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Full Time Faculty Ph.D in Political Science, University of Queensland, Australia
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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau (@Raymondlauks) holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at North South University and was formerly a Lecturer in History at Hong Kong Baptist University. In addition, he is the Book Reviews Editor of Africa Review, an interdisciplinary academic journal of the African Studies Association of India (ASA India), and a former Treasurer of Hong Kong Political Science Association (HKPSA). His research interests include International Relations, geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and humanitarian intervention, Global South (especially Africa and South Asia), Chinese foreign policy and Hong Kong politics. Dr. Lau is the author of Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Protection First and Justice Later (London & New York: Routledge, 2022).
Book
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun (edited with Stephan Ortmann and Kenneth Ka-Lok Chan) 2025, Hong Kong Politics After National Security Law: Autocratization and Its Consequences. London and New York: Routledge.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2022, Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Protection First and Justice Later. London and New York: Routledge.
Selected Book Chapter
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2024 'Trapped by the War on Terror: The continuing failure of the international community to address the internal displacement crisis in Afghanistan', in Displacement and Refugee Issues in South Asia: Uncovering the Contested Realities, Bulbul Siddiqi, Editor. Washington DC: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-66693-389-5.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2020 ‘Africa-China Relations in the Context of Belt and Road Initiative: Realizing African-Chinese Dreams for Common Development?’, in China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative, Jean A. Berlie, Editor. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-22289-5.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2020 ‘Getting Beyond the Somalia Syndrome? Revisiting the United States’ Intervention in Liberia 15 Years Later’, in Reimagining Justice, Human Rights and Leadership in Africa: Challenging Discourse and Searching for Alternative Paths, Everisto Benyera, Editor. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-25143-7.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2016 ‘Protection First, Justice Later? Stopping Mass Atrocities in Northern Uganda’, in Civilian Protection in the 21st Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World, Alistair D.B. Cook and Cecilia Jacob, Editors. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199467501.
Selected Journal Article
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun. 2023. '‘Implementation of human security: What role for the Responsibility to Protect?’, International Studies (Volume 60 Issue 1, January 2023), pp. 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208817231154054
M Jashim Uddin and Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau. 2023. ‘US Indo-Pacific Economic Framework under Biden: What does it mean for China’s Belt and Road Initiative?’, Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023), pp. 386-400. https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2391392u
Sk. Tawfique M. Haque and Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau. 2023. ‘Inaugural Essay: Russia-Ukraine War and the Contest for a New World Order: A Global South Perspective’, North South Journal of Peace and Global Studies, Volume 1, No. 1 (January 2023), pp. 1-12.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun. 2021. ‘The rise and fall of China’s ‘peaceful Rise’: Implications for US-China geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific’, Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 57 (2021): 159-179. https://doi.org/10.12688/stomiedintrelat.17423.1
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun. 2019. 'The Political Predicament of the pan-democrats in Hong Kong under Chinese rule: Being victims or beneficiaries?', Asian Education and Development Studies (Vol. 8, No. 4), pp. 498-510. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-08-2018-0129
Selected Op-ed and Commentary
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun and Sk Tawfique M Haque. 2023. ‘The India-Japan-Bangladesh triangle is worth watching’, 28 June 2023, Nikkei Asia.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun. 2019 ‘Freedom, peace, justice achieved? Sudan’s power-sharing deal after Omar al-Bashir’s ouster’, Vol 7· Issue 9·September 2019, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist.
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2017 'Macau's Legislative Assembly elections: Hong Kong's perspective', 25 September, Macau Observer (in Chinese)
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2013 'Australia, UN Security Council and the Crisis in Darfur’, no. 508 – 30 July 2013, Right Now: Human Rights in Australia
Lau, Raymond Kwun-Sun 2007 'Blairism: myth and reality', 7 June, Lianhe Zaobao Singapore (in Chinese)
2019 United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia Non-Degree Faculty Enrichment Grant
2018 Hong Kong Baptist University Short-term Staff Development Grant
2012 The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Conference Support Grants
2011 The University of Queensland International Scholarship
2010-11 The University of Queensland School of Political Science and International Studies Research Committee Funding
2009-10 The University of Queensland SBS Faculty International Tuition Fee Scholarship
PhD in Political Science (University of Queensland, Australia)
Master of International Relations (Macquarie University, Australia)
BA (Hons.) in Humanities (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
University Lecturer, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2015-21)
Research Fellow, Modern History Research Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2015-21)
University Lecturer (part-time), Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2014)
University Tutor/ Teaching Assistant, School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2012-13)
Administrative Assistant Volunteer, Office of Hon. Michael Johnson MP, Federal Member for Ryan, Parliament of Australia (2009-10)
POL 101 Introduction to Political Science (UG)
EMPG 530 Global Policy Regimes (PG)
Treasurer, Hong Kong Political Science Association (HKPSA) (2016-2020)
Member, Center for Peace Studies (CPS), South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Bangladesh (2021-present)
Member, Philippine International Studies Organization (PHISO) (2019)
Book Review Editor, Africa Review, Routledge, London, United Kingdom (2021-present)
East Asia Regional Editor, International Journal of Politics and Security (IJPS), Dergipark, Turkey (2021-present)
Peer Reviewer, The St Antony's International Review (STAIR), University of Oxford (2014)
Peer Reviewer, The Asian Education and Development Studies (AEDS), Emerald Publishing, Bingley, United Kingdom (2019-present)