Hedley Bull

Hedley Bull ( born October 6, 1932 in Sydney, Australia; † 18 May 1985 in Oxford, United Kingdom) was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford until his death in 1985. Bull coined among others the concept of Dome tables analogy, by which international relations can be interpreted.

Bull is considered the founder of the English school. In his view, the international state system is not only characterized by anarchy, but also by common interests that would lead to the emergence of a body having common institutions " anarchical society".

Selected writings

  • The control of the arms race: Disarmament and arms control in the missile age (1965 )
  • Strategic studies and its critics (1967 )
  • Justice in international relations ( 1984) ( 1983-84 Hagey Lectures )
  • The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics Third ed.with forewords by Stanley Hoffmann and Andrew Hurrell.
  • Intervention in World Politics (1984 )
  • The Challenge of the Third Reich ( 1986) ( The Adam von Trott Memorial Lectures )
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