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Education & Work Information
Education & Work Information
Earned PhD from the University of Arizona - 2021
Adjunct faculty teaching undergrad/grad students
General: American & Comparative politics, International relations, Policy & public administration
Specialized: Human & traditional security studies, Middle East, sub-Saharan African politics, terrorism
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Sources of Great Power Competition
Sources of Great Power Competition
The Sources of Great Power Competition. Rising Powers, Grand Strategy, and System Dynamics. 2025. Routledge.
Shocks and political change
Shocks and political change
Shocks and Political Change; A Comparative Perspective on Foreign Policy Analysis. 2023. Springer Publishing.
Political shocks in foreign policy & international politics
Political shocks in foreign policy & international politics
Gordell, Kelly Marie, and Thomas J. Volgy. 2022. "Political Shocks in Foreign Policy and International Politics: An Alternative Approach." Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 28.2: 109-126.
*Winner of CFPJ Best Paper of the Year Award
Available online here.
regions, power, & conflict
regions, power, & conflict
Regions, Power, and Conflict; Constrained Capabilities, Hierarchy, and Rivalry. 2022. Springer Publishing.
An assessment of political shocks: considering the domestic and international consequences
An assessment of political shocks: considering the domestic and international consequences
Doctoral dissertation. 2021.
Available here.
the strength of nations
the strength of nations
Gordell, Kelly Marie, William R. Thompson, & Thomas J. Volgy. 2021. "The Strength of Nations: Constrained Indicators, and the Salience of Asymmetry in Conflict Relationships." TransResearch Consortium (TRC) Working Paper Series Number 2.
Crucial fault lines in the Middle east
Crucial fault lines in the Middle east
Volgy, Thomas J., Kelly Marie Gordell, and Paul Bezerra. 2020. "Crucial Fault Lines in the Middle East: Interstate Rivalries in Comparative Perspective." In Imad Mansour and William R. Thompson (eds.), Shocks & Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa. Georgetown University Press.
Rising Powers, Status Competition, & Global Governance
Rising Powers, Status Competition, & Global Governance
Volgy, Thomas J., & Kelly Marie Gordell. 2019. “Rising powers, status competition, and global governance: a closer look at three contested concepts for analyzing status dynamics in international politics.” Contemporary Politics. 25.5: 512-531.
Available online here.
Keywords: Rising powers, status, governance, conflict, cooperation
Conflict, Regions, & Regional Hierarchies
Conflict, Regions, & Regional Hierarchies
Volgy, Thomas J., Kelly Marie Gordell, Paul Bezerra, & Jon Patrick Rhamey, Jr. 2017. “Conflict, Regions, and Regional hierarchies.” In William R. Thompson (ed.), The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory. Oxford University Press.
Available online here. 4-volume set info here.
Keywords: Regions, Conflict, Hierarchy, MIDs, Major Powers, Regional Powers
Conflict, regions, & regional hierarchies - supplemental materials:
Conflict, Regions, and Regional Hierarchies: Criteria & Coding - Click to download
Militarized Interstate Disputes Regional List Data - Click to download
Oxford Replication Data - Multi-format: Excel Stata Stata do
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