Anna Hayes
- anna.hayes@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3568-2234- Senior Lecturer - Political Science
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Contact Details
Senior Lecturer Political Science
- +61 7 42321394
- anna.hayes@jcu.edu.au
Biography
Dr Anna Hayes is a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, Australia. She teaches and supervises at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the field of Politics and International Relations.
Anna is also a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asia Security Centre, a collaborative enterprise between Bond University, China Foreign Affairs University and the University of New Haven.
Anna specialises in non-traditional threats to security, with a particular focus on China. She has presented numerous papers on topics ranging from the situation in Xinjiang, how the BRI has been viewed outside of China, as well as the Quad and the Indo-Pacific from the Australian perspective. Anna has published numerous articles, book chapters and compiled edited books on these topics. Her research also examines the return of great power competition and the impact of this on international institutions as well as middle powers within the Indo-Pacific region.
Research
Research Interests
International relations and non-traditional security issues in the Indo-Pacific region
Uyghur persecution and genocide: Anna has published on this topic and continues to research the ongoing situation within the Uyghur homeland. More recently, Anna has focused on how the Chinese government silences criticism of their actions in Xinjiang through Belt and Road Initiative funding as well as Beijing's success in compromising the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council in appropriately responding to this issue.
Geo-strategic dimensions of the return of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific: Anna's research provides insights into the strategic competition between the US and China and how this is playing out within the Indo-Pacific. Her research examines the Belt and Road Initiative as a grand strategy for achieving the Chinese Dream and how this impacts regional states. This includes examinations of Chinese international relations under the leadership of Xi Jinping.
The Quad, AUKUS and the Australian strategic outlook: Anna's research also examines how Australia is responding to the growing strategic competition and competing grand strategies of the US and China and how this influences Australian foreign and defence policies.
Teaching
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Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Taught Modules
[PL2110] Government and Politics in Developing AreasCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[PL2153] International Politics and Foreign RelationsLecturer, Coordinator
2025
[PL3004] Contemporary Chinese History, Politics and Foreign RelationsCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[PL5004] Chinese International RelationsLecturer, Coordinator
2025
[PL5153] Politics and Foreign RelationsLecturer, Coordinator
2025
[PL5110] Shifting Geopolitical Environments in Emerging StatesCoordinator, Lecturer
2025
[PL1001] The Political World: An Introduction to Political ScienceLecturer, Coordinator
2025
Completed Honours and External Research Students
Papua: Economic development and the impacts on human security
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Politicisation of the Constituency Development Funds (Discretionary Funds) in Papua New Guinea, 2012 – 2017
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The Underlying Causes of Oromo Protests (2014-2016)
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Defending the Defenseless: a guide to successful humanitarian interventions
HONOURS
Australian Bilateral Relations with Japan under the Prime Ministership of Kevin Rudd (2007-2010)
RESEARCH_MASTERS
Soldiers for Hire: Mercenaries and Private Security Companies in the Modern Era
HONOURS
Sino-Australia relations 1996-1997: The role of foreign policy learning in first-term-Government policy development
HONOURS
Regional and Extra-regional Responses to Maritime Piracy in the Straits of Malacca
HONOURS
Need to Know: Information Literacy, Refugee Resettlement and the Return from the State of Exception
PHD
Contemporary Tongan Migration in Southeast Queensland
HONOURS
Australia’s China Policy Dilemma: Balancing Human Rights Against the National Interest
HONOURS
Gender, Flight and Neglect: An examination of the sexual and gender-based violence against Congolese Women Refugees
HONOURS
The Australia-China Security Relationship: Enhancing Bilateral Cooperation through Defence Diplomacy
HONOURS
Australia’s Contemporary Experience in Humanitarian Operations
HONOURS
“Rogues”, Proliferation Failure and the Search for Consensus: Case Studies of North Korea and Iran
HONOURS
China’s Double Edged Sword: Managing the environment under a growing economy in a globalised society
HONOURS
Australian Rhetoric towards the People’s Republic of China: An analysis of Canberra’s responses to the South China Sea Island Disputes
HONOURS
Warrior Women and Battle Barbies: Examining the Australian’s Representations of Women Soldiers
HONOURS
Counter Terrorism and the Sub-National Actor: Queensland’s current preparedness in the event of a terrorist incident
HONOURS
Australian/Zimbabwean Bilateral Relations (1979 – 2004): Assessing the importance of Commonwealth membership
HONOURS
The ‘Hard-Bitten Journalist’: Myth or Reality?
RESEARCH_MASTERS
A Comparative Analysis of Structural Vulnerabilities of Uyghur and Han Chinese Adolescents to HIV/AIDS
COURSEWORK_MASTERS
HIV/AIDS as a non-traditional security threat in China’s marginalised and mobile populations: The shortfalls and challenges
PHD
An Intersection of Migration, Identity, and Belonging: Experiences of Self-identified Chinese Migrants in the Cairns and District Region, Australia
HONOURS
People beyond the state: Identities, security and governance. Case studies of German expatriates in Hong Kong and Bangkok
PHD
The nexus between judicial bias against Indigenous Australians and community xenophobia
PHD
Activities
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The World, ABC
2021
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Hayes, Anna; Wood, Michael; Henry, Rosita (2024) The Chinese in Papua New Guinea's past, present and. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chap...
Wood, Michael; Hayes, Anna; Henry, Rosita (2024) Conclusion: Imagining a Chinese future in PNG. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chap...
Hayes, Anna (2021) Submission by Dr Anna Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relati. Canberra, Australia: [Report] ...
Hayes, Anna; Clarke, Michael (2016) Inside Xinjiang: space, place and power in China's Muslim far no. London, UK: [Edited Publication] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2016) Space, place and ethnic identity in the Xinjiang Regional Museum. London, UK: ...
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Clarke, Michael; Hayes, Anna (2016) Introduction: inside Xinjiang. London, UK: ...
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Hayes, Anna (2013) HIV/AIDS and migration. Hoboken, NJ, USA: [Non-Research Book Chapter] [DOI] ...
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Steiner, Niklaus; Mason, Robert; Hayes, Anna (2013) Migration and Insecurity: citizenship and social. London, UK: [Edited Publication] ...
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Hayes, Anna; Mason, Robert (2012) Cultures in Refuge: seeking sanctuary in modern Australia. Farnham, UK: [Edited Publication] ...
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Hayes, Anna; Mason, Robert (2010) Migrant Security 2010: refereed proceedings of the national sympos. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: [Edited Publication] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2020) 'Interwoven 'Destinies': the significance of Xinjiang to the China Dream, the Bel. Journal of Contemporary China, 29 (121):31-45. [DOI] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2012) 'HIV/AIDS in Xinjiang: a serious 'ill' in an 'autonomous' region'. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 8 (1):77-102. ...
Hayes, Anna; Qarluq, Abduresit (2011) 'Securitising HIV/AIDS in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous regio. 65 (2):203-219. [DOI] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2023) 'Beijing’s BRI influence over the UN Human Rights Council' East Asia Forum, 19 January 2023 . ...
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Hayes, Anna; Ping, Jonathan (2023) 'Australia’s opportunity to help China be mindful of the society The Strategist, 3 November 2023 . ...
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Hayes, Anna (2022) 'Book Review of Beijing from below: stories of marginal lives in the capital's ce Asian Studies Review, 46 (2) :370-371. [DOI] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2022) '[Review] Ethnicity and Inequality in China, edited by Björn A. Gustafsson, Reza The China Journal, 88 :191-192. [DOI] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2021) 'The Shockwave on Australian Shores: Australia’s Discomfort Over Beijing’s Action Australian Outlook, 16 April 2021 . ...
Hayes, Anna (2021) 'Book review: Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Di China Information, 35 (1) :116-117. [DOI] ...
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Hayes, Anna (2019) 'Explainer: who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them? The Conversation, 15 February 2019 . ...
Ziabari, Kourosh; Hayes, Anna (2019) 'China’s Uighur persecution: ethnic diversity is a challenge to Fair Observer, 25 March 2019 . ...
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Hayes, Anna (2017) 'Book review of Oil and Water: Being Han in Xinjiang by Tom Cliff. Chicago, USA, American Anthropologist, 119 (3) :550-551. [DOI] ...
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Coleman, Melanie; Hayes, Anna (2008) 'Commonwealth Games: Fraser's Vision and Zimbabwe's Road to Maj Australian Quarterly, 80 (3) :19-23. ...
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Hayes, Anna (2005) 'AIDS, bloodheads and cover-ups: the abc of Henan's AIDS epidemic' Australian Quarterly, 77 (5) :12-16. ...
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Hayes, Anna (2020) Middle Power Conference Papers . In: Ping, Jonathan H.;Hao, Su;McCormick, Brett e...
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Hayes, Anna (2020) East Asia Security Centre The Quad: A perennial element in Australia's strategic Beijing, China, ...
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Hayes, Anna (2018) 2018 East Asia Security Symposium and Conference From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacif Beijing, China, ...
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Hayes, Anna (2016) 2015 East Asia Security Symposium and Conference The Silk Road revisited? Locati Beijing, China, ...
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Hayes, Anna (2012) The British World: Religion, Memory, Society, Culture: Refereed Proceedings . In:...
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Hayes, Anna (2010) Proceedings of the National Symposium Migrant Security 2010: Citizenship and Soci...
Hayes, Anna (2004) Asia Examined: Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA . In: Crib...
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Hayes, Anna (2024) 'The New Cold War, great power rivalry and Papua New Guinea' In: Hayes, Anna (2024) The New Cold War, great power rivalry and Papua New Guin...
Hayes, Anna (2024) 'International Institutions' In: Hayes, Anna (2024) International Institutions. In: Fong, Brian C.H., and ...
Book Chapter
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Archives as artefacts of knowledge: A Sepik philosopher and a Chinese trader in Papua New Guinea
2024
Henry, Rosita; Vávrová, Daniela; Bragge, Laurie (2024) 'Archives as artefacts of knowledge: A Sepik In: Henry, Rosita, Vávrová, Daniela, and Bra...
Hayes, Anna (2023) 'Collateral Damage in Sino-Arabic Cooperation: Assessing Middle Eastern and North In: Hayes, Anna (2023) Collateral Damage in Sino-Arabic Cooperation: Assessing ...
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Hayes, Anna; Sims, Kearrin (2022) 'Violent development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region' In: Hayes, Anna, and Sims, Kearrin (2022) Violent development in...
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Hayes, Anna (2022) 'The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engineering, 'a rebirth of th In: Hayes, Anna (2022) The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engin...
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Human (in)security
2018
Hayes, Anna (2018) 'Human (in)security' In: Hayes, Anna (2018) Human (in)security. In: Reveron, Derek S., Gvosdev, Ni...
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Hayes, Anna (2017) 'Legacies of the Uyghur Homeland and Uyghur-Australians' In: Hayes, Anna (2017) Legacies of the Uyghur Homeland and Uyghur-Australians. ...
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Hayes, Anna (2013) 'Individuals and groups outside of the state system' In: Hayes, Anna (2013) Individuals and groups outside of the state system. In...
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Hayes, Anna; Mason, Robert (2013) 'Securing twenty-first century societies' In: Hayes, Anna, and Mason, Robert (2013) Securing twenty-first ...
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Human insecurity in the People's Republic of China: the vulnerability of Chinese women to HIV/AIDS
2012
Hayes, Anna Marie (2012) 'Human insecurity in the People's Republic of China: the vulnerability of C In: Hayes, Anna Marie (2012) Human insecurity in the People's Republic of...
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Hayes, Anna (2012) 'Uighur transnationalism in contemporary Australia: exile, sanctuary, community a In: Hayes, Anna (2012) Uighur transnationalism in contemporary Australia: exile...
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Hayes, Anna; Mason, Robert (2012) 'Towards sanctuary: securing refugees and forced migrants in multi In: Hayes, Anna, and Mason, Robert (2012) Towards sanctuary: sec...
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