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Wyn Rees

Professor of International Security, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Wyn Rees is a Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations. He teaches and researches in the broad field of International Relations and specialises in International Security. He is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. Wyn Rees is a member of the British International Studies Association, the Political Studies Association and the University Association for Contemporary European Studies.

Expertise Summary

M12065 International Security and World Order, second year module

M13018 Transatlantic Security Relations, third year module

M14318 Europe after the Cold War, postgraduate module

Research Summary

The focus of my research is in security politics. Within this area my interests are threefold. First, contemporary European security and transatlantic relations, especially the debates surrounding… read more

Recent Publications

  • REES, W., 2011. The US-EU Security Relationship: The Tensions Between a European and a Global Agenda Palgrave Macmillan.
  • REES, W., 2011. Britain and the Wider World Defense Analysis. 27(1), 31-41
  • REES, W, 2009. Protecting the Homelands British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 11(1), 108-121
  • REES, W, 2009. US-European Union Homeland Security Cooperation. In: EDNER, F. and SENN, M., eds., Europe and Transnational Terrorism: Assessing Threats and Countermeasures Nomos. 129-144

Current Research

The focus of my research is in security politics. Within this area my interests are threefold. First, contemporary European security and transatlantic relations, especially the debates surrounding institutional 'architecture'. Second is the area of postwar British security policy. The third area is 'soft security', particularly international organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism.

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Current Research Projects

Wyn is currently working on the Contrasting Homeland Security research project.

Past Research

My original doctoral thesis was in the field of postwar British defence policy. In 1996 I published this as a book with Macmillan Press. I continued to write in this subject and in 2001 I published a co-authored book entitled 'Britain and Defence 1945-2000' with S. Croft, A. Dorman and M. Uttley. My interests in British defence policy led me to work on contemporary European security politics. In this field I wrote a single authored book on the Western European Union in 1998 (Westview) and a co-authored book on the enlargement of European organisations.

  • REES, W., 2011. The US-EU Security Relationship: The Tensions Between a European and a Global Agenda Palgrave Macmillan.
  • REES, W., 2011. Britain and the Wider World Defense Analysis. 27(1), 31-41
  • REES, W, 2009. Protecting the Homelands British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 11(1), 108-121
  • REES, W, 2009. US-European Union Homeland Security Cooperation. In: EDNER, F. and SENN, M., eds., Europe and Transnational Terrorism: Assessing Threats and Countermeasures Nomos. 129-144
  • REES, W, 2009. Inside Out: The External Face of EU Internal Security Policy. In: JONES,S. and GENUGTEN, S. VAN,, eds., The Future of European Foreign policy Routledge. 94-108
  • REES, W and SMITH, M., eds., 2008. International Relations of the European Union Sage.
  • REES, W., 2008. Inside Out: The External Face of EU Internal Security Policy Journal of European Integration. 30(1), 97-112
  • REES, W, BLEWETT, T and HYDE-PRICE, A., eds., 2008. British Foreign Policy and the Anglican Church: Christian Engagement with the Contemporary World Ashgate.
  • REES, W and ALDRICH, R., 2007. European and US Approaches to Counterterrorism. In: TIERSKY, R. and JONES, E., eds., Europe Today: A Twenty-First Century Introduction 3rd ed. Rowman & Littlefield. 437-464
  • REES, W., 2007. European and Asian responses to the US-led 'war on terror' CAMBRIDGE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. VOL 20(NUMB 2), 215-231
  • REES, G.W., 2006. Transatlantic counter-terrorism cooperation: the new imperative Abingdon: Routledge.
  • REES, W., 2006. International Cooperation in Counter-terrorism. In: MAHNCKE, D: MONAR, J., ed., International Terrorism: A European Response to a Global Threat? Peter Lang.
  • REES, W. and ALDRICH, R. J., 2005. Contending cultures of counterterrorism: transatlantic divergence or convergence? International Affairs. 81(5), 905-923
  • REES, G.W., 2005. 'The External Face of Internal Security'. In: International Relations and the European Union 1st. 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 205-224
  • MAHNCKE, D., REES, G.W. and THOMPSON, W., 2004. Redefining transatlantic security relations: the challenge of change Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • REES, G.W., 2004. More Heat than Light: US Reactions to ESDP 2(2),
  • MITSILEGAS, V., MONAR, J. and REES, G.W., 2003. The European Union and internal security: guardian of the people? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • REES, W., 2003. Transatlantic Relations and the War on Terror Journal of Transatlantic Studies. VOL 1(NUMB 1), 76-90
  • REES, G.W., 2003. Justice and Internal Security. In: Europe, America, Bush: Transatlantic Relations in the Twenty First Century Routledge, London and New York. 47-58
  • REES, G.W., 2003. Transnational organized crime, security and the European Union. In: Organized Crime and the Challenge to Democracy Routledge, London and New York. 112-126
  • REES, G.W., 2002. Fighting Organised Crime: The European Union and internal security. In: Crime and Insecurity: The Governance of Safety in Europe 77-101
  • REES, G.W., 2001. The WEU: Eliminating the Middleman. In: Uncertain Europe: Building a New European Security order? Routledge, London and New York.
  • REES, G.W., 2001. Britain and Defence 1945-2000: A Policy Re-evaluation M.E. Sharpe Inc., Armonk, USA.
  • REES, G.W., 2000. Force for Europe 56(6),
  • REES, G.W., 2000. Reforming the European Union: From Maastricht to Amsterdam Longman.
  • REES, G.W., 1999. The Enlargement of Europe Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK.
  • REES, G. W., 1999. British Strategic Thinking and Europe, 1964-1970 JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION HISTORY. VOL 5(NUMBER 1), 57-72
  • REES, G.W., 1998. The Western European Union at the Crossroads: Between Atlantic Solidarity and European Integration W.B. Saunders, London and Philadelphia.
  • REES, G.W., 1998. US-European Security Relations: Surfing or Sinking?. In: The New Trans-Atlantic Agenda and the Future of EU-US Relations
  • REES, G.W., 1998. Rethinking Security in Post-Cold War Europe Longman Group Ltd, Harlow, Essex, UK.
  • WYN REES, G., 1998. Setting the Parameters for European Defence: The UK and the Weu STUDIA DIPLOMATICA. VOL 51(NUMBER 1/2), 61-70
  • REES, G. W., 1996. Britain and the Western European Union EUROPEAN SECURITY -ILFORD-. VOL 5(NUMBER 4), 529-542
  • WYN REES, G., 1996. Constructing a European Defence Identity: The Perspectives of Britain, France and Germany European Foreign Affairs Review. VOL 1(NUMBER 2), 231-246
  • REES, G.W., 1996. Dissenting Promoters of a European Defence Identity 2,
  • REES, G.W., 1996. Anglo-American Approaches to Alliance Security, 1955-60 MacMillan Publishers Ltd, London.
  • REES, G. W., 1996. The Netherlands: Reorientating its Defence Priorities CONTEMPORARY SECURITY POLICY. VOL 17(NUMBER 1), 174-176
  • REES, G.W., 1995. Transforming the East-West Relationship. In: An American Quarter Century: US Politics from Vietnam to Clinton
  • REES, G.W., 1994. Britian and Post-Cold War Arms Transfers 15(1), 109-127
  • REES, G.W., ed., 1993. International Politics in Europe: The New Agenda Routledge, London and New York.
  • REES, G.W., 1991. The Anglo-American Security Relationship. In: British Security Policy HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK.
  • REES, G.W., 1991. Britain and NATO. In: British Defence Policy
  • REES, G.W., 1990. Britain and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. In: UK Arms Control in the 1990s Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK.
  • REES, G.W., 1989. Brothers in Arms: Anglo-American Defence Cooperation in 1957. In: Postwar Britain: Themes and Perspectives Pinter Publishers Ltd, London.
  • REES, G.W., 1989. The Federal Republic of Germany: A Changing Security Environment Political Quarterly. 60(3), 349-357
  • REES, G.W., 1989. The 1957 Sandys White Paper: New Priorities in British Defence Policy 12(2), 215-230

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