Articles
Positive country images, trust and public support for European integration, Comparative European Politics (2009)
In this paper I contribute to the scholarship on public support for European integration by...
Brazilian Regional Power in the Development of Mercosul (with Taeko Hiroi), Latin American Perspectives (2007)
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s government presided over three critical junctures in the development of the...
The Effects of Unequal Size: Costs and Benefits of Unilateral Action in the Development of Mercosur (with Taeko Hiroi), Journal of Developing Societies (2005)
We argue that successful economic integration requires a regionally preponderant country that acts as a...
Domestic Institutional Convergence and Regional Integration: Further Evidence (with Yi Feng), Aspects of Globalisation, Regionalisation and Business (2004)
This paper explores the relationship between institutional homogeneity and integration. We argue that the homogeneity...
Power Preponderance and Domestic Politics: Explaining Regional Economic Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1960-1997 (with Taeko Hiroi), International Interactions (2004)
This article addresses the domestic and international conditions that influence regional integration. The national political...
From War to Integration: Generalizing the Dynamic of Power Transition Theory (with Brian Efird and Jacek Kugler), International Interactions (2003)
Generalizing the dynamics implied by power transition theory, we characterize the structural conditions that lead...
Regional Integration and Domestic Institutional Homogeneity: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Integration in the Americas, Pacific Asia, and Western Europe (with Yi Feng), Review of International Political Economy, . (2003)
This work argues that the formation of an economic union requires that the homogeneity of...
Structural Conditions and the Propensity for Regional Integration (with Brian Efird), European Union Politics (2002)
This paper proposes a theory for regional integration based on structural conditions. By applying power...