STUART J

Articles and Book Chapters

"Ethnic Conflict," in Paul D. Williams, ed., Security Studies: An Introduction (London/New York: Routledge, 2008), pp. 200-215, Forthcoming.

"Introduction: Balance and Hierarchy in International Systems," with William C. Wohlforth and Richard Little, in Kaufman, Little and Wohlforth, eds., The Balance of Power in World History (Palgrave, 2007), pp. 1-21.

"Balancing and Balancing Failure in Biblical Times: Assyria and the Ancient Middle Eastern System, 900-600 BCE," with William C. Wohlforth, in Kaufman, Little and Wohlforth, eds., The Balance of Power in World History (Palgrave, 2007), pp. 22-46.

"Conclusion: Theoretical Insights from the Study of World History," with Richard Little and William C. Wohlforth, in Kaufman, Little and Wohlforth, eds., The Balance of Power in World History (Palgrave, 2007), pp. 228-246.

"Testing Balance of Power Theory in World History," European Journal of International Relations vol. 13, no. 2 (June 2007), pp. 155-185. With William C. Wohlforth, Richard Little, David Kang, Charles Jones, Victoria Hui, Arthur Eckstein, Daniel Deudney and William Brenner.

"Correspondence: Hate Narratives and Ethnic Conflict: Reply to Arman Grigorian," International Security 31, no. 4 (Spring 2007, pp. 186-191).

"Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy: A Study in Weberian Activism," with Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Perspectives on Politics 5, no. 1 (March 2007), pp. 95-103 (Forthcoming).

“Symbolic Politics or Rational Choice? Testing Theories of Extreme Ethnic Violence,” International Security 30, no. 4 (Spring 2006, pp. 45-86).

“Escaping the Symbolic Politics Trap: Reconciliation Initiatives and Conflict Resolution in Ethnic Wars,” Journal of Peace Research 43, no. 2 (March 2006), pp. 201-218.

“Rational Choice, Symbolic Politics, and Pluralism in the Study of Violent Ethnic Conflict,” Chapter 7 in Kristen Renwick Monroe, ed., Perestroika! The Raucous Revolution in Political Science (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005), pp. 87-102.

“Ethnic Conflict, Interstate Enmity,” in Jim Sperling, Victor Papacosma, and Sean Kay, eds., Limiting Institutions (Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2003), pp. 48-68.

“The ‘War on Terrorism’ and the Transatlantic Relationship,” in Good Cop, Bad Cop? Transatlantic Challenges, ed. Birthe Hansen (Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 2003), pp. 35-58.

“Approaches to Global Politics in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay,” International Studies Review vol. 1, no. 2 (Summer 1999), pp. 193-221.

“The Baltic States in Post-Cold War U.S. Strategy,” in Birthe Hansen and Bertel Heurlin, eds., The Baltic States in World Politics (Curzon Press, 1998), pp. 46-64.

“Preventing Ethnic Violence: Conditions for the Success of Peacekeeping,” in David Carment and Patrick James, eds., Peace in the Midst of Wars: Preventing and Managing International Ethnic Conflicts (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998).

“Transnational Dimensions of the Dnestr Conflict,”with Stephen R. Bowers, Nationalities Papers, vol. 26, no. 1 (March 1998), pp. 129-146.

“The Fragmentation and Consolidation of International Systems,” International Organization, vol. 51, no. 2 (Spring 1997), pp. 173-208.

"Spiraling to Ethnic War: Elites, Masses and Moscow in Moldova's Civil War," International Security, vol. 21, no. 2 (Fall 1996), pp. 108-138, reprinted in Michael E. Brown et al., eds., Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996-97), pp. 169-199.

“The Net Assessment of American Military Forces in the Asia-Pacific Region,” Strategic Studies (Jeonryak Yonkoo), vol. 3, no. 3, 1996 (Seoul: Korea Research Institute for Strategy).

"The Russian Problem," Journal of Conflict Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (Fall 1996), pp. 7-25.

"Preventive Peacekeeping, Ethnic Violence, and Macedonia, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 19, no. 3 (July-September 1996), pp. 229-246.

"An 'International' Theory of Interethnic War," Review of International Studies, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 1996), pp. 149-171.

"The Russian Problem in European Security," in Birthe Hansen, ed., European Security 2000 (Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, 1995), pp. 48-68.

"The Irresistible Force and the Imperceptible Object: The Yugoslav Breakup and Western Policy," Security Studies vol. 4, no. 2 (Winter 1995), pp. 282-330.

"Organizational Politics and Change in Soviet Military Policy," World Politics, vol. 43, no. 3 (April 1994), pp. 355-382.

"Lessons from the 1991 Gulf War and Russian Military Doctrine," Journal of Slavic Military Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (September 1993), pp. 375-396.

"Bureaucratic Particularism and Soviet Military Policy: Lessons from Air Defense in the 1970s," Pacific Focus, vol. 7, no. 1 (Spring 1992), pp. 121-154.

"Soviet Views on the Effects of Force to Space Ratios," Appendix to Stephen D. Biddle et al., Defense at Low Force Levels: The Effect of Force to Space Ratios on Conventional Combat Dynamics, IDA Paper P-2380. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, August 1991.

INVITED (SPONSORED) CONFERENCE PAPERS (Selected)

“Peace-building and Conflict Resolution in Ethnic Wars,” presented at conference, “Diverse Cultures in Contemporary Society,” Washington, DC, January 9-10, 2006; sponsored by Kennan Institute of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

“Hierarchy and Balance in International Systems,” with William C. Wohlforth, Theoretical Framing Paper for workshop, “Hierarchy and Balance in International Systems,” Sponsored by John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., October 18-20, 2003.

“Peace-building and Conflict Resolution in Ethnic Conflicts in the Caucasus,” Prepared for conference, “Identity Politics in the Former Soviet Union,” Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, May 23, 2003.

“The War on Terrorism and the Transatlantic Relationship,” prepared for conference, “The New NATO in an Asymmetrical Security Environment,” Sponsored by Danish Institute of International Relations and U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, September 25, 2002.

“Ethnic Conflict, Interstate Enmity,” Presented at Conference, "Limiting Institutions? The Challenge of Eurasian Security," Lyman Lemnitzer Center for NATO and EU Studies, Kent State University, October 2001.

Regional Rivalries and U.S.-Russian Interactions in the Caspian Region,” prepared for conference, “U.S.-Russian Relations: Implications for the Caspian Region,” Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Caspian Studies Program, October 22-23, 2000.

RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

"The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War in the Philippines," presented at International Studies Association conference, Chicago, March 1, 2007.

"Symbolic Politics and Ethnic Conflict in Malaysia and the Philippines," with Satoshi Machida and Wang Yu, presented at International Studies Association conference, San Diego, March 2006.

“Emotions, Identity, and the Rational Actor Assumption in the Study of Ethnic Violence,” presented at International Studies Association conference, Honolulu, March 2005.

“Myths and Symbols in Violent Mobilization: The Palestinian-Israeli Case,” presented at American Political Science Association conference, Chicago, September 2-5, 2004.

“Historical Memory and Symbolic Politics in the Palestinian-Israeli Dispute,” presented at International Studies Association conference, Montreal, March 2004

“Balancing and Balancing Failure in Biblical Times,” with William C. Wohlforth, presented at American Political Science Association conference, Philadelphia, PA., August 27-31, 2003.

“King Ahab vs. Assyria: Balancing and Balancing Failure in Biblical Times,” with William C. Wohlforth, presented at International Studies Association conference, Portland, Oregon, February 25-March 1, 2003.

“Nationalism and International War,” presented at International Studies Association conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24-27, 2002.

“Ethnic Violence, Symbolic Politics, and the Security Dilemma,” presented at American Political Science Association conference, San Francisco, California, September 2001.

“The End of Anarchism: The Society of Nations, Institutions, and the Decline of War,” presented at International Studies Association conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 2001.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND STUDY EXPERIENCE

Philippines, 2006: Conducted elite interviews with Moro (MNLF) leaders in Mindanao, regarding ethnic conflict and conflict management in the conflict since the 1960s.

Georgia, 1998: Conducted elite interviews with Georgian, Abkhazian and South Ossetian leaders in Tbilisi, Sukhumi and Tskhinvali, May-June 1998, regarding ethnic relations and ethnic violence.

Moldova, 1995 and 1998: Conducted elite interviews with Moldovan and Transdnestrian leaders in Chisinau and Tiraspol, Moldova, March 1995, regarding ethnic relations and 1992 civil war.

Russia, 1993: Conducted research jointly with scholars from the Department of Ethnosociology, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, on ethnic conflict in Moldova and Estonia, in Moscow, June-July 1993.

Russia, 1992: Interviewed former Russian military, military-industrial, and diplomatic personnel regarding the politics of strategic defense and the ABM Treaty, Moscow, June-July 1992.

USSR, 1986: Summer language study at Leningrad State University/Council for International Educational Exchange, followed by visits to Riga, Latvia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Odessa, Ukraine, June-August 1986.

ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order ($200,000), 2003

Book of the Year, West Virginia State College ($1,000), 2003

Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship ($45,000), 1998-99

Smith Richardson Foundation International Security Program grant ($39,741), 1998

U.S. Institute of Peace Unsolicited Grant ($33,182), 1998

Top Ten Teaching Award, University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, 1994, 1995

Short-Term Grant, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1995 ($880)

American Friends of Wilton Park Fellowship, 1995

International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) Short-Term Travel Grant, 1994 ($5330)

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

Section Chair, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration (ENMISA) Section of International Studies Association, (for 2006-07)

Member, Award Committee for Jervis-Schroeder Award for Best Book in International Politics and History, International Politics and History Section, APSA, 2006

Section Program Chair, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration (ENMISA) Section of International Studies Association, for 2005 Annual Meeting (2004-05)

Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly, beginning 2004

Chair, Award Committee (of American Political Science Association) for Helen Dwight Reid Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in International Relations, 2003-04

Reviewer of tenure dossier for Southern Illinois University, 2002

Outside dissertation examiner, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, May 2002

Reviewer for Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 1997, 2001

Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation, Smith Richardson Foundation, U.S. Institute of Peace

Manuscript reviewer for various professional journals and university presses

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

Chair, Department Research and External Funding Committee, 2005-present

Chair, Department Search Committee 2006-07

Senator, University Faculty Senate, 2006-present

Chair, Department Search Committee 2005-06

Member, University Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies, 2004-05

Member, Department Graduate Program Committee, 2004-present

Member, Department Graduate Admissions Committee, 2004-05

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Russian

Director of Graduate Studies, 7/01-12/02