Iain Cowie
Email: [email protected]
Biography:
Ajarn Iain lived in Japan for 7 years before returning to the UK to work as a lawyer at a large law firm. He has worked as a reporter at The Washington Post, in their Tokyo bureau, and a defence analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, specialising in Far East Asia. He has travelled to several conflict zones, such as Algeria, Kosovo, and the West Bank.
Education:
Master of Arts (International Relations), Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand, 2012
Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second-Class Honours), Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1996
Academic Interests:
Conflict resolution
Civil society
Tourism studies
Diplomacy studies
Selected conference papers and publications:
Conflice Resolution:
Cowie, I.F. (2023) Western Diplomacy’s Ineffective Iconoclasm: Conflict Resolution with China and the West’s Forgotten Rhetorical Tools
Cowie, I.F. (2016) A Peace that Requires War: Tin Ears in the Deep South
Cowie, I. F. (2013, April) The Art of Strategic Agency [pamphlet book]
Cowie, I. (2011, June) The Crystallisation of McCrystal’s Leaked and Leaky Policy Paper
Democracy:
Cowie, I.F. (2022) Ch. 1: Captured in Narratives: Resentments, Brittle Beliefs and a Fanciful Democracy
Cowie, I.F. (2019) The Master or the University: the Drivers of Fake News in the West and East
Tourism:
Cowie, I.F. (2019) The Great Dragon lost in Siam
Cowie, I.F. (2014) Fairly Amazing Thailand: The Danger of Risk Reduction
Cowie, I.F. (2013, May) Tourist Thailand and the Staged Postmodern Man: Reversing Authentic Absurdity
Cowie, I. F. (2013) Westerners’ new Authentic Desires and The Challenges for Thailand
