Articles

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Issue Rivalries (with Sara Mitchell), Conflict Management and Peace Science (2011)

This article expands upon the traditional interstate rivalry concept by focusing on two conceptual dimensions...

 

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Explaining Zones of Negative Peace in Interstate Relations: The Construction of a West African Lockean Culture of Anarchy, European Journal of International Relations (2009)

This article provides a theoretical and empirical account of the zone of negative peace thought...

 

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Conflict, Geography, and Natural Resources: The Political Economy of State Predation in Africa, Polity (2009)

This paper develops a modified version of predatory theory by merging three literatures pertinent to...

 

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National Design and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Politics (2009)

This article examines the political geography of state building in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. The absence...

 

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The Politics of Exchange Rate—Based Stabilization Versus Structural Reforms in Latin America (with Moises Arce), Comparative Political Studies (2009)

In the 1990s, the choice of an appropriate exchange rate regime began to capture the...

 

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The Conceptual Complexity of Central Bankers and the Asian Financial Crisis, Political Psychology (2009)

This paper examines the impact of the conceptual complexity of central bankers on exchange rate...

 

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What We Mean by Scope and Methods: A Survey of Undergraduate Scope and Methods Courses (with Charles C. Turner), PS: Political Science & Politics (2009)

Self-reflective political scientists have extensively reviewed the history of the discipline and argued over its...

 

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Neorealism in Search of New Territory, International Studies Review (2008)

Review of Neorealism, States, and the Modern Mass Army (Cambridge 2007), João Resende Santos.

 

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Neorealism, States, and the Modern Mass Army, International Studies Review (2008)

Book review of Neorealism, States, and the Modern Mass Army (Cambridge 2007), João Resende Santos

 

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The Construction of a Latin American Interstate Culture of Rivalry, International Interactions (2008)

This paper merges constructivist theoretical insights into the rival role identity, rival role relationships, and...

 

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2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Two: Graduate Education and Professional Development (with W. T. Casey, Sharon Jones, and Elizabeth Lowham), PS: Political Science & Politics (2008)

How well do we prepare our graduate students for the diverse careers they pursue in...

 

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Progress in International Relations: Appraising the Field, Journal of Politics (2008)

Book Reviews Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field. Edited by Colin Elman and...

 

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The Political Economy of State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Politics (2007)

This paper explores the state-building process in the developing world through an application of the...

 

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Crawfish Tails: A Curious Tale of Foreign Trade Policy Making (with Schuyler Porche), Foreign Policy Analysis (2007)

This paper presents a case study of the demand for and supply of protectionism upon...

 

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The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection (with Schuyler Porche), Journal of Politics (2007)

In this paper we analyze the political economy of agricultural producer support in the OECD...

 

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Public Violence and State Building in Central America, Comparative Political Studies (2006)

This article examines the role played by war, and public violence more generally, in the...

 

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War, Rivalry, and State Building in Latin America, American Journal of Political Science (2005)

Scholars of Latin America have recently begun to apply the bellicist approach to state building...

 

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The State of Undergraduate Research Methods Training in Political Science (with Robert E. Hogan), Political Science and Politics (2005)

Debates over methodology have long occupied a prominent role in political science and its various...

 

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A Crash Course in Learning Communities for the Political Scientist, Journal of Political Science Education (2005)
 

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Individuals, Institutions, and Inflation: Conceptual Complexity, Central Bank Independence, and the Asian Crisis, International Studies Quarterly, (2004)

Previous research has demonstrated that greater levels of legal central bank independence produce favorable macroeconomic...

 

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Are Two Theories Better than One? A Constructivist Model of the Neorealist-Neoliberal Debate, International Political Science Review (2004)

This article constructs a test of the logical consistency of neorealism and neoliberalism by applying...

 

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State Building, Interstate and Intrastate Rivalry: A Study of Post-Colonial Developing Country Extractive Efforts, 1975–2000, International Studies Quarterly (2004)

This paper seeks to understand the relationship between state building, interstate and intrastate rivalry. Previous...

 

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Sense and sensibility in the study of state socialisation: a reply to Kai Alderson, Review of International Studies (2003)

In a recent article in the Review of International Studies, Kai Alderson subjected the concept...

 

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A Pragmatic Guide to Qualitative Historical Analysis in the Study of International Relations, International Studies Perspectives (2002)

Researchers using qualitative methods, including case studies and comparative case studies, are becoming more self–conscious...

 

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Progress, History and Identity in International Relations Theory: The Case of the Idealist-Realist Debate, European Journal of International Relations (2002)

This article examines the link between disciplinary identity formation, history creation and progress by undertaking...

 

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A Social Psychological Approach to Enduring Rivalries, Political Psychology (2001)

The recent scholarly work on the concept of enduring rivalries offers a promising way to...

 

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Territorial nationalism in spatial rivalries: An institutionalist account of the argentine-chilean rivalry, International Interactions (2001)

The rivalry concept explored in the conflict literature during the past decade offers considerable potential...

 

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A Historical Institutionalist Approach to the Uruguay Round Agricultural Negotiations, Comparative Political Studies (2001)

The reduction of agricultural trade barriers accomplished at the close of the Uruguay Round (UR)...

 

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How to Make the Most of Your Summer Study Abroad Teaching Experience, Political Science and Politics (2001)

Teachers of international relations and comparative politics spend a considerable amount of time looking for...

 

Contributions to Books

Protectionism (with Mark D. Nieman), International Encyclopedia of Political Science (2009)
 

“Bankers and Beliefs: The Political Psychology of the Asian Financial Crisis, Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics: Methods and Applications of Operational Code Analysis (2006)
 

From Containment to the Bush Doctrine: The Road to War with Iraq, Presidential Policies And the Road to the Second Iraq War: From Forty One to Forty Three (2006)
 

The State of Undergraduate Research Methods Training in Political Science (with Robert E. Hogan), Quantitative Methods In Practice: Readings From PS (2006)
 

Assessing the Bush Doctrine (with Leigh A. Galatas), The global war on terrorism : assessing the American response (2004)
 

The Bush Doctrine: Redefining the U.S. Role in World Politics for the Twenty-first Century?, George W. Bush : evaluating the president at midterm (2004)
 

The Political Psychology of Interstate Rivalry, Advances in Psychology Research (2003)
 

Eurogiro, Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (2001)
 

Informatics, Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (2001)
 

Inter-Bank On-Line System, Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (2001)
 

Skills, Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (2001)
 

Tipa-Net, Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (2001)
 

Presentations

Intra-industry Trade, Veto Players, and the Formation of Preferential Trade Agreements (with Timothy Peterson), International Political Economy Society (2011)
 

Civil Wars and Contemporary State Building; Rebellion, Conflict Duration, and Lootable Resource Wealth (with David Sobek), American Political Science Association (2011)
 

A Synthetic Approach to Identity in International Relations, International Society of Political Psychology (2011)
 

Contentious Issues and the Evolution of Interstate Rivalry (with Paul Hensel and Sara Mitchell), European Political Science Association, (2011)
 

State Capacity in Conflict: The Case of Afghanistan (with Armando Geller), ECPR Workshop on “Political Institutions and Conflict,” Joint Sessions of Workshops (2011)
 

Intra-Industry Trade, Veto Players, and the Formation of Preferential Trading Arrangements (with Timothy Peterson), International Studies Association (2011)
 

The Evolution and Duration of Issue Rivalries (with Sara Mitchell and PAul Hensel), International Studies Association (2011)
 

Intra-industry Trade, Liberalization, and Militarized Conflict, (with Timothy Peterson), International Studies Association-Midwest (2010)
 

Rivalry, War, Oil Wealth, and State Building in the Middle Eastern Countries (with Lingyu Yu), International Studies Association-Midwest (2010)
 

Contentious Issues and the Evolution of Interstate Rivalry (with Paul Hensel and Sara Mitchell), Peace Science Society (2010)
 

Rivals for Revenue: State Building as a Product of Ruler and Rebel Conflict., Midwest Political Science Association (2010)
 

Putting the Cart before the Horse? How Civil Wars and Economic Development Influence the Management of Natural Resources (with Sara Mitchell), Conference on Globalization and Natural Resources, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science and Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (2010)
 

State Socialization and Role Theory: The Israeli Experience, International Studies Association (2010)
 

Why We Need the First Great Debate (Whether or Not It Really Happened), International Studies Association (2010)
 

War and the Middle Eastern State, Eurasian Peace Science Conference Koç University, (2010)
 

Nice Neighbors?: The Effects of Territorial Issues, Rivalries, and “Hot Spots” on Democratization (with Alex Braithwaite and Doug Gibler), Peace Science Society (2009)
 

Economic Grievance and the Severity of Civil War (with Lingyu Lu), International Studies Association-Midwest (2009)
 

“Issue Rivalries (with Sara Mitchell), Conference on Territory and Rivalry, University of Alabama (2009)
 

State Fiscal Capacity and State Failure in the Developing World., American Political Science Association (2009)
 

The Social Psychology of Constructivism in International Relations: Toward A Synthetic Approach to State Identity, International Society of Political Psychology, Trinity College (2009)
 

Rulers, Rebels and Revenue: State Extractive Capacity, Primary Commodities and Civil War Onset, The Leonard DavisInstitute for International Relations at The Hebrew University (2009)
 

State Fiscal Capacity and State Failure, Midwest Political Science Association (2009)
 

Trade Interdependence and Interstate Territorial, Policy and Regime Conflict (with Lingyu Lu), International Studies Association-Midwest (2008)
 

State Fiscal Capacity and State Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Institute for African Development. Cornell University (2008)
 

The Political Economy of State Extractive Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, 6th Pan-European International Relations Conference, University of Turin (2007)
 

Is Agriculture Really Unique? The Foreign Policy of Trade Protectionism, American Political Science Association (2007)
 

Primary Commodities and State Extractive Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Midwest Political Science Association (2007)
 

Three's Company: The Relationships between War, Economic and Political Development (with David Sobek), International Studies Association (2007)
 

National Design and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Political Economy Society (2006)
 

The Conceptual Complexity of Central Bankers and the Asian Financial Crisis, International Studies Association-Midwest (2006)
 

Tough Neighborhoods: External Threat and the Development of Democracy (with Douglas Gibler), International Studies Association (2006)
 

What We Mean by Scope and Methods: A Survey of Undergraduate Scope and Methods Courses (with Charles Turner and Robert Hogan), American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science (2006)
 

The Structural and Institutional Sources of Agricultural Protectionism in the OECD (with Schuyler Porche), American Political Science Association (2005)
 

Three's Company: International War, Economic and Political Development (with David Sobek), American Political Science Association (2005)
 

The Global Studies Residential College at LSU (with James Babin), Teaching in Higher Education Forum, Louisiana State University (2005)
 

The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection Across the OECD (with Schuyler Porche), Midwest Political Science Association (2005)
 

Territorial Conflict and State Building in Central America, International Studies Association (2005)
 

The Political Psychology of Financial Crisis in Southeast Asia, International Studies Association (2005)
 

Rivalry and State Building in Latin America, Midwest Political Science Association (2004)
 

War, Rivalry, and State Building in Latin America, International StudiesAssociation (2004)
 

A Crash Course in Learning Communities for the Political Scientist, American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science (2004)
 

The State of Undergraduate Research Methods Training in Political Science (with Robert E. Hogan), American Political Science Association (2003)
 

The Bush Doctrine: Redefining the U.S. Role in World Politics for the Twenty-first Century?, Conference on “Assessing the Presidency of George W. Bush at Midpoint: Political, Ethical and Historical Considerations,” University of Southern Mississippi (2002)
 

The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Choice in Latin America, (with Moises Arce), American Political Science Association (2002)
 

The Political Economy of Identity in Latin American Interstate Rivalry, Midwest Political Science Association (2002)
 

Culture and Conflict in Interstate Relations, Southwestern Political Science Association (2002)
 

The Politics of Dollarization in Latin America (with Moises Arce), Southern Political Science Association (2001)
 

(Babylonian) Lions, (Asian) Tigers and (Russian) Bears: The Construction of Interstate Rivalries (with Paul Kowert), American Political Science Association (2001)
 

Material and Existential Conflict in Enduring Rivalries, American Political Science Association, (2001)
 

State Socialization and Structural Realism, International Studies Association (2001)
 

A Synthetic Approach to Identity in International Relations, International Society of Political Psychology (2000)
 

Socialization and Emerging States in the International System, International Studies Association (2000)
 

Socialization in the International System, American Political Science Association (1999)
 

Enduring Rivalries: From Empiricism to Theory, Midwest Political Science Association (1999)
 

A Social Psychological Approach to Enduring Rivalries, Southwestern Political Science Association (1999)
 

Disciplinary History and Disciplinary Identity: The Idealist-Realist Debate, Western Political Science Association (1999)