Toby L. Lauterbach December 2014

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1 Toby L. Lauterbach December 2014 Home Phone: Work Phone: N. University Street West Lafayette, IN Education August PhD, Political Science,. Dissertation Title: Strategic Culture and the Iraq War. Abstract: This work concentrates on how cultural assumptions among US policy makers influenced the Iraq War. Students of international relations generally use the classic logic of power politics to explain national security choices. However, my study reveals this kind of thinking was distorted by the beliefs U.S. policymakers held about America s unique role in the world. As a result, President Bush s war advisors believed that it would be fairly easy to remake Iraq into a free market democratic society that would serve as a springboard for transforming the Middle East in the image of America and its Western allies. A faith in the superiority of the American way of life, rooted in the belief that the U.S. s vision of economic and political freedoms are universally applicable, fuelled the premise that Iraq would greet American troops as liberators. My endeavor illustrates the role culture may play in international security and its impact on specific foreign policy choices such as the Iraq War. Dissertation Advisors: Keith L. Shimko (Major Professor), Louis R. Beres, Ann M. Clark, Harry R. Targ MS, Strategic Studies, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University) BA, Political Science,, University of Northern Iowa. Instructional Expertise Fields: American government and politics, international relations; international security; public policy; comparative politics; gender and public policy. Teaching and Other Instructional Experience, Independent Instructor, American Foreign Policy Spring 2014 Modern Weapons and International Relations Spring 2012 Women, Politics, and Public Policy

2 Lauterbach Curriculum Vitae 2 Maymester 2004-Fall 2004 Spring 2003-Spring 2004 Fall 2002 Introduction to International Relations Modern Weapons and International Relations Introduction to International Relations Associate Online Faculty (Adjunct Professor), Political Science Program, College of Liberal Arts, Ashford University, 2014 American National Government International Relations Additional Instructional Experience (Teaching Assistant),, Fall 2001 Governments of the World Tutoring Experiences with the Disability Resource Center, Office of the Dean of Students, November 2007-May 2013 Tutor for Special Needs Students with visual and hearing impairments, Dyslexia, and brain injuries. Publications Peer-Reviewed Publications Winter Constructivism, Strategic Culture, and the Iraq War. Air and Space Power Journal (4) 13, Book Reviews September-October Review of The Battle For Hearts and Minds: Uncovering the Wars of Ideas and Images Behind the Global War on Terror by Timothy McWilliams. Air and Space Power Journal (5) 27, March-April Review of Navy Strategic Culture by Roger W. Barnett. Air and Space Power Journal (2) 27, November-December Review of The Accidental Guerrilla by David Kilcullen. Air and Space Power Journal (6) 26, Works in Progress December Strategic Culture and the Iraq War. Book-length manuscript, expected date for publication review by Bloomsbury Academic Press. February 18-21, The Implications of Strategic Culture for the Iraq War: A Comparison of Neoclassical Realist and Constructivist Interpretations, Paper presentation, ISA.

3 Lauterbach Curriculum Vitae 3 April How Much Does the Lion Matter?: Britain s Relationship with the United States, the Iraq War, and the Precarious Nature of Middle Power Status in the International System, Paper presentation, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Fall Nuclear Forces and the Geopolitical Objectives of the People s Republic of China, Book-length manuscript, to be updated and submitted for publication review. Honors and Awards September Scholarship Recipient, Military Family Research Institute at, Battlemind to Home III Symposium Grant Recipient, Seminar on Mathematical Modeling and Game Theory, Inter- University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor. Presentations April The Implications of Strategic Culture for the Iraq War: A Comparison of Neoclassical Realist and Constructivist Interpretations. Paper presentation, MPSA. October 4-6, The Implications of Strategic Culture for the Iraq War: A Comparison of Neoclassical Realist and Constructivist Interpretations. ISAC-ISSS, Washington, D.C. April Which Lens?: Strategic Culture, the Calculation of Interest, and the Iraq War. Paper presentation, MPSA. April Strategic Culture as an Instrumental Variable: The Case of the Iraq War. Paper presentation, MPSA. April Neoclassical Realism, Strategic Culture, and the Iraq War. Paper presentation, MPSA. April Constructivism and the Iraq War: the Promise and Limits of Strategic Culture as an Explanatory Variable. Paper presentation, MPSA. April A New Way of Studying Strategic Culture: An Exploratory Case Examining the Cultural Determinist Approach to the Iraq War. Paper presentation, MPSA. March Understanding Strategic Culture and the Iraq War as a Case Study. Paper presentation, Indiana Political Science Association, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. April Strategic Culture and the Second Gulf War. Paper presentation, MPSA.

4 Lauterbach Curriculum Vitae 4 Research Interests and Skills Scholarly Interests: NATO and European Security; Counterinsurgency and low-intensity conflict; American national security policy in the Middle East; Pacific Rim security issues, including the rise of China; ASEAN states and resource competition in the South China Sea. Other Professional Activities February 18-21, Chair and Discussant, The Ukraine Crisis and its Global Implications, ISA, New Orleans, LA. April Discussant, China in the World, MPSA. December 2-9, Volunteer, A Broader View Volunteers (nonprofit NGO). Cared for children aged 2-16 at Liberty Children s Center, Ladyville, Belize. October 4-6, Discussant, Rising Power Politics, ISAC-ISSS conference. April Discussant, Asian Security, MPSA. September Discussant and Facilitator, Battlemind to Home III Symposium, Indianapolis, IN. April Chair, Obama s Foreign Policy, MPSA. April Chair, The Changing Nature of European Security, MPSA. April Chair, Strategies of Terrorism and Counterterrorism, MPSA. April Chair, The Nuclear Threat, MPSA. Spring Participant, College Teaching Workshops: Basics of Teaching, January Intensive, Center for Instructional Excellence, : West Lafayette, IN. Spring 1998 to Fall 1999, Graduate Assistant, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Southwest Missouri State University. Professional Memberships American Political Science Association. Midwest Political Science Association. International Studies Association.

5 Lauterbach Curriculum Vitae 5 References Dr. Louis Rene Beres Dr. Ann Marie Clark Professor BRNG 2222 BRNG N. University Street 100 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN West Lafayette, IN (765) (765) lberes@purdue.edu clarkam@purdue.edu Dr. Rosalee A. Clawson Dr. Keith L. Shimko Professor of Political Science Department Head BRNG 2236 BRNG N. University Street 100 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN West Lafayette, IN (765) (765) kshimko@purdue.edu clawsonr@purdue.edu Dr. Mark Tilton Asian Studies Program Director BRNG 2216C 100 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN (765) mtilton@purdue.edu