Louise Fawcett is Professor of International Relations and Fellow of St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford. She works on comparative regionalism and the international relations of the Global South, particularly the Middle East.
Publications include Iran and the Cold War (2009); Regionalism in World Politics (with Andrew Hurrell, 1995); The Third World Beyond the Cold War (2000, with Yezid Sayigh); Regionalism and Governance in the Americas (2005, with Monica Serrano); Interregionalism and the European Union (2015, with Mario Telò and Frederik Ponjaert); International Relations of the Middle East, (6th edn 2023).
Professor Fawcett is on the editorial board of International Affairs and the Academic Advisory Board of the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA). She is a director of the Oxford Martin Programme ‘Changing Global Order’.
In 2020 she was elected to the Belgian Royal Academy (Académie Royale de Belgique) as Associate Member. In 2025 she joined the Tokyo-based United Nations University Council.
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, International Affairs
Council member, United Nations University
International Advisory Board, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Professional Responsibilities
Fellow and Deputy Dean, St Catherine's College
Teaching
I contribute to the teaching of the MPhil and DPhil programmes in International Relations and have supervised many student theses on a variety of International Relations, International History and Middle East-based subjects. I am no longer accepting new DPhil students.
Publications
Journal Articles
2025
Fawcett, L. (2025) “‘New’ regional order in the Middle East: plus ça change?”, APSA-MENA Newsletter [Preprint].
FAWCETT, L. (2025) “The changing regional faces of peace: towards a new multilateralism?”, Contemporary Security Policy [Preprint].
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2025.2460130
2023
Fawcett, L. (2023) “The Iraq War 20 years on: towards a new regional architecture”, International Affairs, 99(2), pp. 567–585.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad002
2022
Fawcett, L. and Jagtiani, S. (2022) “Regional powers, global aspirations: lessons from India and Iran”, International Politics, 61(1), pp. 215–238.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-022-00374-z
Fawcett, L. and Payne, A. (2022) “Stuck on a hostile path? US policy towards Iran since the revolution”, Contemporary Politics, 29(1), pp. 1–21.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2022.2029239
2021
Fawcett, L. (2021) “Middle East and COVID-19: Time for collective action”, Globalisation and Health, 17(1).
Available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00786-1
2018
Fawcett, L. (2018) “Virtual issue: The Middle East in International Affairs”, International Affairs, 98(3), pp. e20 - e30.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiy145
Fawcett, L. (2018) “Nuevos actores regionales y el cambiante equilibrio de poder en Oriente Medio (New regional actors and the changing balance of power in the Middle East)”, Revista AWRAQ, 15, pp. 7–20.
2017
Fawcett, L. (2017) “MENA and the EU: contrasting approaches to region, power and order in a shared neighbourhood”, Contemporary Politics, 24(1), pp. 65–80.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2017.1408172
Fawcett, L. (2017) “States and sovereignty in the Middle East: myths and realities”, International Affairs, 93(4), pp. 789–807.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix122
Fawcett, L. (2017) “The Middle East in the International System. Improving Understand and breaking down the International Relations/Area Studies Divide”, Durham Middle East Papers, 78.
2015
Fawcett, L. (2015) “Iran and the regionalisation of insecurity”, International Politics [Preprint].
2013
FAWCETT, L. (2013) “The Iraq War ten years on: assessing the fallout”, International Affairs, 89(2), pp. 325–343.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12020
2012
Fawcett, L. (2012) “Between West and non-West: Latin American Contributions to International Thought”, International History Review, 34, p. 1.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2012.707980
2010
Fawcett, L. and Gandois, H. (2010) “Regionalism in Africa and the Middle East: Implications for EU Studies”, European Integration, 32(6), pp. 617–636.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2010.518719
2008
Fawcett, L. (2008) “Neither Traditional nor Modern: Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and its Successor States”, Journal of Modern European History, 6(1), pp. 116–136.
Books
2019
FAWCETT, L. (2019) International Relations of the Middle East fifth edition 2019. Edited by L. FAWCETT. Oxford University Press.
2016
Telò, M., Fawcett, L. and Ponjaert, F. (2016) Interregionalism and the European Union A Post-Revisionist Approach to Europe’s Place in a Changing World. Routledge.
Fawcett, L. (2016) International Relations of the Middle East. Oxford University Press.
C-Books
2023
FAWCETT, L. (ed.) (2023) “International Relations of the Middle East”. Oxford University Press.
Chapters
2026
Fawcett, L. (2026) “The Middle East amid the changing global politics of regionalism”, in P. De Lombaerde, A. Acharya, and B. Furtak-Cambell (eds.) Essays on Global Regionalism. Springer.
2025
Fawcett, L. (2025) “Early internationalists: Bello, Calvo and Álvarez and beyond”, in A. Chehtman, S. Puig, and A. Huneeus (eds.) Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford University Press, pp. 21–42.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197754016.003.0003
FAWCETT, L. (2025) “The Middle East and International Relations: history lessons not learned”, in A. Ansari and T. Dodge (eds.) Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East. Cambridge University Press.
FAWCETT, L. (2025) “The Middle East and International Relations: history lessons not learned”, in A. Ansari, T. Dodge, and D. Neep (eds.) Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East. Cambridge University Press.
2020
FAWCETT, L. (2020) “Regionalism in the Middle East and North Africa”, in R. Hinnebusch and Y. Ghani (eds.) The Routledge Handbook to the Middle East and North African State and States System. Routledge, pp. 297–311.
2018
FAWCETT, L. (2018) “Regional organisations”, in P. Williams and M. McDonald (eds.) Security Studies: An Introduction. Routledge.
2017
FAWCETT, L. (2017) “From the Great War to the Second World War”, in R. Devetak, J. George, and S. Percy (eds.) An Introduction to International Relations. Cambridge University Press.
2016
Fawcett, L. (2016) “Regions and regionalism”, in M. Beeson and N. Bisley (eds.) Issues in 21st Century World Politics. Red Globe Press, pp. 97–112.
Fawcett, L. (2016) “Region building debates in a global context”, in D. Levine and D. Nagar (eds.) Region-Building in Africa: Political and Economic Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 21–36.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137586117_2
2015
FAWCETT, L. (2015) “Regionalism by emulation. Considerations across time and space”, in M. Telo, F. Ponjaert, and L. FAWCETT (eds.) Interregionalism and the European Union. Ashgate.
FAWCETT, L. (2015) “Drivers of regional integration: Historical and comparative perspectives”, in Drivers of Integration and Regionalism in Europe and Asia Comparative perspectives. Routledge.
FAWCETT, L. (2015) “Regionalism: From concept to contemporary practice”, in M. Aznar and M. Footer (eds.) Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law IV. Bloomsbury, Hart Publishing.
2011
Fawcett, L. (2011) “The Middle East after Empire: Sovereignty and Institutions”, in S. Cummings and R. Hinnebusch (eds.) Sovereignty After Empire: Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 157–177.
Fawcett, L. (2011) “Regional leadership? Understanding Power and transformation in the Middle East”, in N. Godehardt and D. Nabers (eds.) Regional Powers and Regional Orders. Routledge, pp. 155–172.
