Distrust of the agencies of the state is a widely shared disposition amongst those who avow a commitment to classical liberalism. Yet when it comes to refugee movements, liberals often align with ultra-conservatives in supporting the empowerment of state agencies to exclude those fleeing persecution. This presentation explores some of the reasons why this is the case, and argues that in this sphere, more than in many others, a distrust of the state should be central to liberal thinking.
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Emeritus Professor William Maley
William Maley is Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy at The Australian National University, where he was Professor of Diplomacy from 2003-2021. He is a Member of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He was admitted as a Barrister of the High Court of Australia in 1982. In November 2003, he received the AUSTCARE Paul Cullen Humanitarian Award for services to refugees. He is author of Rescuing Afghanistan (London: Hurst & Co., 2006), What is a Refugee? (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016), Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding (New York: Routledge, 2018), The Afghanistan Wars (London: Red Globe/Macmillan, 2021), and Diplomacy, Communication, and Peace: Selected Essays (New York: Routledge, 2021). He is also co-author of Afghanistan: Politics and Economics in a Globalising State (New York: Routledge, 2020) (with Niamatullah Ibrahimi); and The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023) (with Ahmad Shuja Jamal), and edited Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban (New York: New York University Press, 1998).