Associate Professor Nicholas Khoo, Politics, University of Otago, Our people, Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand

Nicholas Khoo 2022 thumbnail BA(California, Irvine) MA(Johns Hopkins) MPhil PhD(Columbia)

Associate Professor Khoo’s research interests pertain to Chinese foreign policy; Asian security; international relations theory; and cold war studies.

Nicholas is author of China’s Foreign Policy Since 1978: Return to Power (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020); author of Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011); co-author of China’s Foreign Policy Since 1949: The Emergence of a Great Power (Routledge, 2022) ; co-author of Security at a Price: The International Politics of U.S. Missile Defense (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), and co-author of Asian Security and the Rise of China: International Relations in an Age of Volatility (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013).

Teaching

POLS 217 War and Politics
POLS 234 Asian Security
POLS 318 Chinese Foreign Policy
POLS 540 International Relations Theory

Contact details

Room 4N4, 4th floor, Arts (Burns) Building
Tel +64 3 479 5783
Email nicholas.khoo@otago.ac.nz

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Selected books

	Asian Security and the Rise of China ISBN: 978-1-78100-461-6 Edward Elgar Publishing
	China’s Foreign Policy since 1978 ISBN: 978-1-83910-304-9 Edward Elgar Publishing
	China's Foreign Policy: The Emergence of a Great Power ISBN: 9780367542375 Routledge
	Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance ISBN: 978-0231150781 Columbia University Press Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance - Review
	Security at a Price: The International Politics of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense ISBN: 978-1-4422-5457-2 Rowman and Littlefield

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Publications

Khoo, N. (2023). Great power rivalry and Southeast Asian agency: Southeast Asia in an era of US-China strategic competition [Note]. Political Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00323187.2023.2186251

Eng, R., Young, J., Takahashi, S., & Khoo, N. (moderator) (2022). [A roundtable book review of These islands are ours: The social construction of territorial disputes in Northeast Asia]. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 24(1), 113-120. [Book Review].

Khoo, N. (2022). European powers are back in NZ's strategic calculations. Stuff, (22 January). Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/127501656/european-powers-are-back-in-nzs-strategic-calculations

Khoo, N. (2022). The power of geography: What the Ukraine crisis teaches us. Jakarta Post, (15 February). Retrieved from https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2022/02/14/the-power-of-geography-what-the-ukraine-crisis-teaches-us.html

Khoo, N. (2022). Nato fails to understand Moscow's strategy in escalating tensions. Stuff, (17 February). Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/127790437/nato-fails-to-understand-moscows-strategy-in-escalating-tensions

Benvenuti, A., Chung, C.-P., Khoo, N., & Tan, A. (2022). China's foreign policy: The emergence of a great power. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 220p. doi: 10.4324/9781003088288

Authored Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2020). China's foreign policy since 1978: Return to power. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 192p. doi: 10.4337/9781839103056

Authored Book - Research

Khoo, N., & Steff, R. (2017). Security at a price: The international politics of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 163p.

Authored Book - Research

Jones, D. M., Khoo, N., & Smith, M. L. R. (2013). Asian security and the rise of China: International relations in the age of volatility. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Elgar, 291p.

Authored Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2011). Collateral damage: Sino-Soviet rivalry and the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance. New York: Columbia University Press, 267p.

Authored Book - Research

Khoo, N., & Qingmin, Z. (2021). 'Mirror, mirror on the wall': China and the concept of multipolarity in the post Cold War era. In B. Zala (Ed.), National perspectives on a multipolar order: Interrogating the global power transition. (pp. 21-41). Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. doi: 10.7765/9781526159380.00009

Chapter in Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2018). Interstate rivalry in East Asia. In D. S. Reveron, N. K. Gvosdev & J. A. Cloud (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of U.S. national security. (pp. 573-590). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190680015.013.30

Chapter in Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2015). China's East Asia policy since 2009. In A. T. H. Tan (Ed.), Security and conflict in East Asia. (pp. 51-59). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2013). The false promise of economic interdependence: Chinese foreign policy in North-East Asia. In A. T. H. Tan (Ed.), East and South-East Asia: International relations and security perspectives. (pp. 47-55). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Khoo, N., & Bailey, J. (2013). Fear and China's rise: Responses from Northeast Asia. In X. Huang & R. Patman (Eds.), China and the international system: Becoming a world power. (pp. 154-168). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Khoo, N. (2009). Deconstructing the ASEAN security community: A review essay [Reprint from International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2004, 4(1), 35-46]. In S. S. Tan (Ed.), International relations theory and ASEAN. (pp. 328-338). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Khoo, N. (2021). Retooling great power nonproliferation theory: Explaining China's North Korea nuclear weapons policy. The Pacific Review, 34(4), 523-546. doi: 10.1080/09512748.2019.1689287

Journal - Research Article

Khoo, N. (2021). The Trump administration and the United States' China engagement policy. National Security Journal, 31(1). doi: 10.36878/nsj20210317.01

Journal - Research Article

Jones, D. M., & Khoo, N. (2017). Donald Trump and the new Jacksonians. Policy, 33(1), 42-49.

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Southgate, L., & Khoo, N. (2016). Enter the vanguard state: Reinterpreting ASEAN's response to the South China Sea issue. Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs, 3(2), 221-244. doi: 10.1177/2347797016645454

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Khoo, N. (2015). The ASEAN security community: A misplaced consensus. Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs, 2(2), 180-199. doi: 10.1177/2347797015586126

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Khoo, N. (2014). China's policy toward Japan: Looking for a great power peace in the wrong places. Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs, 1(1), 49-76. Retrieved from http://issuu.com/georgetownsfs/docs/gjaa_1.1_electronic/133

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Khoo, N. (2014). Is realism dead? Academic myths and Asia's international politics. Orbis, 58(2), 182-197. doi: 10.1016/j.orbis.2014.02.007

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Khoo, N., & Steff, R. (2014). "This program will not be a threat to them": Ballistic Missile Defense and US relations with Russia and China. Defense & Security Analysis, 30(1), 17-28. doi: 10.1080/14751798.2013.864869

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Steff, R., & Khoo, N. (2014). Hard balancing in the age of American unipolarity: The Russian response to US Ballistic Missile Defense during the Bush Administration (2001-2008). Journal of Strategic Studies, 37(2), 222-258. doi: 10.1080/01402390.2013.866556

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Jones, D. M., & Khoo, N. (2013). The delusions of Asian engagement. Quadrant, 57(1/2), 26-29.

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Khoo, N. (2011). Fear factor: Northeast Asian responses to China's rise. Asian Security, 7(2), 95-118. doi: 10.1080/14799855.2011.581601

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Khoo, N. (2010). Breaking the ring of encirclement: The Sino-Soviet rift and Chinese policy toward Vietnam, 1964-1968. Journal of Cold War Studies, 12(1), 3-42.

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Khoo, N. (2010). Revisiting the termination of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance, 1975-1979. European Journal of East Asian Studies, 9(2), 321-361. doi: 10.1163/156805810X548784

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Khoo, N. (2022). [Review of the book These islands are ours: The social construction of territorial disputes in Northeast Asia]. Asian Studies Review, 46(3), 554-555. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2022.2040080

Journal - Research Other

Khoo, N., & Tan, A. (2021). Editors foreword: Indo-Pacific special issue. National Security Journal, 3(2), 1-2. [Editorial].

Journal - Research Other

Khoo, N. (2019). [Review of the book China under Mao: A revolution derailed]. Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs, 6(2), 217-219. doi: 10.1177/2347797019842704

Journal - Research Other

Khoo, N., Szalontai, B., & Radchenko, S. (2018). The USSR, Asia, and the end of the Cold War: Perspectives on Unwanted visionaries [Forum]. Journal of Cold War Studies, 20(4), 212-226. doi: 10.1162/jcws_c_00842

Journal - Research Other

Khoo, N. (2015). [Review of the book Return of the dragon: Rising China and regional security]. Asian Politics & Policy, 7(1), 157-158. doi: 10.1111/aspp.12159

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Tan, A. C., & Khoo, N. (2015). Reconceptualizing Asian international relations. Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs, 2(2), 129-132. doi: 10.1177/2347797015586114

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Khoo, N. (2014). [Review of the book War, conflict and security in Japan and Asia-Pacific, 1941-52: The writings of Louis Allen]. Journal of Cold War Studies, 16(3), 220-221. [Book Review].

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Khoo, N. (2014). Southeast Asia and the rise of China: The search for security. Asian Politics & Policy, 6(3), 482-483. doi: 10.1111/aspp.12126

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Khoo, N. (2013). [Review of the book China and Coexistence: Beijing's National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century]. Political Science Quarterly, 128(3), 543-544. doi: 10.1002/polq.12088

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Khoo, N. (2013). [Review of the book Strong society, smart state: The rise of public opinion in China's Japan Policy]. Asian Politics & Policy, 5(3), 469-470. doi: 10.1111/aspp.12044

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Khoo, N. (2012). [Review of the book China among unequals: Asymmetric foreign relationships in Asia]. Pacific Affairs, 85(4), 801-803. [Book Review].

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Khoo, N. (2012). [Review of the book Worse than a monolith: Alliance politics and problems of coercive diplomacy in Asia]. International Affairs, 88(2), 447-448. [Book Review].

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Khoo, N. (2011). [Review of the book Chinese strategic thought toward Asia]. International Affairs, 87(3), 756-757. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2011.00999.x

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Khoo, N., & Smith, M. L. R. (2011). What the WikiLeaks documents tell us about Asian security. Yale Journal of International Affairs, 6(2), 133-136.

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