to be silent: Academic knowledge production about the war against Ukraine and knowledge diplomacy. Journal of International Relations & Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1057/s41268-023-00300-7
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2022, November-December). Putting Russia back on the world stage: Performing great power-ness in words, images, and force. Verbal presentation at the Performing Global Crises Conference, [Hybrid].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ellis, L., Winter, C., Headley, J., Goldsmith, L., Patman, R., Roper, B., & Nel, P. (2022, August). World in crisis panel. Panel discussion at the Otago Politics Day School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2022, April). Russian foreign policy and the Ukraine War: Continuity or departure? MEISA Webinar: Putin's War Path: Understanding Russian Foreign Policy from the Middle East to Ukraine. [Research Presentation].
Other Research Output
Chaban, N., & Headley, J. (2022). Perceptions, narratives and attitudes: New perspectives and geographies in the study of external perceptions of the EU [Special section (part 2)]. European Foreign Affairs Review, 27(1), 57-60. doi: 10.54648/EERR2022004
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2021). Communicative distraction?: Russia's and the European Union's rival perception managements. European Foreign Affairs Review, 26(4), 559-578. doi: 10.54648/eerr2021043
Journal - Research Article
Chaban, N., & Headley, J. (2021). Perceptions of the EU in its eastern neighbourhood: 30 years on from the collapse of the Soviet Union [Special section (part 1)]. European Foreign Affairs Review, 26(4), 553-558. doi: 10.54648/eerr2021042
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2019). Russia resurgent: The implications for New Zealand. In A.-M. Brady (Ed.), Small states and the changing global order: New Zealand faces the future. (pp. 213-229). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18803-0_13
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2019, June). Between the rhetoric of cooperation and the practice of antagonism: Russia in Antarctica. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association (BISA) 44th Annual Conference, London, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2018). Perceptions of the Ukraine crisis: A clash between a modern Russia and a postmodern European Union? European Foreign Affairs Review, 23, 101-117.
Journal - Research Article
Chaban, N., Knodt, M., & Headley, J. (2018). The EU and Its eastern neighbours: Perceptions and strategic dialogue in the region [Introduction]. European Foreign Affairs Review, 23, 1-22.
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2018, June). Russia, Ukraine and the influence of presumed media influence in international relations. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association (BISA) 43rd Annual Conference, Bath, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J., Hall, E., Grace, P., James, J., & Rudd, C. (2018, October). ‘Learning is not a spectator sport’: Using simulations to motivate and engage students. Workshop presentation at the Teaching and Learning Symposium: Rebuilding Your Ship at Sea: Cultivating Identity, Integrity, Community and Collegiality in Times of Change, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J., Rudd, C., James, J., Schick, K., Timperley, C., Eichbaum, C., & Kearney-Parata, R. (2018, November). Teaching politics. Panel discussion at the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Annual Conference: Representation and Responsibility, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2017). Post-communist Russia and the West: From crisis to crisis? In M. S. Fish, G. Gill & M. Petrovic (Eds.), A quarter century of post-communism assessed. (pp. 271-294). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7_11
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2017, August-September). Principles and practices of recognition: Former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union. Verbal presentation at the European Union Centres Network New Zealand (EUCN NZ) International Symposium: Statehood, Sovereignty, and Secession: The EU and Beyond, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2017, June). Russian rhetoric in the UNSC: Challenging Western normative hegemony. Verbal presentation at the 42nd British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference, Brighton, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2017, November-December). Russia's resurgence and New Zealand: The Asia-Pacific context. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference: (Dis)ordering politics: Exclusion, Resistance and Participation, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2017, November-December). Russian rhetoric and practice in the UN Security Council: Challenging Western normative hegemony. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference: (Dis)ordering politics: Exclusion, Resistance and Participation, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J., & Kalogeropoulou, S. (2017, October). Expressing Greekness in a time of crisis: kalozoia ['good life'] versus austerity? Verbal presentation at the European Union Centres Joint Conference: Fulfilling the Vision: EU Futures? Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2016, June). Russia and the West: Contesting the domain and content of international politics. Verbal presentation at the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA)-International Studies Association (ISA) Joint International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2016, June). The Ukraine crisis: A clash between a modern Russia and a postmodern European Union? Verbal presentation at the First Annual Tartu Conference on Russian and East European Studies: Europe under Stress: The End of a Common Dream? Tartu, Estonia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2015). Russia’s complex engagement with European Union norms: Sovereign democracy versus post-Westphalianism? In A. Björkdahl, N. Chaban, J. Leslie & A. Masselot (Eds.), Importing EU Norms: Conceptual framework and empirical findings. (pp. 211-230). Springer.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2015). Challenging the EU's claim to moral authority: Russian talk of 'double standards'. Asia Europe Journal, 13(3), 297-307. doi: 10.1007/s10308-015-0417-y
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2015, February). Considering the EU as a moral exemplar through a virtue ethics lens. Verbal presentation at the European Union Centre Network NZ (EUCN NZ) International Symposium: Strategic Narratives of Identity: The EU, Europe and the World, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2015, February). European Union as a peace project: Lessons from Ukraine. Verbal presentation at the A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Conference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2015, June). Russia-EU normative relations through a virtue ethics lens. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association (BISA) 40th Anniversary Conference, London, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2015, November). Thickening EU norms: Internal-external links and political implications. Verbal presentation at the European Union (EU) Centres Conference: Europe: New Leadership, New Directions? Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2014, February). Challenging the EU's claim to moral authority: Russian talk of 'double standards'. Verbal presentation at the Joint Jean Monnet Chair and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Symposium: Normative Power Europe? European Union External Outreach and International Identity, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2014, June). Russian policy on the war in Syria in comparison to the Yugoslav conflicts. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association (BISA) Postgraduate Network Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J., & Kalogeropoulou, S. (2014, June). Expressing Greekness in a time of crisis: 'Kalozoia' versus austerity? Verbal presentation at the 10th Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) Convention, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2013, December). Russian policy on the war in Syria. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2013, September). Still leading by virtuous example? Virtue ethics and the EU in a time of crisis. Verbal presentation at the 'Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive' International Conference: Researching the EU from Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Morris-Suzuki, T., Headley, J., & Leckie, J. (2013, October). Migration in turbulent times. Asian Migrations Theme, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J., & Burton, J. (2012). Conclusion: Some reflections on public participation in foreign policy. In J. Headley, A. Reitzig & J. Burton (Eds.), Public participation in foreign policy. (pp. 234-249). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J., & Reitzig, A. (2012). Does the public want to participate? In J. Headley, A. Reitzig & J. Burton (Eds.), Public participation in foreign policy. (pp. 21-37). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J., & van Wyk, J.-A. (2012). Debating the public's role in foreign policy. In J. Headley, A. Reitzig & J. Burton (Eds.), Public participation in foreign policy. (pp. 3-20). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2012). Is Russia out of step with European norms? Assessing Russia's relationship to European identity, values and norms through the issue of self-determination. Europe-Asia Studies, 64(3), 427-447. doi: 10.1080/09668136.2012.661924
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2012). National and transnational challenges in the former Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia. Global Change, Peace & Security, 24(2), 251-269. doi: 10.1080/14781158.2012.679922
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Headley, J. (2012). Near abroads and arcs of instability: Conceptualising the region in the South Pacific and Eurasia. Canterbury Law Review, 18, 15-40.
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Headley, J., & Reitzig, A. (2012). Does foreign policy represent the views of the public? Assessing public and elite opinion on New Zealand's foreign policy. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 66(1), 70-89. doi: 10.1080/10357718.2011.637318
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2012, June). Russia in the South Pacific: A response to the rise of China. Verbal presentation at the 2nd Joint British International Studies Association (BISA) and International Studies Association (ISA) International Conference: Diversity in the Discipline: Tension or Opportunity to Global Challenges, Edinburgh, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2012, November). Russia in the South Pacific: A response to the rise of China? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2011, December). Constructing 'near abroads': Perception of a region as a source of threat/opportunities. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand European Union Centres Network (EUCN) Colloquium: Regional Integration and Identity in the Pacific, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2011, December). “Common European house”: Sovereign democracy against post-Westphalianism? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand European Union Centres Network (EUCN) Conference: European Dilemmas: Internal and External Issues Facing the European Union, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2011, November). National and transnational challenges in the former Soviet space and former Yugoslavia. Verbal presentation at the Australia and New Zealand Slavists' Association (ANZSA) Conference: Translations/Transitions, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. H. (2011, June ). Russia and the European Union in the “common European house”: Sovereign democracy against post-Westphalianism? Verbal presentation at the 8th Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) Convention: Whither the ‘Post-Westphalian’ World? Inequalities, Conflicts and Solidarity in the Twenty-First Century, Istanbul, Turkey.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2010). Russia and the BRIC group. In B. Lynch (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) 75th Anniversary Series of Addresses & Lectures.2, (pp. 175-183). Wellington, New Zealand: NZIIA. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Headley, J. (2010, June-July). Moral choice and identity in foreign policy. Verbal presentation at the 4th Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS), Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2010, August). The significance of "solidarity". Guest Lecture at the Polish Association of New Zealand Exhibition: Polska Droga do Wolnosći: Poland's Passage to Freedom. Wellington, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J. (2009, April). How New Zealanders perceive the world. University of Otago Centre for Research on National Identity Seminar Series. Wellington, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J. (2009, September). Public opinion and New Zealand's international identity. University of London, Centre for New Zealand Studies Lecture, London, UK. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J. (2009, September). Security issues in the Asia-Pacific Region: Perspectives from New Zealand and Australia, Moscow, Russia. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J. (2008). Russia. In K. DeRouen, Jr & P. Bellamy (Eds.), International security and the United States: An encyclopedia (Vol. 2). (pp. 628-649). Westport, CT: Praeger Security International.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2008). The way opened, the way blocked: Assessing the contrasting fates of Chechnya and Kosovo. In A. Pavković & P. Radan (Eds.), On the way to statehood: Secession and globalisation. (pp. 85-99). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2008). [Review of the book Convergence and divergence: Russia and Eastern Europe into the twenty-first century]. New Zealand Slavonic Journal, 42, 170-172.
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2008, August). Interests, values and identity in New Zealand's foreign policy. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2008, December). Russia and 'European norms'. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association 33nd Annual Conference, Exeter, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2008, November). Russia and 'European norms'. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Russian Studies Research Cluster Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J., Reitzig, A., Nel, P., & Patman, R. (2008, June). Public opinion and New Zealand foreign policy. Verbal presentation at the 43rd University of Otago Foreign Policy School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2008, October). Causes and repercussions of the conflict in Georgia. New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Headley, J. (2007). [Review of the book New Zealand in world affairs IV 1990-2005]. Political Science, 59(2), 105-106.
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2007, August). Where/when will EU enlargement end? Conceptualising the limits of Europe. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2007, December). Identity in foreign policy analysis. Verbal presentation at the British International Studies Association 32nd Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2006). Globalization and the 'new wars': The case of Chechnya. In R. G. Patman (Ed.), Globalization and conflict: National security in a 'new' strategic era. (pp. 151-167). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Headley, J. (2006). [Review of the book From ethnic conflict to stillborn reform: The former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia]. Journal of Peace Research, 43(3), 354-355.
Journal - Research Other
Headley, J. (2006). Ethnic relations and ideas of the nation in the enlarged European Union. Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association 4th Convention. Retrieved from http://www.ceeisaconf.ut.ee/109100
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Headley, J. (2006, August). Arcs of instability, near abroads, and archipelagos of opportunity: Identity, geo-politics, and new security threats. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Political Science Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2005). War on terror or pretext for power? Putin, Chechnya, and the 'Terrorist International'. Australasian Journal of Human Security, 1(2), 13-35.
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2005, December). European values and identity in Putin's Foreign Policy. Verbal presentation at the 30th Anniversary British International Studies Association Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2004, December). Russian perspectives on the conflicts in former Yugoslavia. Verbal presentation at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre Conference: Clash of Civilisations? Culture and the Manipulation of Identity in Europe and Australia, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2004, September). The European Union and ethnic relations in Central/Eastern Europe. Verbal presentation at the Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the European Union from the Asia-Pacific Region Conference: Outside Looking In, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Headley, J. (2003). Russia and NATO forge closer ties. New Zealand International Review, 28(5), 7-11.
Journal - Research Article
Headley, J. (2003). Sarajevo, February 1994: The first Russia-NATO crisis of the post-Cold War era. Review of International Studies, 29, 209-227.
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Headley, J. (2003). The Cyprus conflict and the process of EU enlargement. Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies, 1(2), 137-159.
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BA(Hons)(Oxf) MA PhD(Lond)