Research

[Photo at left: me looking for inspiration in the eyes of the Machiavelli sculpture outside the Uffizi museum in Florence.]

If you peruse my curriculum vita or my paper abstracts, you'll see that the key question underlying my scholarly research is, "To what extent does economic interdependence alter the patterns of world politics?" I've pursued the answer by studying the dynamics of economic statecraft, globalization, and global governance.

My current research spans a wide array of research quesions. Under what conditions will governments establish and enforce global rules to manage disparate domestic regulations? Will the proliferation of global governance structures lead to a rule-based global order? How will the rise of China and India affect world politics?

BOOKS

All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes. If you want to download a .pdf version of the first chapter, click here.

U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair. If you want to download a .pdf version of the book, click here.

Locating the Proper Authorities: The Interaction of Domestic and International Institutions. Read the table of contents, download a .pdf version of my introductory chapter -- or buy the book!

The Sanctions Paradox: Economic Statecraft and International Relations . Read the first chapter -- or buy the book!


JOURNAL ARTICLES

The Realist Tradition in American Public Opinion." Perspectives on Politics 6 (March 2008): 51-70.

"International Economic Order." Entry for International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition (New York: MacMillan, 2008).

"The Power and Politics of Blogs." (co-authored with Henry Farrell). Public Choice 134 (January 2008): 15-30.

"Blogs, Politics, and Power: A Special Issue of Public Choice.” (co-authored with Henry Farrell). Public Choice 134 (January 2008): 1-13.

"Globalization, Coercion, and Competition: The Competing Pathways to Policy Convergence." Journal of European Public Policy 12 (October 2005): 841-859. (abstract)

"The Global Governance of the Internet: Bringing the State Back In." Political Science Quarterly 119 (Fall 2004): 477-498. (abstract)

"The Hidden Hand of Economic Coercion." International Organization 57 (Summer 2003): 643-659. (abstract)

"Outside the Box: Explaining Sanctions in Pursuit of Foreign Economic Goals." International Interactions 26 (Summer 2001): 379-410. (abstract)

"Globalization and Policy Convergence." International Studies Review 3 (Spring 2001): 53-78. (abstract)

"State Structure, Technological Leadership, and the Maintenance of Hegemony." Review of International Studies 27 (January 2001): 3-27. (abstract)

"Ideas, Bureaucratic Politics, and the Crafting of Foreign Policy." American Journal of Political Science 44 (October 2000): 733-749. (abstract)

"Bargaining, Enforcement, and Multilateral Economic Sanctions: When is Cooperation Counterproductive?" International Organization 54 (Winter 2000): 73-102. (abstract)

"The Trouble with Carrots: Transaction Costs, Conflict Expectations, and Economic Inducements." Security Studies 9 (Autumn 1999/Winter 2000): 188-218. (abstract)

"Conflict Expectations and the Paradox of Economic Coercion." International Studies Quarterly 42 (December 1998): 709-731. (abstract)

"So You Want to Get a Tenure-Track Job..." PS: Political Science and Politics 31 (September 1998): 609-614. (abstract)

"Allies, Adversaries, and Economic Coercion: Russian Foreign Economic Policy since 1991." Security Studies 6 (Spring 1997): 65-111. (abstract)


WORKING PAPERS

"Lost in Translation: The Transatlantic Divide Over Diplomacy." January 2006.

"Gauging the Power of Global Civil Society: Intellectual Property and Public Health." September 2005.

"Clubs, Neighborhoods, and Universes: The Governance of Global Finance." April 2005. (abstract)

"Weighing the Scales: The Internet's Effect on State-Society Relations." March 2005.

"Who Rules? Globalization and the Substitutability of Governance Structures." March 2003. (abstract)

"The Limits of Transformation in World Politics." January 2003. (abstract)


POLICY PAPERS

"So You Want to Blog…." In APSA Guide To Publications (Washington: American Political Science Association, 2008).

"The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy.” Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft 15 (January 2008): 11-35.

"Foreign Policy Goes Glam." The National Interest 92 (November/December 2007): 22-29.

“The New New World Order.” Foreign Affairs 86 (March/April 2007): 34-46. "Mind the Gap." The National Interest 87 (January/February 2007): 47-53.

"Trade Talk." The American Interest 1 (Winter 2005): 68-76.

"Values, Interests, and American Grand Strategy." Diplomatic History 29 (June 2005): 429-432.

"Web of Influence." Foreign Policy 145 (November/December 2004): 32-40.

"The Outsourcing Bogeyman." Foreign Affairs 83 (May/June 2004) 22-34.

"Sovereignty for Sale." Foreign Policy 125 (September/October 2001): 76-77.

"Bottom Feeders." Foreign Policy 121 (November/December 2000): 64-70.

"Serious About Sanctions." The National Interest 53 (Fall 1998): 66-74.

"Globalizers of the World, Unite!" The Washington Quarterly 21 (Winter 1998): 209-225.

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BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft, edited by David Cortright and George A. Lopez, in International Studies Review 5 (Spring 2003): 107-111.