Alexander Thompson
Associate Professor
Political Science
2139 Derby Hall
614.292.9491
thompson.1191@osu.edu
Education
B.A., Connecticut College, International Relations (1994)
M.A., University of Chicago, Political Science (1997)
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Political Science (2001)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Thompson has research and teaching interests in international relations, with particular emphasis on international organization, international political economy and international environmental politics. His book, Channeling Power: The UN Security Council and American Statecraft in Iraq, asks why powerful states often conduct coercive foreign policies through international organizations but sometimes operate alone.
Much of his research addresses issues of institutional variation and design at the international level, with specific projects focused on legalization in international trade, the design of the climate change regime, UN weapons inspections, and the politics of economic treaty ratification. He also writes and speaks on the question of unilateralism versus multilateralism in U.S. foreign policy.
Selected Publications
"Rational Design in Motion: Uncertainty and Flexibility in the Climate Change Regime" (European Journal of International Relations, forthcoming)
Channels of Power: The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq (Cornell University Press, 2009)
"The Rational Enforcement of International Law: Solving the Sanctioners' Dilemma" (International Theory, 2009)
"Industrialized-Country Mitigation Policy and Resource Transfers to Developing Countries: Improving and Expanding Greenhouse Gas Offsets," in Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement, with Andrew Keeler, Joseph Aldy and Robert Stavins (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
"Coercion through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information Transmission" (International Organization, 2006)
"The Independence of International Organizations: Concept and Applications," with Yoram Haftel (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2006)
"Screening Power: International Organizations as Informative Agents," in Delegation and Agency in International Organizations, ed. by Darren Hawkins, David Lake, Daniel Nielson and Michael Tierney (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
"Management under Anarchy: The International Politics of Climate Change" (Climatic Change, 2006)
Honors and Awards
Robert O. Keohane Award for best article published in International Organization in 2006 by an untenured scholar (2007)
Finalist, Colleges of the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, The Ohio State University (2005)
Faculty Seed Grant Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University (2002-03)
Mellon Foundation Final-Year Dissertation Fellowship (2000-01)
MacArthur Fellowship, University of Chicago (1999-2000)
Mershon Projects
The Performance of International Organizations (2008-09)
Globalization, Institutions and Economic Security speaker series, with Sarah Brooks (2006-07)
IO Legitimation and the Use of Force (2005-06)
Channeling Statecraft: Economic Coercion through International Organizations (2002-03)
Human Elements of Global Warming in the International Context (2002-03)
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