JEFFREY W. TALIAFERRO Department of Political Science Tufts University Packard Hall, 4 the Green Medford, Massachusetts 02155 Telephone: (617) 627-3465 Fax: (617) 627-3660 E- Mail: jeff.taliaferro@tufts.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in government, Harvard University, 1997 A.M. in government, Harvard University, 1995 A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University, 1991 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University, 2005 to present Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tufts University, 1998 to 2005 Lecturer in Political Science, Tufts University, 1997 to 1998 PUBLICATIONS Books The Challenge of Grand Strategy: The Great Powers and Broken Balance between the World Wars (Cambridge: Cambridge University 2012), co- editor and contributor with Norrin M. Ripsman and Steven E. Lobell; cloth edition August 2012, paperback edition August 2013, 310 pp. Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), co- editor and contributor with Steven E. Lobell and Norrin M. Ripsman; simultaneous paperback and cloth editions, 275 pp. Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery, Cornell Studies in Security Affairs (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004), cloth, 320 pp. Winner of the 2005 Robert L. Jervis- Paul W. Schroeder Prize for the Best Book in International History and Politics, American Political Science Association. Refereed Journal Articles "ʺState Building for Future War: Neoclassical Realism and the Resource Extractive State,"ʺ Security Studies, vol. 15, no. 3 (July- September 2006): 464-495.
Page 2 of 8 "ʺPower Politics and the Balance- of- Risk: Hypotheses on Great Power Intervention in the Periphery,"ʺ Political Psychology, vol. 25, no. 2 (March 2004): 177-211. "ʺRealism, Power Shifts, and Major War,"ʺ Security Studies, vol. 10, no. 4 (summer 2001): 145-178. "ʺSecurity- Seeking under Anarchy: Defensive Realism Reconsidered,"ʺ International Security, vol. 25, no. 3 (winter 2000/2001): 128-161. "ʺCorrespondence: Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm? (Or Was Anybody Ever a Realist?),"ʺ International Security, vol. 25, no. 1 (summer 2000): 165-193. "ʺQuagmires in the Periphery: Foreign Wars and Escalating Commitment in International Conflict,"ʺ Security Studies, vol. 7, no. 3 (spring 1998): 94-144. Book Chapters Neoclassical Realism: Domestic Opportunities and Great Power Intervention, with Robert W. Wishart. In Jennifer Sterling- Folker, ed., Making Sense of International Relations Theory, 2 nd ed. (Colorado: Lynne Reinner, 2013) Introduction: Grand Strategy in the Interwar Period (with Steven E. Lobell and Norrin M. Ripsman), in Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, Steven E. Lobell, and Norrin M. Ripsman, eds., The Challenge of Grand Strategy: The Great Powers and the Broken Balance between the World Wars (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) Strategy of Innocence or Provocation: The Roosevelt Administration s Road to World War II, in Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, Steven E. Lobell, and Norrin M. Ripsman, eds., The Challenge of Grand Strategy: The Great Powers and the Broken Balance between the World Wars (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) Neoclassical Realism and the Study of Regional Order in T.V. Paul, ed., International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) "ʺIntroduction: Neoclassical Realism, States, and Foreign Policy"ʺ (with Steven E. Lobell and Norrin M. Ripsman) in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, and Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, eds., Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) "ʺNeoclassical Realism and Resource Extraction: State Building for Future War"ʺ in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, and Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, eds., Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) "ʺConclusion: The State of Neoclassical Realism,"ʺ (with Norrin M. Ripsman and Steven E. Lobell) in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, and Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, eds.,
Page 3 of 8 Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) "ʺNeoclassical Realism: Prestige, Loss Aversion, and Great Power Intervention,"ʺ in Jennifer Sterling- Folker, ed., Making Sense of International Relations Theory (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Reinner, 2005) Review Essays Introduction to H- Diplo/ISSS Roundtable Review of Charles A. Kuphan, How Enemies Become Friends:The Sources of Stable Peace (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), available at http://www.h- net.org/~diplo/issf/pdf/issf- Roundtable- 4-4.pdf Contributor to H- Net Diplo Roundtable, vol. VIII, no. 14 (2007): Tony Smith, A Pact with the Devil: the Bush Doctrine and the Betrayal of the American Promise (London: Routledge, 2007), available at http://www.h- net.org/~diplo/roundtables/pdf/apactwiththedevil- Roundtable.pdf "ʺHegemonic Delusions,"ʺ The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, vol. 31, no. 2 (summer 2007) [review essay of Christopher Layne, The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006) and Tony Smith, A Pact with the Devil: the Bush Doctrine and the Betrayal of the American Promise (London: Routledge, 2007)] Book Reviews Review of Ernest R. May, Richard Rosecrance, and Zara Steiner, eds., History and Neorealism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) in Perspectives on Politics, vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2012) Review of Kevin Narizny, Political Economy of Grand Strategy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007) in International Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (June 2008) Review of Colin Dueck, Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture, and Change in American Grand Strategy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006) in Perspectives on Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 (February 2007) Review of Sheldon M. Stern, Averting "ʺThe Final Failure"ʺ: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003) in Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2004) Review of D.S.L. Jarvis, International Relations and the Challenge of Postmodernism: Defending the Discipline (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000) in American Political Science Review, vol. 95, no. 1 (March 2001) Review of Ken Booth, ed. Statecraft and Security: The Cold War and Beyond (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998) in Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (fall 1999)
Page 4 of 8 Encyclopedia Chapters "ʺProspect Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis,"ʺ in Robert A. Denemark, et al., eds. International Studies Compendia: Section Volume Series (Oxford: Wiley Blackwell Publishers, 2010) "ʺWhat Was at Stake in the Korean War?"ʺ and "ʺDid Eisenhower Plan to Use Nuclear Weapons in Korea?"ʺ in History in Dispute Encyclopedia: The Cold War, vol. 2, ed. Benjamin Frankel (Framingham Hills: St. James Press, 2000) Dissertation "ʺCognitive Realism: Risk Taking and the Psychology of Loss Aversion in Foreign Policy,"ʺ doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 1997 (Advisors: Stanley Hoffmann and Stephen Peter Rosen). FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Book Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics, co- authored with Norrin M. Ripsman and Steven E. Lobell (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming; publication expected March 2016). Book Chapters Did the U.S. and the Allies Fail to Accommodate Japan in the 1920s and the 1930s? in T.V. Paul, ed., Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) Review Essays H- Diplo/ISSS Roundtable on Nuno P. Monteiro, Theory of Unipolar Politics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), online publication expected summer 2015 H- Diplo Roundtable on Keren Yarhi- Milo, Knowing the Adversary: Leaders, Intelligence, and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2014), online publication expected summer 2015 WORK- IN- PROGRESS Book Manuscripts The Best of Frenemies: Alliance Politics in U.S. Foreign Policy, single- authored manuscript- in- progress Article- Length Manuscripts Neoclassical Realist Theory and U.S. Alliances in a (Post?) Unipolar World (under review)
Page 5 of 8 Neoclassical Realism: A Behavior Theory of International Politics (in preparation) RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS A&S Deans Associate Professor Research Fellowship, Tufts University, spring 2015 Faculty Fellow, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University, 2013-2014 Faculty Research Grant, AS&E Faculty Research Awards Committee, Tufts University, 2013 Visiting Scholar, Université de Montreal- McGill University Centre for International Politics and Security Studies, Montreal, QC, Canada, April 2013 International Summer Policy Institute, Bridging the Gap Program, School of International Service, American University, June 2012 Bridging the Transatlantic Divide: American and European Realism Reconsidered, ISA Catalytic Workshop Grant, December 2010 Faculty Research Grant, AS&E Faculty Research Awards Committee, Tufts University, 2008 Grant- in- Aid, AS&E Faculty Research Awards Committee, Tufts University, 2003 Curriculum Development Grant, Critical Thinking Program, Tufts University, 2002 Junior Faculty Research Grant, The Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc., 2000-2001 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Professional Association Memberships American Political Science Association (APSA) International Studies Association (ISA) International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Manuscript Referee Activities Article referee for the journals: American Political Science Review, Contemporary Security Policy, Diplomatic History, International Interactions, International Security, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Review, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, and World Politics Book manuscript referee for: Cornell University Press, Oxford University Press, Stanford University Press, State University of New York Press, Palgrave Press/St. Martin'ʹs Press, and Routledge
Page 6 of 8 Editorial Boards, Association Committees, and Elected Societies Editorial Board, Review of International Studies (2010- present) Advisory Board, International Security Studies Forum (ISSF) (2010- present) Editorial Board, International Studies Review (2007-2011 and 2015- present) ISA Professional Responsibilities Committee (2012-2014) ISA Diversity Committee (2007-2010) Chair, Helen Dwight Reid Award Committee, APSA (annual award for the best dissertation in international relations sub field) (2003) Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Prize Committee, APSA International History and Politics Section (annual award for the best book in the fields of international history and politics) (2003) Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations (1999-2004) U.S. Government Advisory Panels D/CIA Historical Review Panel (2008- present) Grant Proposal Referee Humanities and Social Sciences Research Council of Canada Israeli Science Foundation Select Invited Presentations, Workshops, and Conferences (past 10 years) Neoclassical Realist Theory and U.S. Alliances in a (Post?) Unipolar World, presented at conference on After the Ukraine Crisis: Toward a Post- Hegemonic, Multipolar World? Center for Asian Globalisation, Lee Kwan Yu School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 24-25 February 2015. Did the U.S. and the Allies Fail to Accommodate Japan in the 1920s and the 1930s? presented at the Workshop on Rising Powers: Is Peaceful Accommodation Possible? Université de Montréal- McGill University Centre for International Politics and Security Studies (CIPSS), 2 November 2013. The Best of Frenemies: Neoclassical Realism and Alliance Politics, Université de Montreal- McGill University Centre for International Politics and Security Studies, Montreal, QC, Canada, 18 April 2012 Bridging the Gap Project, International Policy Summer Institute (ISPI), School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, 11-15 June 2012
Page 7 of 8 Neoclassical Realism and Regional Orders, Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 18 April 2011 Organizer and co- chair (with Professor Anders Wivel of the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Bridging the Transatlantic Divide: American and European Realism Reconsidered, Catalytic Research Workshop, International Studies Association Meeting, Fairmount The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada, 18 March 2011 Co- organizer and co- chair (along with Steven E. Lobell and Norrin M. Ripsman) Conference on Grand Strategy between the World Wars, Department of Political Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 26-27 March 2009 "ʺEUCOM 2020: Partnership Building Symposium,"ʺ U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and Business Transformation Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Garmisch, Germany, 4-7 August 2008 "ʺThe Primacy of Power: The Realism of U.S. Foreign Policy,"ʺ Ambassador John and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, Hinckley Institute of Politics, University of Utah, 11 April 2008 "ʺRealism and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Primacy of Power,"ʺ presented at Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University, 25 April 2007 Co- organizer (with Norrin M. Ripsman and Steven E. Lobell), "ʺConference on Neoclassical Realism and the State,"ʺ Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 25-26 May 2006 TEACHING Undergraduate courses (last 5 years): PS 61: Introduction to International Relations PS 160: Force, Strategy, and Arms Control PS 187: Intelligence and National Security (formerly taught as PS 188.45: Topics in IR) PS 189.40: Seminar in IR: World Wars and the Nation States Graduate courses (last 5 years): GMA P 240: Security Studies The Emerging Security Paradigm
Page 8 of 8 ACADEMIC SERVICE University- wide Committees Information Stewardship Subcommittee, IT Governance, 2015 Search Committee for Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Provost, 2014 Financial Resources Working Group, NEASC Reaccreditation, 2012-2013 President s Council on Diversity, 2012-2013 Administrative Processes and Structures Working Group, 2012-2013 Arts, Sciences, & Engineering Bylaw Committees Budget and Priorities Committee, elected, 2008-2012; chair, fall 2010 Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, 2003-2009; co- chair, 2007-2009; 2015- Arts, Sciences, & Engineering Ad- Hoc Committees Search Committee for Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Students, 2011 International Relations Program Executive Committee, 2004-2015 Curriculum Committee, 2004-2013 Political Science Department Methodology Requirement Committee, 2010- present Peter Belfer Award Committee, 2010- present PS Transfer Credit Coordinator, 2012- present Co- organizer, Political Science- Fletcher Joint Faculty Seminars, 2012- present Preparator for Second Year Review of Michael Beckley, 2014 Search Committees for Assistant Professor in IR, 2006 and 2011 Preparator for Tenure and Promotion Case of Kelly Greenhill, 2010 Preparator for Fourth Year Review of Kelly Greenhill, 2008 Global Master of Arts Program, Fletcher School Learning Management Platform Selection Committee, 2011-2012