James Fearon

"A Simple Political Economy of International Relations Between Democracies and Autocracies"

Monday, April 6, 2009
Noon
Mershon Center for International Security Studies
1501 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43201

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James Fearon is the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Political Science and CISAC affiliated faculty member at Stanford University.

His research focuses on democracy and international disputes, explanations for interstate wars, and, most recently, the causes of civil and especially ethnic violence. He is presently working on a book manuscript with David Laitin on civil war since 1945.

Fearon's recent publications include "Iraq's Civil War" (Foreign Affairs, 2007); "Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War" (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005); "Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer Than Others?" (Journal of Peace Research, 2004); and "Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States" (International Security, 2004).

In 2006, Fearon was awarded the Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies Award by the Freeman-Spogli Institute of International Studies at Stanford University.  In 2002, he was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences.

Fearon won the 1999 Karl Deutsch Award, which is presented annually to a scholar under the age of 40, or within 10 years of the acquisition of his or her doctoral degree, who is judged to have made, through a body publications, the most significant contribution to the study of international relations and peace research.

Additionally, Fearon is on the editorial board for the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, International Organization, and Rationality and Society.

James Fearon
Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities
and Sciences
Stanford University