Aris, Stephen

 

Stephen Aris is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS). He holds a Doctorate (entitled Central Asian Regional Security: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) and a Master's degree in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Birmingham.

 

His research interests include security and foreign policy in the post-Soviet space and East Asia, norms and narratives beyond the West, and constructivist approaches to regionalism, security and international institutions. He is the author of Eurasian Regionalism: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and is an editor of the Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), a bi-weekly analytical publication covering political, foreign policy, economic and social developments in Russia. Currently, Stephen Aris is involved in two research projects: 1) co-editing a book entitled Regional Organisations and Security: Conceptions and Practices; 2) co-organizing a book project entitled The Other Sides of Afghanistan: A Regional Perspective on Security Issues in Afghanistan. Beyond these projects, he is working on articles on regional security governance, narratives in Russian and Chinese security identity, regionalism in the post-Soviet space and the SCO's role in regional security management.

Selected Publications

Monographs

• Aris, Stephen (2011) Eurasian Regionalism, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles

• Aris, Stephen (2010) 'Die zentralasiatischen Republiken und die Schanghai Organisation für Zusammenarbeit (SCO)', Zentralasien-Analysen, 28: 2–5.
• Aris, Stephen (2010) 'Striking a Delicate Balance', Orient 51, 4: 6–12.
• Aris, Stephen (2009) 'A New Model of Asian Regionalism', Cambridge Review of International Affairs 22, 3: 451–467.
• Aris, Stephen (2009) 'Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): Tackling the Three Evils', Europe-Asia Studies 61, 3: 457–482.
• Aris, Stephen (2008) 'Russian-Chinese relations through the Lens of the SCO', Russie.Nei.Visions, 34.

Book Chapters

• Aris, Stephen (2009) 'Spreading the Shanghai Spirit', in: Kavalski, Emilian (ed.) China and the Global Politics of Regionalization, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 153–164.

CSS Analysis in Security Policy

• (2009) 'No. 66: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation', CSS Analysis in Security Policy.

Other Publications

• Snetkov, Aglaya; Aris, Stephen (2011) 'Russia and the Narrative of BRIC', Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), 91: 2–4.
• Aris, Stephen (2010) 'Russia's Approach to Multilateral Cooperation in the Post-Soviet Space', Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), 76: 2–5.