Dr. Christopher Dolan

The Presidency and Economic Policy By Chris Dolan, John Frendreis, and Ray Tatalovich

In War We Trust: The Bush Doctrine and the Pursuit of Just War By Chris Dolan

Striking First: The Preventive Doctrine and the Re-Shaping of US Foreign Policy By Betty Glad and Chris Dolan

Books:
2008. The Presidency and Economic Policy. (With Raymond Tatalovich and John Frendreis). New York: Rowan and Littlefield, January, 272 pp. ISBN: 0742547299

2005. In War We Trust: The Bush Doctrine and the Pursuit of Just War. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Press, May, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-7546-4234-8

2004. Striking First: The Preventive Doctrine and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy (Co-Edited with Betty Glad). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, December, 240 pp. ISBN: 1-4039-6548-X

Referred Articles:
2009. “A Presidential Economic Scorecard: Performance and Perception.” (Co-authored with ?John Frendreis and Raymond Tatalovich) PS: Political Science and Politics (In press). Scheduled date of publication: Volume 42, number 4 (October): pp. 689-694.

2009. “The United States in Global Transition: Foreign Policy Continuity and Change from Bush to Obama.” “Os Estados Unidos na transición global: continuidade e cambio na política exterior de Bush a Obama.” Tempo exterior: Revista de análise e estudios internacionais/ n° 12, IGADI, Baiona, Galicia (Spain), July 2009: 18.

2008. "The Shape of Elite Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy, 1992 to 2004." Forthcoming (Accepted for Publication) in Politics and Policy 36 (4).

2008. "More Than Meets the Eye: The Political Determinants of Presidential Executive Agreements." (With Scot Schraufnagel) White House Studies (Forthcoming) 8 (1).

2007. "American Humanitarian Intervention: Toward a Theory of Co-Evolution." (With Alynna J. Lyon). Foreign Policy Analysis 3 (1): 46-79.

2007. "In His Shadow: The Impact of the Reagan Economic Regime and Institutional Structure on the Bush administrations." White House Studies 7 (3).

2006. "U.S. Foreign Economic Policy and the Significance of the National Economic Council." (With Jerel A. Rosati). International Studies Perspectives 7 (2): pp. 102-123.

2006. "The War about the War: Iraq and the Politics of National Security Advising in the GW Bush Administration's First Term." (With David B. Cohen). Politics and Policy 34 (1): pp. 30-64.

2005. "United States Narco-Terrorism Policy: A Contingency Approach to Understanding the Convergence of the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism." Review of Policy Research 22 (4): pp. 451-471.

2005. "Waging War Against Iraq: Jus Ad Bellum Considerations." Politics and Ethics Review1 (2): pp. 158-176.

2005. "Revisiting El Dorado Canyon: Terrorism, the Reagan Administration, and the 1986 Bombing of Libya." (With David B. Cohen). White House Studies 5 (2): pp. 153-174.

2003. "Selective Multilateralism and the Emerging Post-9/11 U.S. Foreign Policy." International Politics 40 (3): pp. 425-431.

2003. "Economic Policy and Decision-Making at the Intersection of International and Domestic Politics: The Advocacy Coalition Framework and the National Economic Council." Policy Studies Journal 31 (2): pp. 209-236.

2003. "Presidential Coordination Efforts in U.S Foreign Economic Policymaking: A Historical Assessment, 1945 to 1992." White House Studies 3 (2): pp. 158-182.

2002. "A Place at the Table: The Emerging Foreign Policy Roles of the White House Chief of Staff." (With David B. Cohen and Jerel A. Rosati). Congress and the Presidency 29 (2): pp. 119-149.

Book Chapters:
2008. "America and the Case for Just War Against Iraq." In Ethics, Law and Society, IV, edited by Jenny Gunning, Soren Holm, and Ian Kenway. Ashgate Press.

2007. "The Impact of the Reagan Economic Regime and Institutional Structure on the Bush Administrations." In The Presidencies of George Herbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bush: Like Father Like Son?, edited by Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Glenn P. Hastedt. Nova Science Publishers.

2005. "Moralizing Violence or a Just Response?: The Dimensions and Limitations of the Bush Doctrine." In Justice and Violence: Political Violence, Pacifism and Cultural Transformation, edited by Allan W. Eickelmann, Tom Lansford, and Eric Nelson. Ashgate Press, pp. 21-38.

2004. "Foreign Policy on the Offensive." In Striking First: The Preventive War Doctrine and the Reshaping of US Foreign Policy, edited by Betty Glad and Chris J. Dolan. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 3-22.

2004. "Air Transportation Policy in the Wake of September 11th: Security and Civil Liberties in an Authority Centralization Context."(Co-authored with Brian J. Gerber). In American National Security and Civil Liberties in an Era of Terrorism, edited by David B. Cohen and John W. Wells. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 147-166.

2004. "Vigor and Vacillation: An Early Assessment of Bush's Economic Policy." In George W. Bush: A Political and Ethical Assessment at Midterm, edited by Bryan Hilliard, Tom Lansford, and Robert P. Watson. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pp. 69-83.

2004. "3 Cheers for Attack Ads and Negative Campaign Tactics !!!" In Lights, Camera, Campaign: Media, Politics, and Political Advertising, edited by David Schultz. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, pp. 45-71.

2002. "Debunking the Myth: Carter, Congress, and the Politics of Airline Deregulation." (Co- authored with David B. Cohen). In Contemporary Presidential Politics: A Reader, edited by Robert P. Watson. Hauppauge, NY: Nova History Books, pp. 163-188. Reprint of article published in White House Studies.

Book Reviews:
2006. U.S.- Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992: An Uneasy Relationship. Chookiat Panaspornprasit. Middle East Studies Bulletin.

2005. Agents of Atrocity: Leaders, Followers, and the Violation of Human Rights in Civil War. Neil J. Mitchell. Politics and Ethics Review 1 (1).

2005. Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys. K. Michael Prince. Social Science Journal.

2004. The Use of Force After the Cold War. Edited by H.W. Brands, Texas A & M Press Rhetoric and Public Affairs 7 (3).

2004. Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. Warren F. Kimball, Ivan R. Dee. White House Studies 4 (4).

2003. The Presidency and the Law: The Clinton Legacy. Edited by David Gray Adler and Michael A. Genovese, University Press of Kansas. Journal of Politics.

2003. John Adams. David McCullough, Simon and Schuster. Millennium: A Journal of International Studies 31 (3).

2003. State and Society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution. Victor Uribe-Uran (Editor), Scholarly Resources Books. South Eastern Latin Americanist.

2002. Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. Gary R. Hess, 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press. White House Studies 2 (4).

2002. The President and His Inner Circle: Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policymaking. Thomas Preston, Columbia University Press. Canadian Journal of Political Science 35 (1).

Conference Participation

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
2010. "From Scratch: Designing and Implementing an International Studies Program at a Small College." Northeastern Political Science Association in Boston.

2009. “Energy in the National Interest: Understanding the Essence and Evolution of American Geo-Strategy.” Northeastern Political Science Association in Philadelphia.

2009. “The Place and Role of Energy Interests in American Geostrategy.” International Studies Association-Northeast in Baltimore.

2008. "Targeting Rogue States and Hegemony.” (Co-authored with Michael Grossman). International Studies Association-Northeast in Baltimore. 

2008. "Economic Performance During the Bush administrations: The Impact of the Reagan Economic Regime and Institutional Structure." 2008 Byrd Symposium on the Father and Son Presidencies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush: A Comparative Perspective, March 25, 2008, Taylor Hall, Department of Political Science, James Madison University.

2006. "The Guru in Foreign Economic Policy: The Rise and Evolution of the National Economic Adviser." American Political Science Association in Philadelphia.

2006. "The Politics of Disaster: Intergovernmental Distribution, Punctuated Equilibrium, and the Evolution of Emergency Management Policy." Conference on Policy History, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville.

2006. "Brokerage and Advocacy in U.S. Foreign Economic Policy: The National Economic Adviser During the Clinton Administration." Florida Political Science Association Florida International University in Miami.

2005. "Strategic Humanitarianism? An Exploration of American Involvement in Iraq, Kosovo and Tsunami Relief Efforts." (With Alynna Lyon). Georgia Political Science Association in Savannah.

2005. "American Humanitarian Intervention: The Co-evolution of Self-Interested Altruism." (With Alynna Lyon). International Studies Association-West in St. Louis.

2005. "Harmony or Discord: Evaluating the Foreign Policy Beliefs of Elites, 1992-2004." American Political Science Association in Washington DC.

2004. "The Bush Foreign Policy Network: Advocacy Coalition Formation and Maintenance." American Political Science Association in Chicago.

2004. "The Policy Evolution of the First Strike Doctrine & Its Implications." Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, University of Central Florida in Orlando.

2004. "Moralizing Violence or a Just Response?: A Theory of Offensive War." Past, Present, and Future of Political Violence, University of Southern Mississippi in Gulfport.

2003. "More Than Meets the Eye: Analyzing the Political Determinants of Presidential Executive Agreements." American Political Science Association in Philadelphia.

2003. "V.P. Ascendant: The Rise of Vice-President Cheney in Shaping and Influencing US Foreign Policy." (With Jack Lechelt). Western Political Science Association in Denver.

2002. "Vigor and Vacillation: Assessing President Bush’s Economic Policy at the Midpoint." President George W. Bush at the Midpoint: Political, Historical, and Ethical Considerations, University of Southern Mississippi in Gulfport.

2002. "Coordinating and Managing Intermestic Politics: The President and the National Economic Council." Southern Political Science Association in Savannah.

2001. "Congress, the President, and the National Economic Council: The Impact of Inter-branch Politics in US Foreign Policy Toward the Global Financial Contagion and in US-China Relations." Northeast Political Science Association in Philadelphia.

2000. "Interest Groups and Social Movements Battling About the Confederate Flag in South Carolina." (With Laura R. Wolver and Angela Ledford). Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta.

2000. "The Carter Presidency and the Case of Airline Deregulation." (With David B. Cohen). Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta.

1999. "Beyond the Enemy Image: Reagan, Gorbachev, and the Politics of Perception." (With Michael Grossman). Southern Political Science Association in Savannah.

1998. "Reassessing the Roosevelt Presidency: A Critique of the Competitive Model of Presidential Management." Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta.

1997. "Woodrow Wilson and the Two Constitutions Thesis: Presidential Rhetoric in Historical Context." Northeast Political Science Association in Philadelphia.

1996. "Representation versus Responsibility in the Legislative Process: The Republican Leadership of the 104th Congress." Northeast Political Science Association in Boston.

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