Working Papers - JOSHUA R. SHIFRINSON

Some recent or ongoing papers include:

“Revisiting Insularity and Expansion,” Perspectives on Politics (online first view; with John Schuessler and David Blagden)

“Eastbound and Down: The United States, NATO Enlargement, and Suppressing the Soviet and Western European Alternatives, 1990-1992,” Journal of Strategic Studies 43, no. 6-7 (Winter 2020-2021), 816-846

“Partnership or Predation? How Rising States Contend with Declining Great Powers,” International Security 45, no. 1 (Summer 2020), 90-126

“The Rise of China, Balance of Power Theory, and U.S. National Security: Reasons for Optimism?” Journal of Strategic Studies 43, no. 2 (Winter 2020), 175-216 (lead article)

“Squaring the Circle on Spheres: The Overlooked Importance of Spheres of Influence,” The Washington Quarterly 45, no. 2 (Summer 2022), with Lindsey O’Rourke,

“NATO Enlargement and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Origins, Durability, and Impact of an Idea,” International Politics 57, no. 3 (June 2020), 342-370

“Neo-Primacy and the Pitfalls of US Strategy Toward China,” The Washington Quarterly 43, no. 4 (December 2020), 79-104

“Digging through Documents: The Promise, Pitfalls, and Practicalities of Archival
Research for International Relations,” in Handbook of Research Methods in International Relations, ed. Patrick James, Joseph Huddleston, and Tom Jamieson (Edward Elgar)

"The Limits of Soviet Signaling at Cold War’s End" (working paper; under review - please email for copy)