Research outputs
2025
63- Racism and Racialization in International Relations Knowledge
Abu-Bakare, A. (2025). 63- Racism and Racialization in International Relations Knowledge. In B. Poopuu, X. Kurowska, A. Warnecke, B. Bliesemann de Guevara, & K. Kaczmarska (Eds.), Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics: A Handbook (pp. 966-978). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2024
Anticolonial Working Group Policy Paper
Abu-Bakare, A. (2024). Anticolonial Working Group Policy Paper. Retrieved from https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
An Appeal to Anticolonial Education at the University of Liverpool
Abu-Bakare, A., Asquith, W., Bird, G., Branchu, C., Davies, A., Gahman, L., . . . White, J. (2025). An Appeal to Anticolonial Education at the University of Liverpool. Retrieved from https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
Instrumentalising race: why critical terrorism studies continues to have a race problem
Abu-Bakare, A. (2024). Instrumentalising race: why critical terrorism studies continues to have a race problem. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 17(4), 830-853. doi:10.1080/17539153.2024.2384763
2022
Seeing Islamophobia in Black: Contesting Imperial Logics in the Anti-Racist Moment
Abu-Bakare, A. (2022). Seeing Islamophobia in Black: Contesting Imperial Logics in the Anti-Racist Moment. International Political Sociology. doi:10.1093/ips/olac005
Your Work Is Not International Relations
Abu-Bakare, A. (2022). Your Work Is Not International Relations. ALTERNATIVES, 47(2), 115-122. doi:10.1177/03043754221076965
Exploring mechanisms of whiteness: how counterterrorism practitioners disrupt anti-racist expertise
Abu-Bakare, A. (2022). Exploring mechanisms of whiteness: how counterterrorism practitioners disrupt anti-racist expertise. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 98(1), 225-243. doi:10.1093/ia/iiab202
2020
Counterterrorism and race
Abu-Bakare, A. (2020). Counterterrorism and race. International Politics Reviews, 8(1), 79-99. doi:10.1057/s41312-020-00074-x
Racism postrace: a book review
Abu-Bakare, A. (2020). Racism postrace: a book review. The Journal of International Communication, 26(1), 150-152. doi:10.1080/13216597.2019.1702570
2019
Long Read Review: Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews
Abu-Bakare, A. (2019). Long Read Review: Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews. LSE Review of Books. Retrieved from https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/
2018
Counterterrorism: Accounting for the Role of Prejudiced Violence in Policy Response
Abu-Bakare, A. (2018). Counterterrorism: Accounting for the Role of Prejudiced Violence in Policy Response. (Vol. 4, No. Of Pieces: 1). Kingston Ontario. Retrieved from https://www.queensu.ca/
2017
Why Race Matters: Examining ‘Terrorism’ Through Race in International Relations
Abu-Bakare, A. (2017). Why Race Matters: Examining ‘Terrorism’ Through Race in International Relations. E-International Relations. Retrieved from https://www.e-ir.info/
Reclaiming ‘race’ in postcolonialism: A personal reflection on the politics of the racial experience
Abu-Bakare, A. (2017). Reclaiming ‘race’ in postcolonialism: A personal reflection on the politics of the racial experience. Media Diversified. Retrieved from https://mediadiversified.org/