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Department of Politics and International Studies

Dr Felix Berenskoetter

MA (Rutgers), PhD (LSE)

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Felix Berenskoetter
Department of Politics and International Studies

Lecturer in International Relations

Name:
Dr Felix Berenskoetter
Email address:
Telephone:
0207 898 4682
Address:
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
222
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 3-5pm (Term 1)
On Sabbatical:
Terms 2 & 3, 2012-13

Biography

Felix Berenskötter received his PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before coming to SOAS, he was a Research Associate at the Department of War Studies, King's College London (2008/09) and a Research Fellow at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College (2007/08). He also taught at the LSE and Dartmouth College and is a former Editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies.

Dr Berenskötter is associated with the Transatlantic Programme at IDEAS, LSE, and with the Center for Advanced International Theory (CAIT), Sussex, and he is the co-founder and current chair of the Theory Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Among other things, he is working on a book exploring processes of international friendship and estrangement.

Teaching

Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised
  • Anna Rader, Conceptualising Citizenship in Somaliland
  • Goktug Sonmez, Grand Strategy in the Making: The Case of Turkey and the Interplay between International and Domestic Factors, 2002-2011
  • Michael Edward Walsh , Theorizing Securitization Audiences within Democracies: The Social Construction of Security Threats in Africa and Asia (Tentative)
  • Sarah Son, South Korean policy for North Korean defectors and nation-building on the Korean peninsula, 1997-2010

Research

  • Theory in International Relations
  • Concepts of identity, power, and peace
  • Politics of space and time
  • Friendship and estrangement in international politics
  • Transatlantic relations (in particular Germany-US)
  • European security (as a concept and as policy)
  • Transnational policing

Publications

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Edited Books

Berenskoetter, Felix and Williams, Michael, eds. (2007) Power in World Politics. London; New York: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Berenskoetter, Felix and Quinn, Adam (2012) 'Hegemony by Invitation: Neoclassical realism, soft power and US-European relations.' In: Toje, Asle and Kunz, Barbara, (eds.), Neoclassical Realism in Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 214-233.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2010) 'Identity in International Relations.' In: Denemark, Robert, (ed.), The International Studies Encyclopedia. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 3594-3611.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2007) 'Thinking about Power.' In: Berenskoetter, Felix and Williams, Michael, (eds.), Power in World Politics. London; New York: Routledge, pp. 1-22.

Articles

Berenskoetter, Felix (2012) 'Mapping the Field of UK-EU Policing.' Journal of Common Market Studies, 50 (1). pp. 37-53.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2012) 'Parameters of a National Biography.' European Journal of International Relations (Online First).

Berenskoetter, Felix (2011) 'Gefährliche Freundschaft: Der deutsche Einsatz in Afghanistan im transatlantischen Verhältnis.' Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 4 (Sonderheft). pp. 271-298.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2011) 'Reclaiming the Vision Thing: Constructivists as Students of the Future.' International Studies Quarterly, 55 (3). pp. 647-668.

Berenskoetter, Felix and Giegerich, Bastian (2010) 'From NATO to ESDP: A Social Constructivist Analysis of German Strategic Adjustment after the End of the Cold War.' Security Studies, 19 (3). pp. 407-452.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2008) 'Under Construction: ESDP and the Fight against Organized Crime.' Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2 (2). pp. 175-200.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2007) 'Review Essay: Profiling Germany.' Cooperation and Conflict, 42 (2). pp. 229-234.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2007) 'Friends, There Are No Friends? An Intimate Reframing of the International.' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 35 (3). pp. 647-676.

Berenskoetter, Felix and Giegerich, Bastian (2006) 'Whose War on Terror Are We Talking About? A Response to Alistair Shepherd.' International Politics, 43 (1). pp. 93-104.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2005) 'Mapping the Mind Gap: A Comparison of US and European Security Strategies.' Security Dialogue, 36 (1). pp. 71-92.

Other

Berenskoetter, Felix (2012) 'Germany and Israel: Is it Friendship?' LSE IDEAS Blog .

Berenskoetter, Felix (2012) 'An Act of Friendship? Re-reading Grass on German-Israeli Relations.' LSE IDEAS Blog .

Berenskoetter, Felix (2012) 'The End of IR Theory As We Know It...' The Disorder of Things Blog .

Berenskoetter, Felix (2011) 'Caught between Kosovo and Iraq: Understanding Germany’s Abstention on Libya.' LSE IDEAS Blog.

Berenskoetter, Felix (2011) 'Emperor Without Clothes: Wikileaks and the Limits of American Power.' LSE IDEAS Blog.

Berenskoetter, Felix and Stritzel, Holger (2007) 'Organised Crime.' CASE Memo No. 1.

Cox, Michael and Berenskoetter, Felix and Gross, Eva (2006) 'Evidence for the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defense on ‘The Security Strategy and the Future of the ESDP.' 13 July 2006.

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