Research

Overview

My research interests centre around studying how discourse and perceptions shape the behaviour of foreign policy actors, often based in the UK. I am particularly interested in UK-Ukraine relations and the role and influence of political myth within International Relations. I have also published research on secret intelligence and policy success and failure.

To explore these different areas, my research typically takes an interpretivist approach, drawing on archival methods, elite interviews, and discourse analysis.

Research Interests

Foreign Policy Analysis
British Foreign Policy
UK-Ukraine Relations
Narrative Analysis
Political Myth

Publications

Eason, T. (2023) 'Introducing Myth to Foreign Policy Analysis: The Blair Poodle Narrative and its Impact on Constructions of the US-UK "Special Relationship"'. Foreign Policy Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orad021 - Top 10% of all research scored by Altmetric. Journal impact factor: 2.646.

Eason, T. (2021) ‘The Governance of Covert Action: Asymmetric Power and the British Plan to Overthrow Saddam’. Intelligence and National Security, 36(6) 863-880. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2021.1946957 - Top 10% of all research scored by Altmetric. Journal impact factor 1.2.

Eason, T., Daddow, O., and Cormac, R. (2020) ‘From Secrecy to Accountability: The Politics of Exposure in the Belgrano Affair’. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 22(3) 542-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148120930588 - Top 10% of all research scored by Altmetric, 7 citations. Journal impact factor: 2.035.

Impact and Knowledge Exchange

I have engaged in a number of Impact and Knowledge Exchange activities. While working as a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham's Centre for the Study of Subversion, Unconventional Interventions and Terrorism, I provided research support for a report on covert influence commissioned by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. More recently, I have delivered a talk in the UK Parliament on the US-UK relationship and participated in several roundtables with policymakers on UK foreign policy.

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