Stuart Croft
Biographic Data
| ID | 288269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stuart Croft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stuart |
| FAMILY NAME | Croft |
| SIGNATURE | CROFT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 250 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Fit for purpose? Fitting ontological security studies 'into' the discipline of International Relations: Towards a vernacular turn
The performance of International Relations (IR) scholarship - as in all scholarship - acts to close and police the boundaries of the discipline in ways that reflect power-knowledge relations. This has led to the development of two strands of work in ontological security studies in IR, which divide on questions of ontological choice and the nature of the deployment of the concept of dread. Neither strand is intellectually superior to the other and…
Critical Reflections on Security and Change
The contributors reflect critically on security studies since the 1980s. They conclude that analysts and policy-makers have not been able to respond well to the changes that have occurred and that they must revise their approach if they are to meet the challenges of the future
Introduction: An Agenda for Resilience Research in Politics and International Relations
Rescaling and Responsibilising the Politics of Urban Resilience: From National Security to Local Place-Making
Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security
Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to …
Constructing Ontological Insecurity: The Insecuritization of Britain's Muslims
The development of ontological security studies, for example by Mitzen, Steele, and Berenskoetter and Giegerich, has been an important innovation in the field. However, by focusing on the level of the state rather than that of the individual, this new tradition is somewhat different from the intellectual origins of ontological security in sociology and psychology. Drawing on those disciplines, I argue that the key focus should be on the understan…
Evangelicalism, race and world politics
Does ‘Shifting Securities’ Shift Securitization Theory
Gillespie et al. provide an analysis that is redolent with issues important in normative, empirical and theoretical concerns; my short note will focus only on the latter. The problematic that is es
The evolution of threat narratives in the age of terror: Understanding terrorist threats in Britain
This article examines the evolution of threat narratives in the age of terror, focusing on the United Kingdom. The analysis is broken down into two sections. The first part of the article presents four distinct and yet overlapping notions of the threats which have influenced both the West, and more specifically the UK, in debates about counterterrorism since 9/11. The four threat narratives—Al-Qaeda as a central organization; decentralized terror…
British Jihadis and the British War on Terror
During the period 2003–4, one of the United Kingdom’s most senior generals with experience of fighting in Britain’s recent conflicts, would begin his off‐the‐record briefings on the subject of the
Thy Will Be Done’: The New Foreign Policy of America's Christian Right
Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror
Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the determination to strike back against it has become a topic of enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed not only through American politics but via other channels including the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft suggests that the process of this production of knowledge h…
Images and Imaginings of Security
South Asia's arms control process: Cricket Diplomacy and the Composite Dialogue
Nuclear arms control on the Indian subcontinent has had a rather chequered immediate past. In far less than ten years talks have begun, both sides have formally become nuclear powers, fought a war, nearly fought another, have threatened each other with dire consequences, and yet have reached important agreements. This article traces those developments, particularly focusing on the recent talks, from the end of 2003. It sets out the limits to the …
Securing Transatlanticism
Journal Article Securing Transatlanticism? Get access Defending Europe: The EU, NATO, and the Quest for European Autonomy. Edited by Howorth Jolyon Keeler John. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 256 pp., $55.00 (ISBN: 1-4039-6114-X).NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the End of the Cold War to the Age of Terrorism. Edited by Moens Alexander Cohen Lenard J. Sens Allen G.. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003. 216 pp., $62.95 (I…
The governance of European security
This article seeks to develop a concept of ‘security governance’ in the context of post-Cold War Europe. The validity of a governance approach lies in its ability to locate some of the distinctive ways in which European security has been coordinated, managed and regulated. Based on an examination of the way governance is utilised in other political fields of political analysis, the article identifies the concept of security governance as involvin…
One in, all in?’ Nato's next enlargement
In 1999 NATO heads of state invited three states to join the alliance and are set to invite yet more states to join in November 2002 at the Prague summit. At present there are ten states that have declared their interest in gaining accession to NATO councils, and the prospect is that even more states will most likely be interested in joining in the years to come. The question for NATO is no longer whether to enlarge but how to manage enlargement.…
Guaranteeing Europe's security? Enlarging Nato again
At the end of 2002, NATO will again decide to enlarge its membership. This process of enlargement of the Alliance is driven by summit timetables; summits require commitments and grand gestures, and in Prague that could involve invitations to seven or more states to accede to the Washington Treaty. But there are three sets of issues into which this plays uncomfortably. First, there is an EU-NATO and EU security agenda (also including enlargement) …
Apology
Nato's Triple Challenge
NATO's future is again the subject of speculation and debate despite its having fought a recent and apparently successful war in Kosovo. This article proposes that there are three aspects to this challenge. First, NATO is facing a series of dilemmas in its relations with non-members: how should it manage relations with Russia, and with the applicants for membership? The authors argue that NATO should seek to develop a consolidationist posture. Th…
Issues, events and analyses in twenty years of the journal
(1999). Issues, events and analyses in twenty years of the journal. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 20, Critical Reflections on Security and Change, pp. 5-32
The Enlargement of Europe
Organizations, Europe and enlargement the enlargement of NATO the enlargement of the European Union the enlargement of the Western European Union the enlargement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe the enlargement of the Council of Europe
European integration, nuclear deterrence and Franco-British nuclear cooperation
The resumption of French nuclear tests in 1995 created a storm of protest in a number of countries, but received support from the British government. Although many explanations for that British support have been suggested—that Britain would gain nuclear information from the tests, or that British support was an attempt to undermine Franco-German relations—one of the most important reasons was that London did not wish to undermine progress in Fran…
In Defence of Arms Control
Arms control has been strongly attacked from two quarters since the end of the Cold War. Some argue that it is flawed in essence, elaborating a conservative critique developed over 25 years. Others argue that arms control was a Cold War institution, and therefore its time has passed. Both are wrong, fundamentally because arms control is defined too narrowly. A typology of arms control is proposed with five distinct forms: the traditional interpre…
Continuity and Change in British Thinking about Nuclear Weapons
For almost fifty years there has been constant argument between those who have supported the development and possession of nuclear weapons by Britain and those opposed to those policies. This article argues that there has been a continuity in the arguments made by policy-makers and their critics, both operating within an unchanging series of linked assumptions forming a paradigm or mind-set. This article sets out the character of the assumptions …
Brassey's defence yearbook 1994
Journal Article Brassey's defence yearbook 1994 Get access Brassey's defence yearbook 1994. Edited by The Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. London: Brassey's. 1994. 360pp. £40.00. ISBN 1 86753 033 0 Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 4, October 1994, Page 770, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624574 Published:…
Fit for purpose? Fitting ontological security studies 'into' the discipline of International Relations: Towards a vernacular turn
The performance of International Relations (IR) scholarship - as in all scholarship - acts to close and police the boundaries of the discipline in ways that reflect power-knowledge relations. This has led to the development of two strands of work in ontological security studies in IR, which divide on questions of ontological choice and the nature of the deployment of the concept of dread. Neither strand is intellectually superior to the other and…
Constructing Ontological Insecurity: The Insecuritization of Britain's Muslims
The development of ontological security studies, for example by Mitzen, Steele, and Berenskoetter and Giegerich, has been an important innovation in the field. However, by focusing on the level of the state rather than that of the individual, this new tradition is somewhat different from the intellectual origins of ontological security in sociology and psychology. Drawing on those disciplines, I argue that the key focus should be on the understan…
Introduction: An Agenda for Resilience Research in Politics and International Relations
Rescaling and Responsibilising the Politics of Urban Resilience: From National Security to Local Place-Making
The governance of European security
This article seeks to develop a concept of ‘security governance’ in the context of post-Cold War Europe. The validity of a governance approach lies in its ability to locate some of the distinctive ways in which European security has been coordinated, managed and regulated. Based on an examination of the way governance is utilised in other political fields of political analysis, the article identifies the concept of security governance as involvin…
Thy Will Be Done’: The New Foreign Policy of America's Christian Right
The Enlargement of Europe
Organizations, Europe and enlargement the enlargement of NATO the enlargement of the European Union the enlargement of the Western European Union the enlargement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe the enlargement of the Council of Europe
Brassey's defence yearbook 1994
Journal Article Brassey's defence yearbook 1994 Get access Brassey's defence yearbook 1994. Edited by The Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. London: Brassey's. 1994. 360pp. £40.00. ISBN 1 86753 033 0 Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 4, October 1994, Page 770, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624574 Published:…
Nato's Triple Challenge
NATO's future is again the subject of speculation and debate despite its having fought a recent and apparently successful war in Kosovo. This article proposes that there are three aspects to this challenge. First, NATO is facing a series of dilemmas in its relations with non-members: how should it manage relations with Russia, and with the applicants for membership? The authors argue that NATO should seek to develop a consolidationist posture. Th…
The evolution of threat narratives in the age of terror: Understanding terrorist threats in Britain
This article examines the evolution of threat narratives in the age of terror, focusing on the United Kingdom. The analysis is broken down into two sections. The first part of the article presents four distinct and yet overlapping notions of the threats which have influenced both the West, and more specifically the UK, in debates about counterterrorism since 9/11. The four threat narratives—Al-Qaeda as a central organization; decentralized terror…
South Asia's arms control process: Cricket Diplomacy and the Composite Dialogue
Nuclear arms control on the Indian subcontinent has had a rather chequered immediate past. In far less than ten years talks have begun, both sides have formally become nuclear powers, fought a war, nearly fought another, have threatened each other with dire consequences, and yet have reached important agreements. This article traces those developments, particularly focusing on the recent talks, from the end of 2003. It sets out the limits to the …
Guaranteeing Europe's security? Enlarging Nato again
At the end of 2002, NATO will again decide to enlarge its membership. This process of enlargement of the Alliance is driven by summit timetables; summits require commitments and grand gestures, and in Prague that could involve invitations to seven or more states to accede to the Washington Treaty. But there are three sets of issues into which this plays uncomfortably. First, there is an EU-NATO and EU security agenda (also including enlargement) …
In Defence of Arms Control
Arms control has been strongly attacked from two quarters since the end of the Cold War. Some argue that it is flawed in essence, elaborating a conservative critique developed over 25 years. Others argue that arms control was a Cold War institution, and therefore its time has passed. Both are wrong, fundamentally because arms control is defined too narrowly. A typology of arms control is proposed with five distinct forms: the traditional interpre…
Continuity and Change in British Thinking about Nuclear Weapons
For almost fifty years there has been constant argument between those who have supported the development and possession of nuclear weapons by Britain and those opposed to those policies. This article argues that there has been a continuity in the arguments made by policy-makers and their critics, both operating within an unchanging series of linked assumptions forming a paradigm or mind-set. This article sets out the character of the assumptions …
World conflicts: Why and where they are happening
Journal Article World conflicts: why and where they are happening Get access World conflicts: why and where they are happening. By Patrick Brogan. London: Bloomsbury. 1989. 603pp. Index. £19.95. ISBN 0 7475 0260 9. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 66, Issue 3, July 1990, Page 576, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623085 Published: 01 …
The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952
Journal Article The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952 Get access The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952. By Michael J. Hogan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1987. 482pp. Index. £27.50. ISBN 0 521 25140 0. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1International Institute for Strategic Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
One in, all in?’ Nato's next enlargement
In 1999 NATO heads of state invited three states to join the alliance and are set to invite yet more states to join in November 2002 at the Prague summit. At present there are ten states that have declared their interest in gaining accession to NATO councils, and the prospect is that even more states will most likely be interested in joining in the years to come. The question for NATO is no longer whether to enlarge but how to manage enlargement.…
European integration, nuclear deterrence and Franco-British nuclear cooperation
The resumption of French nuclear tests in 1995 created a storm of protest in a number of countries, but received support from the British government. Although many explanations for that British support have been suggested—that Britain would gain nuclear information from the tests, or that British support was an attempt to undermine Franco-German relations—one of the most important reasons was that London did not wish to undermine progress in Fran…
Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: Power, politics and policies
Journal Article Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: power, politics and policies Get access Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: power, politics and policies. By Peter van Ham. London: Pinter for Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1993. 112pp. £22.50; ISBN 1 85567 136 0. Pb.: £9.95; ISBN 1 85567 137 9. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
The collapse of the Soviet empire: Managing the regional fall-out
Journal Article The collapse of the Soviet empire: managing the regional fall-out Get access The collapse of the Soviet empire: managing the regional fall-out. Edited by Trevor Taylor. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs and International Institute for Global Peace, Tokyo 1992. 189pp. Pb.: £10.50. ISBN 0 905031 54 7. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
A say in the end of the world: Morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987
Journal Article A say in the end of the world: morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987 Get access A say in the end of the world: morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987. By Roger Ruston. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. 272pp. Index. £15.00. ISBN 0 19 827565 X. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 6…
British policy towards Western Europe, 1947–9: The Best of Possible Worlds
Journal Article British policy towards Western Europe, 1947–9: the best of possible worlds? Get access Stuart Croft Stuart Croft Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 64, Issue 4, autumn 1988, Pages 617–629, https://doi.org/10.2307/2626046 Published: 01 October 1988
The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952
Journal Article The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952 Get access The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952. By Michael J. Hogan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1987. 482pp. Index. £27.50. ISBN 0 521 25140 0. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1International Institute for Strategic Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
British policy towards Western Europe, 1947–9: The Best of Possible Worlds
Journal Article British policy towards Western Europe, 1947–9: the best of possible worlds? Get access Stuart Croft Stuart Croft Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 64, Issue 4, autumn 1988, Pages 617–629, https://doi.org/10.2307/2626046 Published: 01 October 1988
The militarisation of space
Britain and the Marshall Plan
Journal Article Britain and the Marshall Plan Get access Britain and the Marshall Plan. By Henry Pelling. London: Macmillan. 1989. 181pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 0 333 46780 9. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 3, Summer 1989, Page 547, https://doi.org/10.2307/2621762 Published: 01 July 1989
Military technological innovation and stability
Germany and the emerging European security architecture
A say in the end of the world: Morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987
Journal Article A say in the end of the world: morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987 Get access A say in the end of the world: morals and British nuclear weapons policy, 1941–1987. By Roger Ruston. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. 272pp. Index. £15.00. ISBN 0 19 827565 X. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 6…
World conflicts: Why and where they are happening
Journal Article World conflicts: why and where they are happening Get access World conflicts: why and where they are happening. By Patrick Brogan. London: Bloomsbury. 1989. 603pp. Index. £19.95. ISBN 0 7475 0260 9. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 66, Issue 3, July 1990, Page 576, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623085 Published: 01 …
The collapse of the Soviet empire: Managing the regional fall-out
Journal Article The collapse of the Soviet empire: managing the regional fall-out Get access The collapse of the Soviet empire: managing the regional fall-out. Edited by Trevor Taylor. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs and International Institute for Global Peace, Tokyo 1992. 189pp. Pb.: £10.50. ISBN 0 905031 54 7. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Continuity and Change in British Thinking about Nuclear Weapons
For almost fifty years there has been constant argument between those who have supported the development and possession of nuclear weapons by Britain and those opposed to those policies. This article argues that there has been a continuity in the arguments made by policy-makers and their critics, both operating within an unchanging series of linked assumptions forming a paradigm or mind-set. This article sets out the character of the assumptions …
Brassey's defence yearbook 1994
Journal Article Brassey's defence yearbook 1994 Get access Brassey's defence yearbook 1994. Edited by The Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. London: Brassey's. 1994. 360pp. £40.00. ISBN 1 86753 033 0 Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 4, October 1994, Page 770, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624574 Published:…
Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: Power, politics and policies
Journal Article Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: power, politics and policies Get access Managing non-proliferation regimes in the 1990s: power, politics and policies. By Peter van Ham. London: Pinter for Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1993. 112pp. £22.50; ISBN 1 85567 136 0. Pb.: £9.95; ISBN 1 85567 137 9. Stuart Croft Stuart Croft 1University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
European integration, nuclear deterrence and Franco-British nuclear cooperation
The resumption of French nuclear tests in 1995 created a storm of protest in a number of countries, but received support from the British government. Although many explanations for that British support have been suggested—that Britain would gain nuclear information from the tests, or that British support was an attempt to undermine Franco-German relations—one of the most important reasons was that London did not wish to undermine progress in Fran…
In Defence of Arms Control
Arms control has been strongly attacked from two quarters since the end of the Cold War. Some argue that it is flawed in essence, elaborating a conservative critique developed over 25 years. Others argue that arms control was a Cold War institution, and therefore its time has passed. Both are wrong, fundamentally because arms control is defined too narrowly. A typology of arms control is proposed with five distinct forms: the traditional interpre…
Issues, events and analyses in twenty years of the journal
(1999). Issues, events and analyses in twenty years of the journal. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 20, Critical Reflections on Security and Change, pp. 5-32
The Enlargement of Europe
Organizations, Europe and enlargement the enlargement of NATO the enlargement of the European Union the enlargement of the Western European Union the enlargement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe the enlargement of the Council of Europe
Apology
Nato's Triple Challenge
NATO's future is again the subject of speculation and debate despite its having fought a recent and apparently successful war in Kosovo. This article proposes that there are three aspects to this challenge. First, NATO is facing a series of dilemmas in its relations with non-members: how should it manage relations with Russia, and with the applicants for membership? The authors argue that NATO should seek to develop a consolidationist posture. Th…
One in, all in?’ Nato's next enlargement
In 1999 NATO heads of state invited three states to join the alliance and are set to invite yet more states to join in November 2002 at the Prague summit. At present there are ten states that have declared their interest in gaining accession to NATO councils, and the prospect is that even more states will most likely be interested in joining in the years to come. The question for NATO is no longer whether to enlarge but how to manage enlargement.…
Guaranteeing Europe's security? Enlarging Nato again
At the end of 2002, NATO will again decide to enlarge its membership. This process of enlargement of the Alliance is driven by summit timetables; summits require commitments and grand gestures, and in Prague that could involve invitations to seven or more states to accede to the Washington Treaty. But there are three sets of issues into which this plays uncomfortably. First, there is an EU-NATO and EU security agenda (also including enlargement) …
Securing Transatlanticism
Journal Article Securing Transatlanticism? Get access Defending Europe: The EU, NATO, and the Quest for European Autonomy. Edited by Howorth Jolyon Keeler John. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 256 pp., $55.00 (ISBN: 1-4039-6114-X).NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the End of the Cold War to the Age of Terrorism. Edited by Moens Alexander Cohen Lenard J. Sens Allen G.. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003. 216 pp., $62.95 (I…
The governance of European security
This article seeks to develop a concept of ‘security governance’ in the context of post-Cold War Europe. The validity of a governance approach lies in its ability to locate some of the distinctive ways in which European security has been coordinated, managed and regulated. Based on an examination of the way governance is utilised in other political fields of political analysis, the article identifies the concept of security governance as involvin…
South Asia's arms control process: Cricket Diplomacy and the Composite Dialogue
Nuclear arms control on the Indian subcontinent has had a rather chequered immediate past. In far less than ten years talks have begun, both sides have formally become nuclear powers, fought a war, nearly fought another, have threatened each other with dire consequences, and yet have reached important agreements. This article traces those developments, particularly focusing on the recent talks, from the end of 2003. It sets out the limits to the …
Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror
Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the determination to strike back against it has become a topic of enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed not only through American politics but via other channels including the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft suggests that the process of this production of knowledge h…
Images and Imaginings of Security
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