Professor Beatrice Heuser

Professor of International Relations (Politics)

telephone: 01413306196
email: Beatrice.Heuser@glasgow.ac.uk

Biography

I am a graduate of the universities of London (BA from Bedford College; MA from the LSE) and Oxford (St Antony’s College; St John’s College, graduated with DPhil). I hold a higher doctorate (Habilitation) from the University of Marburg. I have taught at King’s College London at the Department of War Studies, and at the University of Reading, and have taught at or held visiting professorships at several Parisian universities, the universities of Reims and Potsdam, at Sciences Po’ Paris and Reims, at the University of Rome III, at the Bundeswehr University near Munich and at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s university MGIMO. I spent a year at NATO Headquarters as a Consultant/Intern, and have worked as Director of Studies of the German Bundeswehr’s military history research office. I have been affiliated to/currently serving on academic advisory boards of several research institutes, including the French Institute of International Affairs (IFRI), the Royal United Services Institute, Chatham House (RIIA), the German Institute for Contemporary History, and the French government’s strategic studies think tank IRSEM.

Research interests

War is at the centre of my research interests, with a particular focus on why people go to war and how they wage war, what means they choose (or reject) and what strategies, and how they justify them. I am especially known for my contribution to Strategic Studies. The “why” covers the multiple factors leading to war, including structural factors like the patterns of relations between groups of people (from terrorist bands to ethnic groups and nations and civilisations) and their representatives (governments, states, alliances, international organisations), what is traditionally called “international relations”. I am particularly interested in cultural factors, which include particular narratives of the past and how these are drawn upon to argue for particular policies and strategies for the present and future. My expertise lies mainly in Europe and the “West”, especially Britain, France, Germany, and the USA, but also touches on Russia.

My current research areas are in particular:

On a macro level: how do people (and have people in the past) thought of war, of who should fight, of whom they can fight, how, with what means, to what ends. Her research includes the role and evolution of the laws of war in this context. This project is sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation, an also the visiting professorships in Paris of 2017/2018.
On a more specific, policy-informing level: the political dimensions and impact of military exercises (an international project sponsored by NATO).
With a view to public outreach: the commemoration of particular battles for political purposes.

Publications

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Number of items: 86.

2023

Heuser, B. (2023) The conceptual heritage of strategic culture and collective mentality. In: Kartcher, K. M., Bowen, B. D. and Johnson, J. L. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture. Routledge: London, pp. 17-30. ISBN 9780367445485 (doi: 10.4324/9781003010302-3)

Heuser, B. (2023) Welche Friedenslösungen für den Russland-Ukraine-Krieg? Gedanken zu Strategien des Friedenschließens. SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen, 7(1), pp. 38-50. (doi: 10.1515/sirius-2023-1006)

2022

Heuser, B. (2022) Fortuna, chance, risk and opportunity in strategy from Antiquity to the Nuclear Age. Journal of Strategic Studies, (doi: 10.1080/01402390.2022.2111306) (Early Online Publication)

Heuser, B. (2022) War: A Genealogy of Western Ideas and Practices. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780198796893 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198796893.001.0001)

2021

Heuser, B. (2021) The Clausewitzean Traditions: Die Politik and the political purpose of Strategy. In: Balzacq, T. and Krebs, R. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 57-73. ISBN 9780198840299

2020

Heuser, B. , Harding, R. and Miller, C. (2020) COVID-19: Policy-Options, Effects and Resulting Scenarios. Other. Coriolis Technologies.

2019

Heuser, B. (2019) Ordinances and Articles of War before the Lieber Code, 866-1863: the long pre-history of international humanitarian law. In: Gill, T. D., Geiß, R., Krieger, H. and Paulussen, C. (eds.) Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume 21. T.M.C Asser Press, pp. 139-164. ISBN 9789462653429 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-6265-343-6_5)

Heuser, B. (2019) Jus in bello européen avant le Code Lieber: Ordonnances et Articles de Guerre de 866 à 1863. Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales, 20, pp. 663-682.

Heuser, B. (2019) Brexit in History: Sovereignty or a European Union? Hurst Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 9781787381261

2018

Heuser, D. B. G. and Leoussi, A. S. (Eds.) (2018) Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World 1588-1943: From the Armada to Stalingrad. Pen and Sword: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ISBN 9781526727411

Heuser, B. (2018) Famous battles: a typology. In: Heuser, D. B. G. and Leoussi, A. S. (eds.) Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: From Troy to Courtrai, 1200 BC-1302 AD. Pen and Sword: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, pp. 137-161. ISBN 9781473893733

Heuser, B. (2018) Politische Dimensionen von Militärübungen und Manövern – ein Projektbericht. Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 11(3), pp. 325-342. (doi: 10.1007/s12399-018-0712-y)

Heuser, B. , Heier, T. and Lasconjarias, G. (Eds.) (2018) Military Exercises: Political Messaging and Strategic Impact. Series: NATO Forum Paper 26. NATO Defense College. ISBN 9788896898208

2017

Heuser, B. (2017) Defeat as moral victory: the historical experience. In: Hom, A. R., O'Driscoll, C. and Mills, K. (eds.) Moral Victories: the Ethics of Winning Wars. Oxford University Press: Oxford ; New York, pp. 52-68. ISBN 9780198801825 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198801825.003.0004)

Heuser, B. and Stoddart, K. (2017) Difficult Europeans: NATO and tactical/non-strategic nuclear weapons in the Cold War. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 28(3), pp. 454-476. (doi: 10.1080/09592296.2017.1347446)

Heuser, B. (2017) Strategy Before Clausewitz: Linking Warfare and Statecraft, 1400-1830. Series: Cass military studies. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781138290907

Heuser, B. (2017) The rise, fall and resurgence of 'Just War' thinking from Cicero to Chicago. In: Wilkinson, B. and Gow, J. (eds.) The Art of Creating Power: Freedman on Strategy. Hurst & Company: London, pp. 97-116. ISBN 9781849045810

Heuser, B. (2017) Ruptures stratégiques: exemples historiques. In: Entraygues, O. (ed.) La Rupture Stratégique (colloque IRSEM). Series: Etude de l'IRSEM (48). Institut de recherche stratégique de l’École militaire: Paris, pp. 37-51. ISBN 9782111510111

Heuser, B. and Shamir, E. (Eds.) (2017) Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: National Styles and Strategic Cultures. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9781107135048

Heuser, B. (2017) Britain and the origins and future of the European defence and security mechanism. RUSI Journal, 162(2), pp. 16-23. (doi: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1335557)

Heuser, B. (2017) Les leçons des insurrections de 1775-1815 dans la littérature théorique. Revue Historique des Armées(282), pp. 101-116.

Heuser, B. (2017) Regina maris and the command of the sea: the Sixteenth Century origins of modern maritime strategy. Journal of Strategic Studies, 40(1-2), pp. 225-262. (doi: 10.1080/01402390.2015.1104670)

Heuser, B. and Simpson, H. (2017) The missing political dimension of military exercises. RUSI Journal, 162(3), pp. 20-28. (doi: 10.1080/03071847.2017.1345118)

2016

Heuser, B. (2016) The history of the practice of strategy from Antiquity to Napoleon. In: Baylis, J., Wirtz, J. J. and Gray, C. S. (eds.) Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 17-32. ISBN 9780198708919

Heuser, B. (2016) Military exercises and the dangers of misunderstandings: the East-West crisis of the early 1980s. PFUR Bulletin of International Relations, 160(3), pp. 391-404.

Heuser, B. (2016) The Virtual World of Exercises and Deterrence. Russia and the West, Paris, France, 11 Apr 2016.

2015

Heuser, B. (Ed.) (2015) Small Wars and Insurgencies in Theory and Practice, 1500-1850. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781138941670

Heuser, B. (2015) The Spanish Guerrilla 1808-1814 as a model for people’s wars and resistance movements. In: Garcia Hernan, E. and Skowron, R. (eds.) From Ireland to Poland: Northern Europe, Spain and the Early Modern World. Series: Historia de España y su proyección internacional. Albatros: Madrid, pp. 207-222. ISBN 9788472743175

2014

Heuser, B. (2014) Insurgencies and Counterinsurgency Strategies: Patterns and Dilemmas. Project Report. Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen.

Heuser, B. (2014) Introduction: exploring the jungle of terminology. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25(4), pp. 741-753. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2013.832928)

Heuser, B. (2014) Lessons learnt? Cultural transfer and revolutionary wars, 1775–1831. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25(4), pp. 858-876. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2013.833028)

Heuser, B. (2014) Looking back: a quarter of a century after the Cold War. Cold War History, 14(4), pp. 455-459. (doi: 10.1080/14682745.2014.950240)

Heuser, B. (2014) The origins of small wars: from special operations to ideological insurgencies [Guest Editor]. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25(4),

Heuser, B. (2014) Paix et guerre selon Christine de Pizan. In: Baechler, J. and Holeindre, J.-V. (eds.) Penseurs de la Stratégie. Series: L'homme et la guerre. Editions Hermann: Paris, pp. 77-90. ISBN 9782705689322

2013

Heuser, B. (2013) Victory, peace, and justice: the neglected trinity. Joint Force Quarterly, 69(2), pp. 6-12.

Heuser, B. (2013) La mefiance de son propre gouvernement dans le cinema du «monde libre». CinémAction, 150, pp. 100-105.

Heuser, B. (2013) Penser la strategie de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Editions Picard: Paris. ISBN 978270849569

Heuser, B. (2013) Rebellen, Partisanen, Guerilleros: Asymmetrische Kriege von der Antike bis heute. Schöningh: Paderborn. ISBN 9783506776051

2012

Heuser, B. (2012) Atrocities in theory and practice: an introduction. Civil Wars, 14(1), pp. 2-28. (doi: 10.1080/13698249.2012.654677)

Heuser, B. (2012) Denial of change: the military revolution as seen by contemporaries. International Bibliography of Military History, 32(1), pp. 3-27. (doi: 10.1163/22115757-03201002)

Heuser, B. (2012) A national security strategy for England: Matthew Sutcliffe, the Earl of Essex, and the Cadiz Expedition of 1596. In: Recio Morales, Ó. and García Hernán, E. (eds.) Redes y Espacios de Poder de la Comunidad Irlandesa en España y la América Española, 1600–1825. Albatros Ediciones: Valencia, pp. 117-135. ISBN 9788472743021

2011

Heuser, B. (2011) Friedrich der Große und der Siebenjährige Krieg: der „Mythos“ des großen Feldherrn in der Strategie-Literatur (18.-20. Jahrhundert). In: Externbrink, S. (ed.) Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756-1763): ein europäischer Weltkrieg im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Akademie Verlag: Berlin, pp. 181-196. ISBN 9783050043104

Heuser, B. (2011) Guerilla warfare. In: Martel, G. (ed.) Encyclopedia of War. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford. ISBN 9781444338232 (doi: 10.1002/9781444338232.wbeow260)

2010

Heuser, B. (2010) Den Krieg Denken: die Entwicklung der Strategie seit der Antike. Schöningh: Paderborn. ISBN 9783506768322

Heuser, B. (2010) The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge ; New York, NY. ISBN 9780521199681

Heuser, B. (2010) Guerre majeure, victoire absolue? Vers une nouvelle conceptualisation post-Clausewitzienne. In: Ramel, F. and Holeindre, J.-V. (eds.) La fin des guerres majeures? Series: Stratégies & doctrines. Economica: Paris, pp. 30-46. ISBN 9782717858594

Heuser, B. (2010) Guibert: prophet of total war? In: Chickering, R. and Förster, S. (eds.) War in an Age of Revolution, 1775–1815. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 49-68. ISBN 9780521899963

Heuser, B. (2010) La revisione nucleare del Regno Unito e della Francia: le eredità Blair e Chirac. In: Gerlini, M. (ed.) Quarant’anni di Non Proliferazione: un Dibattito fra Storici e Scienziati. Edizioni Associate: Rome, Italy, pp. 101-124. ISBN 9788826705347

Heuser, B. (2010) Les echanges en stratégie entre la France et l’Allemagne du XVIIIe au XXe siècles. In: Guggenheim, A. (ed.) La Relation Franco-Allemande Depuis 1945. Series: Cours colloques conférences (13). Lethielleux-Groupe Parole et silence: Paris, pp. 45-63. ISBN 9782249620232

Heuser, B. (2010) Small wars in the age of Clausewitz: the watershed between partisan war and people's war. Journal of Strategic Studies, 33(1), pp. 139-162. (doi: 10.1080/01402391003603623)

Heuser, B. (2010) Strategy before the word: ancient wisdom for the modern world. RUSI Journal, 155(1), pp. 36-43. (doi: 10.1080/03071841003683419)

Heuser, B. (2010) The Strategy Makers: Thoughts on War and Society from Machiavelli to Clausewitz. Praeger: Santa Barbara, CA ; Oxford. ISBN 9780275998264

2009

Heuser, B. D.G. (2009) The British and French nuclear postures: Blair’s and Chirac’s legacies. In: Angelo Baracca, L. N. (ed.) Nuclear Proliferation: History and Present Problems. Max Planck Institut fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte: Berlin, pp. 59-71.

2008

Heuser, B. (2008) Clausewitz: historien, politologue, ou fondateur de la polemologie? In: Clausewitz, C. v. and Reber, G. (eds.) Sur la Guerre et la Conduite de la Guerre: Tomes 9 et 10, Eclairage Stratégique de Plusieurs Campagnes (tr. Gerard Reber). Maison du Dictionnaire: Paris, pp. 7-36. ISBN 9782856082010

Heuser, B. (2008) Misleading paradigms of war: states and non-state actors, combatants and non-combatants. War and Society, 27(2), pp. 1-24. (doi: 10.1179/072924708791329190)

Heuser, B. (2008) Santa Cruz de Marcenado (1684-1732): Aufstandsbekämpfung im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. In: Buciak, S. (ed.) Asymmetrische Kriegführung im Spiegel der Zeit. Köster: Berlin, pp. 113-128. ISBN 9783895746697

2007

Heuser, B. (2007) Clausewitz's ideas of strategy and victory. In: Strachan, H. and Herberg-Rothe, A. (eds.) Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 132-162. ISBN 9780199232024 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232024.001.0001)

Calusewitz, C. v. (2007) On War. Series: Oxford world's classics. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199540020

Heuser, B. (2007) The cultural revolution in counter-insurgency. Journal of Strategic Studies, 30(1), pp. 153-171. (doi: 10.1080/01402390701210863)[Book Review]

Heuser, B. (2007) Introduction. In: On War [Carl von Clausewitz; translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret]. Series: Oxford world's classics. Oxford University Press: Oxford, vii-xxxii. ISBN 9780199540020

Heuser, B. (2007) New World and old Europe: American screen images of Britain and France. In: Baylis, J. and Roper, J. (eds.) The United States and Europe: Beyond the Neo-Conservative Divide? Series: Contemporary security studies. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 165-183. ISBN 9780415368292

2002

Heuser, B. (2002) Modern man's myths: the influence of historical memory on policy-making. In: Taubert, F. (ed.) Mythos München = Le mythe de Munich = The myth of Munich. R. Oldenbourg: München, pp. 359-371. ISBN 9783486566734

Heuser, B. (2002) Reading Clausewitz. Pimlico: London. ISBN 9780712664844

2001

Hartmann, A. V. and Heuser, B. (Eds.) (2001) War, Peace and World Orders in European History. Series: The new international relations. Routledge: London ; New York. ISBN 9780415244404

2000

Heuser, B. (2000) Beliefs, culture, proliferation and use of nuclear weapons. Journal of Strategic Studies, 23(1), pp. 74-100. (doi: 10.1080/01402390008437779)

1999

Heuser, B. (1999) What price solidarity? Nuclear dependence in NATO, 1949-1967. In: Burk, K. and Stokes, M. (eds.) The United States and the European Alliance Since 1945. Berg: Oxford ; New York, pp. 153-178. ISBN 9781859732779

1998

Buffet, C. and Heuser, B. (Eds.) (1998) Haunted by History: Myths in International Realtions. Berghahn: Providence, R.I. ; Oxford. ISBN 9781571819406

Heuser, B. (1998) The European dream of Franz Josef Strauss. Journal of European Integration History, 3(1), pp. 75-103.

Heuser, B. (1998) Historical lessons and discourse on defence in France and Germany, 1945-90. Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice, 2(2), pp. 199-237. (doi: 10.1080/13642529809409075)

Heuser, B. (1998) Les puissances nucléaires officielles: entre désarmement et prolifération. Cahiers de la Fondation pour les Etudes de Défense(11), pp. 37-44.

Heuser, B. (1998) Nuclear Mentalities? Strategies and Belief in Britain, France, and the FRG. St. Martin's Press: New York. ISBN 9780333693896

Heuser, B. (1998) Victory in a nuclear war? A comparison of NATO and WTO war aims and strategies. Contemporary European History, 7(3), pp. 311-327. (doi: 10.1017/S0960777300004264)

Heuser, B. , Géré, F. and Baer, A. (1998) Réflexions sur le ‘Nucléaire interdit'. CREST: Paris.

1997

Heuser, B. (1997) NATO, Britain, France and the FRG: Nuclear Strategies and Forces for Euroep, 1949-2000. Macmillan ; St. Martin's Press: Basingstoke ; New York. ISBN 9780333673652

1996

Heuser, B. (1996) Transatlantic Relations: Sharing Ideals and Costs. Series: Chatham House papers. Royal Institute of International Affairs: London. ISBN 9781855673540

Heuser, B. , Géré, F. and Baer, A. (1996) La coopération nucléaire européenne: de la guerre froide au XXIe siècle. In: Baer, A., Daguzan, J.-F. and Fricaud-Chagnaud, C.G. (eds.) Demain, l'ombre portée de l'arme nucléaire: l'arme nucléaire française en question. CREST: Paris, pp. 35-48. ISBN 9782909188140

1995

Heuser, B. (1995) European strategists and European identity in the nuclear age. Journal of European Integration History, 1(2), pp. 61-80.

1993

Heuser, B. (1993) European defence before and after the ‘Turn of the Tide’. Review of International Studies, 19(4), pp. 409-419. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210500118297)

Heuser, B. (1993) Containing uncertainty: options for British nuclear strategy. Review of International Studies, 19(3), pp. 245-267. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210500117425)

Heuser, B. (1993) Warsaw pact military doctrines in the 1970s and 1980s: Findings in the East German archives. Comparative Strategy, 12(4), pp. 437-457. (doi: 10.1080/01495939308402943)

1992

Heuser, B. (1992) Keystone in the division of Europe: Germany in the Cold War. Contemporary European History, 1(3), pp. 323-333. (doi: 10.1017/S0960777300000205)

Heuser, B. and O'Neill, R. (Eds.) (1992) Securing Peace in Europe, 1945-62: Thoughts for the Post-Cold War Era. Series: St Antony's/Macmillan series. Macmillan in association with St Antony's College, Oxford: London. ISBN 9780333550021

1991

Heuser, B. (1991) NSC 68 and the Soviet threat: a new perspective on Western threat perception and policy making. Review of International Studies, 17(1), pp. 17-40. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210500112306)

1990

Heuser, B. (1990) Museums, identity and warring historians – observations on history in Germany. Historical Journal, 33(2), pp. 417-440. (doi: 10.1017/S0018246X00013406)

1989

Heuser, B. (1989) Western "Containment" Policies in the Cold War: The Yugoslav Case, 1948-1953. Routledge: London ; New York. ISBN 9780415013031

1988

Heuser, B. (1988) The Historikerstreit: uniqueness and comparability of the Holocaust. German History, 6(1), pp. 69-78. (doi: 10.1093/gh/6.1.69)

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