Dr Andrew Butfoy - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Butfoy has been a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and a senior lecturer at the UK Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst). In addition, he has tutored at the London School of Economics and the Australian National University, and has run seminar programs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.

He has a PhD from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU; other degrees held are an MA in War Studies from Kings College (London), and an Honours degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex.

Dr Butfoy's research interests include: the evolving political, strategic and conceptual framework for arms control; the role of nuclear weapons in international relations; and the relationship between US power and world order.

Qualifications

STRATEGIC STUDIES

Institution: Australian National University

Year awarded: 1989

WAR STUDIES

Institution: Kings College London

Year awarded: 1983

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Institution: Sussex University

Year awarded: 1981

Publications

Books

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Disarming Proposals: Controlling Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons, UNSW Press, Sydney NSW Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1997, Common Security and Strategic Reform, Macmillan Press, London UK.

Book Chapters

Butfoy, A.C., 2012, Nuclear Strategy, in Contemporary Security and Strategy, eds Craig Snyder, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke United Kingdom, pp. 201-221.

Butfoy, A.C., 2008, Nuclear Strategy, in Contemporary Security and Strategy, eds Craig A. Snyder, Palgrave MacMillan, USA, pp. 136-152.

Butfoy, A.C., 2001, Controlling the spread of weapons of mass destruction, in International Relations in the New Century: An Australian Perspective, eds Marianne Hanson and William T. Tow, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 38-54.

Butfoy, A.C., 2001, US nuclear weapons doctrine: implications for nuclear non-proliferation, in The Politics of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, eds Carl Ungerer and Marianne Hanson, Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 158-170.

Butfoy, A., 1999, The Future of Nuclear Strategy, in Contemporary Security and Strategy, Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 150-170.

Butfoy, A.C., 1995, Arms control regimes: some critical reflections, in The New Agenda for Global Security: Cooperating for Peace and Beyond, eds Stephanie Lawson, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, pp. 75-84.

Journal Articles

Butfoy, A.C., 2012, American exceptionalism and president Obama's call for abolition of nuclear weapons, Contemporary Security Policy [E], vol 33, issue 3, Taylor and Francis, http://www.contemporarysecuritypolicy.org, pp. 1-25.

Butfoy, A.C., 2008, Washington's Apparent Readiness to Start Nuclear War, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, vol 50, issue 5, Routledge, UK, pp. 115-140.

Butfoy, A.C., 2008, Will the US surrender the nuclear first-use option?, Australian Policy Online [E], vol 0, Australian Policy Online, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Butfoy, A.C., 2007, Australia is tacitly endorsing India's maverick approach, Australian Policy Online [E], vol 0, Australian Policy Online, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Butfoy, A.C., 2007, Security analysts have an interest in talking up the threat of terrorism, Australian Policy Online [E], vol 0, Australian Policy Online, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Butfoy, A.C., 2006, Iran: Muddling through, Australian Policy Online, vol 2006, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-4.

Butfoy, A.C., 2006, The rise and fall of missile diplomacy? President Clinton and the 'revolution in military affairs' in retrospect, Australian Journal Of Politics And History [P], vol 52, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 98-114.

Butfoy, A.C., 2006, The rise and fall of missile diplomacy? President Clinton and the "revolution in military affairs" in retrospect, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol 52, issue 1, The Uni Queensland Press and Blackwell Publishing, Australia, pp. 98-114.

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Book Reviews: Disarming Iraq: the search for weapons of mass destruction, Contemporary Security Policy, vol 26, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 162-164.

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Book Reviews: The nuclear tipping point: why states reconsider their nuclear choices, Global Change, Peace & Security, vol 17, issue 3, Routledge, UK, pp. 315-316.

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Book reviews: The United States and coercive diplomacy, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol 59, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 403-404.

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Security: overtaken by events?, Australian Policy Online, vol 2005, Swinburne University of Technology, Camberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-3.

Butfoy, A.C., 2004, Book reviews: The future of US nuclear operational doctrine: balancing safety and deterrence in an anarchic world, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol 39, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 229-230.

Butfoy, A.C., 2004, Book reviews: The illusion of control: force and foreign policy in the 21st century, Global Change, Peace & Security, vol 16, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 85-86.

Butfoy, A.C., 2003, Contemporary nuclear debates: missile defense, arms control, and arms races in the twenty-first century, Political Studies Review, vol 1, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing, London UK, p. 469.

Butfoy, A.C., 2002, Book reviews: The origins of major war, Contemporary Security Policy, vol 23, issue 1, Frank Cass & Co, London England, pp. 159-160.

Butfoy, A., 2002, Perpetuating US nuclear 'first-use' into the indefinite future: reckless inertia or pillar of world order?, Contemporary Security Policy, vol 23, issue 2, Frank Cass, London UK, pp. 149-168.

Butfoy, A.C., 2002, Perpetuating US nuclear 'first-use' into the indefinite future: reckless inertia or pillar of world order?, Contemporary Security Policy [P], vol 23, issue 2, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 149-168.

Butfoy, A.C., 2001, Book reviews: Planning the unthinkable: how new powers will use nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol 36, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 610-611.

Butfoy, A., 1999, Kosovo and Western Strategic Hubris, Arena Magazine, vol issue 41, Arena Printing and Publishing P/L, Fitzroy Vic Australia, pp. 39-41.

Butfoy, A., 1998, Is Arms Control Approaching a Dead-End?, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol 52 no 3, Carfax Publishing, Abingdon UK, pp. 293-307.

Butfoy, A.C., 1998, Is arms control approaching a dead-end?, Australian Journal of International Affairs [P], vol 52, issue 3, Routledge, Melbourne, pp. 293-307.

Butfoy, A., 1998, Richard Haass, The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol 52 no 1, Carfax Publishing, Abingdon UK, pp. 97-98.

Butfoy, A., 1997, Book Review: Stuart & Tow, Security in the Asia-Pacific (Griffith University: Australia-Asia Papers, 1996) & Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Assessment 1996 (Washington DC: National Defense University Press, 1996), Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol 51, Australian Institute of International Affairs, NSW Australia, pp. 439-440.

Butfoy, A., 1997, Offence-Defence Theory and the Security Dilemma, Contemporary Security Policy, vol 18, Frank Cass & Co Ltd, London UK, pp. 38-58.

Butfoy, A.C., 1997, Offence-defence theory and the security dilemma: the problem with marginalizing the context, Contemporary Security Policy [P], vol 18, issue 3, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 38-58.

Butfoy, A.C., 1994, Rationalising the bomb? Strategic studies and the US nuclear umbrella, Australian Journal Of Politics And History [P], vol 40, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond, pp. 145-161.

Butfoy, A.C., 1994, The evolving framework for arms control, Australian Journal of International Affairs [P], vol 48, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 37-51.

Butfoy, A.C., 1993, Collective security: theory, problems and reformulations, Australian Journal of International Affairs [P], vol 47, issue 1, Routledge, Australia, pp. 1-14.

Butfoy, A.C., 1993, The marginalisation of nuclear weapons in world politics? The case of flexible response, Australian Journal of Political Science [P], issue 2, Routledge, Melbourne, pp. 271-289.

Butfoy, A.C., 1993, Themes in the collective security idea, Journal of Strategic Studies [P], vol 16, issue 4, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 490-510.

Conference Proceedings

Butfoy, A., 1998, Limited Use of Force in National and Multinational Operations, Australian Security in a New Eraz: Reform and Revolution?, Canberra ACT, 11-12 November 1997, Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 51-55.

Butfoy, A., 1998, Testing the Limits - Alternative Perspectives, Testing the Limits, Canberra ACT, April 1998, Air Power Studies Centre, Fairbairn ACT, pp. 109-122.

Other

Butfoy, A., 2011, How Labor finished Bush's uranium script, Inside Story, Institute for Social Research, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A., 2011, President Obama and nuclear disarmament, Dissent Magazine, University of Pennsylvania Press, United States of America.

Butfoy, A., 2011, We need to strengthen, not weaken, nuclear deterrent, The Age Newspaper, The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A., 2010, Nuclear disarmament: Nine steps to a revolution, Inside Story, Institute for Social Research, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A., 2009, Adjusting to change, Inside Story, Institute for Social Research, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A., 2009, Obama versus the Pentagon, Inside Story, Institute for Social Research, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A., 2007, Australia is backing a nuclear rogue, The Age Newspaper, The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Australia.

Butfoy, A.C., 2005, Words of mass distraction, Perspective, Radio National, ABC, Canberra ACT Australia.

Butfoy, A.C., 2004, Misled from Baghdad to ballot box, Herald Sun, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A.C., 2004, Slogans replace facts in Bush's world, Herald Sun, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A.C., 2003, Submission to Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD: Inquiry into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-3.

Butfoy, A.C., 2003, War in Iraq, The Age, Fairfax Media, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1999, America: Global Hero or Villain?, 'The Age' article, David Syme & Co, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1999, Unpalatable Truths Behind the Cloisters, 'The Age' article, David Syme & Co, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1999, Uranium: How We Profit and Make Others Pay, Opinion piece in 'The Age', David Syme & Co, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1999, What Has NATO Got to Celebrate?, 'The Age" article, David Syme & Co, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1998, Australia Toes the Line, The Age, Fairfax, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Butfoy, A., 1998, Students Lose in Market Share War, The Age, Fairfax, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Fiscal instability in fragile states.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Joint), Davison, R (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

From Brasilia to Bern: The History of Nuclear Unproliferation.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main), Van Wyk, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nuclear Disarmament and the Future of Arms Control: A Study on the Proposals for Moving to Global Ze.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Joint-co), Davison, R (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The art of foreign policy PR - the value of communications in helping countries promote themselves.

Supervisors:

Han, G (Main), Butfoy, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The evolution of strategic culture in counterterrorism studies.

Supervisors:

Macqueen, B (Main), Butfoy, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The mythology of counter-insurgency.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main), Macqueen, B (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Baxter, K.

Program of Study:

Al-Muhajiroun: testing the limits of Islamism in the West. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Akbarzadeh, S (Main), Butfoy, A (Associate).

Student:

Beljac, M.

Program of Study:

US Nuclear Deterrence And International Security - Extended Deterrence, Escalation Dominance and World Order. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Downie, S.

Program of Study:

PEACE-KEEPING, PEACE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM CAMBODIA AND EAST TIMOR. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Huang, S.

Program of Study:

CHINA: IMPLICATION FOR AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE POLICY. 2001.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Law, P.

Program of Study:

THE UN, REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND PREVENTITIVE ACTION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM RWANDA AND MACEDONIA. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Mcgowan, K.

Program of Study:

THE US AND THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (Masters) 2000.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Myler, P.

Program of Study:

AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT - CHANGING DYNAMICS AFTER EAST TIMOR. 2001.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Newman, A.

Program of Study:

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM: AUGUST 1991 TO DECEMBER 1996. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Rajagobal, N.

Program of Study:

A LEGACY OF HISTORY: MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE RELATIONS, 1963-2000. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Slaughter, S.

Program of Study:

PUBLIC POWER IN A GLOBAL AGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LIBERAL GOVERNANCE. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).

Student:

Vigneswaran, D.

Program of Study:

The contours of control: a study of European territoriality. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Joint-Co).

Student:

Walsh, A.

Program of Study:

AUSTRALIA'S AID POLICY TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA. (Masters) 2000.

Supervisors:

Butfoy, A (Main).