USFP Faculty Research Interests

Gordon Adams
National Security Institutions, Personnel and Resources
Defense Policy
Foreign Assistance

Philip Brenner
U.S. Foreign Policy toward Latin America
Congress and Foreign Policy
U.S.-Cuban Relations
Foreign Policy Institutions and Processes

Elizabeth Cohn
U.S. Democracy Promotion
U.S. Foreign Policy toward Latin America

David Martin-McCormick
National security intelligence content, structure, and processes
Terrorism
Operation of national security

David Mislan
U.S. presidency and foreign policy
Theories of decision-making
U.S. grand strategy
Causes of war & peace

Shoon Murray
U.S. Foreign policy-making process
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Media and Foreign Policy
Presidential Framing and Foreign Policy
Leaders' Belief Systems
Domestic politics of Military Interventions

Robert Pastor
U.S. Foreign Policy towards North and South America and the Middle East
Congress, Domestic Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy
Democratization
Trade and Development
International Security
Conflict Resolution

Anthony C.E. Quainton
U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East and Latin America
Public Diplomacy
Diplomatic Practice

Sally Shelton-Colby
U.S. foreign policy-making process
Congress, domestic politics, and U.S. foreign policy
U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean

Jordan Tama
National Security Commissions
The Foreign Policy Making Process
National Security Strategy
Terrorism

Sharon Weiner
U.S. National Security Institutions and Security Policy
Nonproliferation and WMD
Civil-Military Relations

Guy Ziv
U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East
American Diplomacy
Theories of Decision-making
Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking
The Role of Think Tanks in U.S. Foreign Policy