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Brian C. Rathbun

Brian C. Rathbun

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Political Science

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26
Citations
3672
World Ranking
1525
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Overview

Brian C. Rathbun is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their academic contributions focus on sociology, political science, and international relations, with additional work spanning philosophy, strategy and management, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scholar's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Towards a dual process model of foreign policy ideology," 2020, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • "No Fair! Distinguishing Between the Pursuit of Status and Equity in International Relations," 2022, International Studies Quarterly
  • "See No Evil, Speak No Evil? Morality, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Nature of International Relations," 2021, International Organization

Other notable papers co-authored or associated with Rathbun include:

  • "Fair Share? Equality and Equity in American Attitudes Toward Trade," 2021, International Organization
  • "Parties to an alliance: Ideology and the domestic politics of international institutionalization," 2020, Journal of Peace Research

Rathbun's collaboration network features frequent co-authors such as Caleb Pomeroy, Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Ryan Brutger, Christopher S. Parker, and Aaron Rapport.

The scholar's publications appear in journals and platforms including:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Organization
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • Journal of Peace Research
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Research topics addressed cover a range of areas, with a dominant emphasis on social and intergroup psychology. Additional concentration areas include war, ethics, and justification; terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence; global peace and security dynamics; global trade, sustainability, and social impact; political philosophy and ethics; and political conflict and governance.

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • War, Ethics, and Justification
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Global Trade, Sustainability, and Social Impact
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Political Conflict and Governance

The scholar has authored a book published by Cambridge University Press titled Right and Wronged in International Relations (2023).

Best Publications

  • A Rose by Any Other Name: Neoclassical Realism as the Logical and Necessary Extension of Structural Realism

    Brian Rathbun

  • Moral Support: How Moral Values Shape Foreign Policy Attitudes

    Joshua David Kertzer;Kathleen E. Powers;Brian C. Rathbun;Ravi Iyer

  • Partisan Interventions: European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Uncertain about Uncertainty: Understanding the Multiple Meanings of a Crucial Concept in International Relations Theory

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Interviewing and Qualitative Field Methods: Pragmatism and Practicalities

    Brian Christopher Rathbun

  • Taking foreign policy personally : personal values and foreign policy attitudes

    Brian C. Rathbun;Joshua D. Kertzer;Jason Reifler;Paul Goren

  • Before Hegemony: Generalized Trust and the Creation and Design of International Security Organizations

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Trust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics and American Multilateralism

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Hierarchy and Community at Home and Abroad Evidence of a Common Structure of Domestic and Foreign Policy Beliefs in American Elites

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • It takes all types: social psychology, trust, and the international relations paradigm in our minds

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Greater Goods: Morality and Attitudes toward the Use of Nuclear Weapons:

    Brian C. Rathbun;Rachel Stein

  • Fair is Fair: Social Preferences and Reciprocity in International Politics

    Joshua D. Kertzer;Brian C. Rathbun

  • The 'Magnificent Fraud': Trust, International Cooperation, and the Hidden Domestic Politics of American Multilateralism after World War II 1

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Populist referendum: Was ‘Brexit’ an expression of nativist and anti-elitist sentiment?:

    Evgeniia Iakhnis;Brian Rathbun;Jason Reifler;Thomas J. Scotto

  • Trust in International Cooperation

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  • Homo Diplomaticus: Mixed-Method Evidence of Variation in Strategic Rationality

    Brian C. Rathbun;Joshua D. Kertzer;Mark Paradis

  • Scarce Differences: Toward a Material and Systemic Foundation for Offensive and Defensive Realism

    Eric J. Hamilton;Brian C. Rathbun

  • The Price of Peace: Motivated Reasoning and Costly Signaling in International Relations

    Joshua D. Kertzer;Brian C. Rathbun;Nina Srinivasan Rathbun

  • Reasoning of State: Realists, Romantics and Rationality in International Relations

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Fair Share? Equality and Equity in American Attitudes Toward Trade

    Ryan Brutger;Brian Rathbun

  • Introduction: What Is Populist Nationalism and Why Does It Matter?

    Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Neil Narang;Brian C. Rathbun

  • Wedges and Widgets: Liberalism, Libertarianism, and the Trade Attitudes of the American Mass Public and Elites

    Brian Rathbun

  • Politics and Paradigm Preferences: The Implicit Ideology of International Relations Scholars

    Brian Rathbun

  • Towards a dual process model of foreign policy ideology

    Brian Rathbun

  • From vicious to virtuous circle: Moralistic trust, diffuse reciprocity, and the American security commitment to Europe

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Does One Right Make a Realist? Conservatism, Neoconservatism, and Isolationism in the Foreign Policy Ideology of American Elites

    Brian C. Rathbun

  • Diplomacy's Value

    Brian C. Rathbun

Frequent Co-Authors

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton
Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton University of California, San Diego
Jason Reifler
Jason Reifler University of Southampton

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