Post-structuralist IR has often treated foreign policy/security discourses and their effects on policy through a “representational model”, i.e. how one dominant representation makes possible particular policy outcomes. However, in a longitudinal analysis, where the concern with …
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Evidence suggests that climate change is significantly detrimental to U.S. national security when measured against current intelligence assessment criteria. Two subsidiary questions follow from this hypothesis. (1) Is global warming a suitable issue to be considered a threat to …
This dissertation examines the effects of external intervention on state formation in the global periphery, particularly the establishment of sovereign statehood. I posit that the institutions of governance and political authority that define the organisational form of a polity …
The intersection of intelligence analysis and decisionmaking, or knowledge and action, is more problematic than conventionally understood. Rather than listen to and incorporate intelligence analysis into their decisions, decisionmakers frequently ignore it. This gap between anal…
In this dissertation I analyze aspects of American civil-military relations and the political economy of national security policymaking. Specifically, I examine efforts to balance the military power necessary to secure American interests while considering the economic implicatio…