By Professor Anthony David Burke

Journal articles

Burke AD; Lee-Koo K; McDonald M, 2016, 'An ethics of global security', Journal of Global Security Studies, 1, pp. 64 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogv004

Burke A, 2016, 'Nuclear politics: beyond positivism', Critical Studies on Security, 4, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2016.1181845

Burke A, 2016, 'Nuclear time: temporal metaphors of the nuclear present', Critical Studies on Security, 4, pp. 73 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2016.1162394

Burke A, 2015, 'Security cosmopolitanism: the next phase', Critical Studies on Security, 3, pp. 190 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2015.1065109

Burke AD, 2013, 'Security cosmopolitanism', Critical Studies on Security, 1, pp. 13 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2013.790194

Burke AD, 2013, 'The Good State, From a Cosmic Point of View', International Politics, 50, pp. 57 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2012.28

Burke AD, 2011, 'Humanity After Biopolitics: On the global politics of human being', Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 16, pp. 101 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2011.641348

Randell-moon H; Anderson N; Bretag T; Burke AD; Greishaber T; Lambert A; Saltmarsh D; Saltmarsh N, 2011, 'Journal editing and ethical research practice: perspectives of journal editors', Ethics and Education, 6, pp. 225 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2011.632717

Burke AD, 2010, 'Questions of Community: Australian Identity and Asian Change', Australian Journal of Political Science, 45, pp. 75 - 93

Burke AD, 2009, 'Metaterror', International Relations, 23, pp. 61 - 67

Burke AD, 2009, 'Nuclear Reason: At the Limits of Strategy', International Relations, 23, pp. 506 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047117809348697

Burke AD, 2008, 'Life in the hall of smashed mirrors', Meanjin, 67, pp. 88 - 100

Burke AD, 2008, 'Life in the hall of smashed mirrors: Biopolitics and terror today', Borderlands e-journal, 7

Burke AD, 2008, 'Morality and Political Violence', Australian Journal of Political Science, 43, pp. 764 - 765

Burke AD, 2008, 'Recovering Humanity from Man: Hannah Arendt`s Troubled Cosmopolitanism', Critical Studies on terrorism, 45, pp. 514 - 521

Burke AD, 2008, 'The end of terrorism studies', Critical Studies on terrorism, 1, pp. 37 - 49

Burke AD, 2007, 'Beyond Security in the Middle-East: An Ethics for (Co)Existence', Borderlands e-journal, 6

Burke AD, 2007, 'Ontologies of War: Violence, Existence and Reason', Theory and Event, 10:2, pp. 1 - 34

Burke A, 2005, 'For a Cautious Utopianism', Ethics and International Affairs, 19, pp. 97 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.2005.tb00503.x

Burke AD, 2005, 'Against the New Internationalism', Ethics and International Affairs, 19, pp. 73 - 89

Burke AD, 2005, 'Freedom`s Freedom: American Enlightment and Permanent War', Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 11, pp. 315 - 343

Burke AD, 2005, 'Iraq: Strategy`s Burnt Offering', Global Change, Peace and Security, 11, pp. 191 - 213

Burke AD, 2004, 'Just War or Ethical Peace? Moral Discourses of Strategic Violence after 9/11', International Affairs, 80, pp. 329 - 353

Burke AD; Hables-Gray C, 2003, 'Dance of the In-Between: Humans, Movement, Sites', Borderlands e-journal, 1

Burke AD, 2003, 'Killing and Responsibility: A Dialogue with Joanna Bourke', Borderlands e-journal, 2

Burke AD; McInerney D, 2003, 'New Languages: Power, Feeling, Communication', Borderlands e-journal, 2

Burke A, 2002, 'Aporias of security', Alternatives, 27, pp. 1 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030437540202700101

Burke A, 2000, 'Poetry outside security', Alternatives, 25, pp. 307 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030437540002500304

Conference Presentations

Burke AD, 2014, 'Roundtable on the book Ethics and Global Security', presented at Oceanic Conference on International Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia, 09 July 2014 - 11 July 2014

Burke AD, 2011, 'The Good State from a Cosmic Point of View, . 11-13 July 2011.', presented at “Purposes Beyond Ourselves: Power and Principle in Foreign Policy”, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 11 July 2011 - 13 July 2011

Burke AD, 2006, 'Cause and Effect in the War on Terror', Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 15 December 2006

Burke AD, 2004, 'Tragedy and Politics and Postmodern Peace: Against the New Internationalism', presented at 5th European Conference on International Relations, The Hague, Netherlands, 09 September 2004 - 11 September 2004

Burke AD; Brennan F, 2004, 'Just wars and human rights', presented at Lenten Seminar series, “A fair go in an age of terror?”, Adelaide, 09 March 2004

Burke AD, 2004, 'Freedom’s Freedom: American Enlightenment and Permanent war', presented at Department of Politics Seminar Series 2004, University of Adelaide

Burke AD, 2004, 'Postmodern Peace: Against the New Internationalism', Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

Burke AD, 2003, 'Just war or ethical peace?', presented at Symposium on Ethics and Foreign Policy, University of Queensland

Burke AD, 2003, 'Social Science: Why does it matter?”,', presented at Creating Spaces Conference, Australian National University

Burke AD, 2003, 'Violent Reasons: War, Modernity and Technology', presented at Department of Politics Seminar Series 2003, University of Adelaide

Creative Written Works

Burke A, 2025, The war won’t end Iran’s nuclear program – it will drive it underground, following North Korea’s model, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-war-wont-end-irans-nuclear-program-it-will-drive-it-underground-following-north-koreas-model-259281

Burke A, 2023, Here’s how to prosecute Russia for Ukraine’s catastrophic flood, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/ukraine-flood-prosecute-russia/

Burke A, 2022, Climate change: less space between one disaster and the next, The Interpreter, The Lowy Institute for International Policy, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-less-space-between-one-disaster-and-next

Burke A, 2021, Glasgow: a tipping point for serious action, The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/glasgow-tipping-point-serious-action

Burke A; Celermajer D, 2021, Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/human-progress-is-no-excuse-to-destroy-nature-a-push-to-make-ecocide-a-global-crime-must-recognise-this-fundamental-truth-164594

Burke A, 2021, High hopes and hot air on climate change, The Interpreter, Lowy Institute, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/high-hopes-hot-air-climate-change

Burke A, 2020, A dose of climate realism about China’s carbon pledge, The Interpreter, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/dose-climate-realism-about-china-s-carbon-pledge

Burke A, 2020, The Morality of Security: A Theory of Just Securitization., CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000566984800100&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Burke A, 2020, Vision for the Anthropocene: A global ecological democracy, UNSW Grand Challenges, UNSW, https://www.grandchallenges.unsw.edu.au/article/vision-anthropocene-global-ecological-democracy

Burke A; Newell B, 2020, Vision for the Anthropocene: Introducing the Anthropocene – and our need to thrive, UNSW Grand Challenges, UNSW, https://www.grandchallenges.unsw.edu.au/article/vision-anthropocene-introducing-anthropocene-and-our-need-thrive

Burke AD, 2017, Australia's Misstep On Nuclear Weapons Treaty, Australian Outlook, Australian Institute for International Affairs, http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/australias-misstep-nuclear-weapons-treaty/

Burke AD; Fishel S, 2016, Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/politics-for-the-planet-why-nature-and-wildlife-need-their-own-seats-at-the-un-59892

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