Hedley Bull and the Accommodation of Power

Robert Ayson is Professor of Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where he works closely with the Centre for Strategic Studies. He gained his PhD as a Commonwealth Scholar at King s College London, UK and his MA as a Freyberg Scholar to the Australian National University. His previous writing includes Thomas Schelling and the Nuclear Age (Frank Cass, 2004) and Hedley Bull and the Accommodation of Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He is an Honorary Professor with the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College and Adjunct Professor with the Australian National University s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

"Often commented upon, close study of Hedley Bull's ideas of international order in their origins is rare. Robert Ayson's study is doubly welcome, not only in its thoroughness, but in suggesting the relevance of Bull's early experience and training for the formation of his ideas on the foundations of international order." - International Affairs

• Acknowledgements Introduction The Education of Hedley Bull The East-West Accommodation  Accommodating the New Nuclear Powers Interregnum: Between London and Canberra Accommodating Asia: The View from Australia Order Through Justice? Accommodating The Third World Accommodating the World from Oxford Conclusion A Chronology of Hedley Bull's Main Publications Hedley Bull: A Timeline