JOSHUA R. SHIFRINSON
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Substantively, my research focuses on broad issues of international security, international relations (IR) theory, and U.S. foreign policy. Methodologically, I am committed to robust qualitative and, especially, archival research and linking such empirical results with IR theory. Details on specific research themes and projects - as well as copies of publications - can be found with the drop-down menu at top. Overall, though, my work is informed by three overarching questions: 

  • First, when and why do great powers compete or cooperate in security affairs, and what consequences - for themselves, for other actors, and for international stability - follow? 

  • Second, what explains the foreign policy and strategic choices of the United States since the Second World War, and what can U.S policy tell scholars about IR theory?
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  • Finally, what insights do theory and diplomatic history offer for contemporary policy discussions on core matters of war, peace, and the search for security? 

Along the way, I look to rigorously engage policy debates by leveraging  theory and history.  So, a final question underlines all of the above: "what does this all mean for the real-world?"  


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  • Home
  • Research
    • Great Power Rise & Decline
    • US Foreign Policy
    • Grand Strategy & Competition
    • The Security Paradox
    • Archival Methods
    • Working Papers
  • Teaching
  • CV & Publications
  • Grants and Awards
  • Dog