Barry Buzan este profesor emerit in Relatii Internationale la London School of Economics si profesor onorific la University of Copenhagen si Jilin University.

De asemenea, este autor de numeroase lucrari de specialitate (avand teme ca relatii internationale, securitate internationala, realism structural, de pilda), precum The Mind Map Book din 2000, The United States and the Great Powers: World Politics in the Twenty - First Century din 2004 sau The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary din 2019.

Barry Buzan se naste in aprilie 1946 in Londra, in 1954 emigreaza impreuna cu familia in Canada si detine cetatenie atat canadiana cat si britanica. Este absolvent al University of British Columbia in 1968 si ulterior finalizeaza studii doctorale in 1973 in cadrul London School of Economics. Pana in anul 2012 a ocupat functia de Montague Burton Professor of International Relations la London School of Economics.

El contribuie la gandirea politica din Copenhaga, fiind primul in ceea ce priveste diferitele forme de securitizare de catre stat, acest concept servindu-i la schitarea teoriei complexului de securitate regionala, astfel ca, alaturi de Ole Wæver, este o figura centrala a Scolii de la Copenhaga.

Preferintele politice ale lui Buzan sunt social - democratice iar punctele sale de vedere religioase sunt extrem de laice. Deborah Skinner este sotia sa, artista si fiica cea mica a psihologului B. F. Skinner, iar cuplul nu are copii. Mai mult, fratele lui Buzan este autorul Tony Buzan, alaturi de care semneaza volumul The Mind Map Book din 2000.

Opera

Interesele de cercetare ale lui Barry Buzan sunt legate de aspectele conceptuale si regionale ale securitatii internationale, de istoria internationala si evolutia sistemului international inca din preistorie, cat si de teoria relatiilor internationale (cu precadere de realismul structural). Mai mult, aria sa de interes acopera societatea internationala si abordarea scolii engleze a relatiilor internationale.

In consecinta, printre lucrarile sale de specialitate se numara The Mind Map Book din 2000 (volum intocmit alaturi de fratele sau, Tony Buzan), Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security din 2003 (impreuna cu Ole Waever) sau The Evolution of International Security Studies din 2009.

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People, States & Fear: The National Security Problem in International Relations, 1983, 1991

The Logic of Anarchy: Neorealism to Structural Realism, 1993 (cu Charles Jones si Richard Little)

Security: A New Framework for Analysis, 1997 (cu Ole Waever, Jaap De Wilde)

The Arms Dynamic in World Politics, 1998 (cu Eric Herring)

The Mind Map Book, 2000 (cu Tony Buzan)

Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security, 2003 (cu Ole Waever)

The United States and the Great Powers: World Politics in the Twenty - First Century, 2004

From International to World Society? English School Theory and the Social Structure of Globalisation, 2004

The Evolution of International Security Studies, 2009 (cu Lene Hansen)

Non - Western International Relations Theory: Perspectives on and beyond Asia, 2010 (editor; cu Amitav Acharya)

An Introduction to the English School of International Relations: The Societal Approach, 2014

The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations, 2015 (cu George Lawson)

The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary, 2019 (cu Amitav Acharya)