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Cameron Thies

Cameron  Thies
  • Dean
  • Professor

Biography

Cameron G. Thies is dean of James Madison College and MSU Foundation Professor. Thies is a scholar of international relations who has published broadly in foreign policy analysis, conflict processes, international political economy, and international relations theory. He is currently a co-investigator on a Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative project entitled “Chinese Economic Power and the Effects of U.S. Economic Interdependence.” He has previously served as Editor of Political Science Research & Methods and Foreign Policy Analysis, and now serves as the Deputy Lead Editor of the Journal of Politics. He was named the Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis (2016), the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar (2017), and the Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar (2020) of the International Studies Association. Thies also served as the President of the International Studies Association (2019-2020).

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Publications

Thies, Cameron G. "Populism and Central Bank Independence: A Conceptual and Empirical Reassessment." Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 3, no. 1 (2022): 87-105.

Demirduzen, Cagla, and Cameron G. Thies. "A Role Theory Approach to Grand Strategy: Horizontal Role Contestation and Consensus in the Case of China." Journal of Global Security Studies 7, no. 1 (2022): ogab018.

Demirduzen, Cagla, and Cameron G. Thies. "A Role Theory Approach to Grand Strategy: Horizontal Role Contestation and Consensus in the Case of China." Journal of Global Security Studies 7, no. 1 (2022): ogab018.

Wehner, Leslie E., and Cameron G. Thies. "Leader Influence in Role Selection Choices: Fulfilling Role Theory's Potential for Foreign Policy Analysis." International Studies Review 23, no. 4 (2021): 1424-1441.

Boyer, Mark A., Cameron G. Thies, Louis W. Pauly, Chih-yu Shih, Jessica De Alba-Ulloa, Shweta Singh, Didier Bigo et al. "Did “America First” Construct America Irrelevant?." International Studies Perspectives 22, no. 4 (2021): 458-494.

Guimarães, Feliciano de Sá, Soo Yeon Kim, and Cameron G. Thies. "Introduction to the Presidential Special Issue “Multiple Identities and Scholarship in International Studies”." International Studies Review 23, no. 2 (2021): 297-301.

Windsor, Leah C., and Cameron G. Thies. "Mentorship:“Men in the middle” and their role as allies in addressing gender bias." PS: Political Science & Politics 54, no. 3 (2021): 502-504.

Thies, Cameron G., and Leslie E. Wehner. "Identity Management and Role Branding in Security Affairs: Alliance Building in Argentine Foreign Policy." Journal of Global Security Studies 6, no. 4 (2021): ogaa055.

Wehner, Leslie E., and Cameron G. Thies. "The nexus of populism and foreign policy: The case of Latin America." International Relations 35, no. 2 (2021): 320-340.

Cook, Scott J., and Cameron G. Thies. "In plain sight? Reconsidering the linkage between brideprice and violent conflict." Conflict Management and Peace Science 38, no. 2 (2021): 129-146.

Boyer, Mark, and Cameron G. Thies. Introduction to “Forum: Did “America First” Construct America Irrelevant? International Studies Perspectives 22(4). 2021.

Guimarães, Feliciano de Sá, Soo Yeon Kim, and Cameron G. Thies. "Introduction to the Presidential Special Issue “Multiple Identities and Scholarship in International Studies”." International Studies Review 23, no. 2 (2021): 297-301.

Ishiyama, John, Marijke Breuning, Cameron G. Thies, Renée Van Vechten, and Sherri L. Wallace. "Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major: An Introduction to the Symposium." PS: Political Science & Politics 54, no. 2 (2021): 353-357.

Cook, Scott J., and Cameron G. Thies. "Reply to Hudson and Matfess." Conflict Management and Peace Science 38, no. 2 (2021): 154-155.

Mueller, Valerie, Matthew Smoldt, and Cameron Thies. “El gobierno de López Obrador debe prepararse para una diminución en el envoi de remesas.” El Economista, August 28 2020. p. 8.

Thies, Cameron G. "Multiple Identities and Scholarship in International Studies: 2019 ISA Presidential Address." International Studies Quarterly 64, no. 2 (2020): 259-265.

Akoto, William, Timothy M. Peterson, and Cameron G. Thies. "Trade composition and acquiescence to sanction threats." Political Research Quarterly 73, no. 3 (2020): 526-539.

Thies, Cameron G. "Misplaced from the start: Israel’s state identity and the search for regional acceptance." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 33, no. 4 (2020): 527-541.

Aslam, Wali, Leslie Wehner, Kei Koga, Janis van der Westhuizen, Cameron G. Thies, and Feliciano de Sá Guimarães. "Misplaced states and the politics of regional identity: towards a theoretical framework." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 33, no. 4 (2020): 505-526.

Rezaeedaryakenari, Babak, Steven T. Landis, and Cameron G. Thies. "Food price volatilities and civilian victimization in Africa." Conflict Management and Peace Science 37, no. 2 (2020): 193-214.

Thies, Cameron G. “The Future of Chinese Leadership in the Global Economy,” in Kai He and Huiyun Feng, eds., China’s Challenges and International Order Transition: Beyond “Thucydides’s Trap,” pp. 225-239 Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2020.

Thies, Cameron G. “Australia’s Role Conceptions in a Multipolar World,” in Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin, eds. America’s Allies and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony, pp. 99-109. New York, NY: Routledge. 2020.

Boucher, Jean-Christophe, and Cameron G. Thies. "“I am a tariff man”: The power of populist foreign policy rhetoric under President Trump." The Journal of Politics 81, no. 2 (2019): 712-722.

Friedrichs, Gordon, Harnisch, Sebastian, and Thies, Cameron G. "The Politics of Resilience and Transatlantic Order." 2019.

Nieman, Mark David, and Cameron G. Thies. "Property rights regimes, technological innovation, and foreign direct investment." Political Science Research and Methods 7, no. 3 (2019): 451-469.

Sagarzazu, Iñaki, and Cameron G. Thies. "The foreign policy rhetoric of populism: Chávez, oil, and anti-imperialism." Political Research Quarterly 72, no. 1 (2019): 205-214.

Han, Enze, and Cameron Thies. "External threats, internal challenges, and state building in East Asia." Journal of East Asian Studies 19, no. 3 (2019): 339-360.

Thies, Cameron G., and Leslie E. Wehner. "The role of role theory in international political economy." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 32, no. 6 (2019): 712-733.

Harnisch, Sebastian, Cameron G. Thies, and Gordon Friedrichs. "Theorizing transatlantic crisis resilience: An introduction." In The Politics of Resilience and Transatlantic Order, pp. 1-17. Routledge, 2019.

Harnisch, Sebastian, Cameron G. Thies, and Gordon Friedrichs. "The logic of crisis resilience in transatlantic relations." In The Politics of Resilience and Transatlantic Order, pp. 221-236. Routledge, 2019.

Thies, Cameron G. "Multiplicity and Foreign Policy Analysis." New Perspectives 27, no. 3 (2019): 150-152.