2026 Juliet Kaarbo: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	32	1021	922	168	156	67	4370

Overview

Juliet Kaarbo is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom, specializing primarily in Social Sciences with a focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their research spans 25 publications in social sciences, including 16 in political science and international relations, 7 in sociology and political science, 2 in development, and 1 in social psychology.

Their work addresses a range of topics within international relations and foreign policy, European Union policy and governance, social policy and reform studies, peacebuilding and international security, international development and aid, cultural differences and values, as well as European and Russian geopolitical military strategies.

Recent publications by Juliet Kaarbo include:

New directions for leader personality research: breaking bad in foreign policy, 2021, International Affairs
What if? Counterfactual Trump and the western response to the war in Ukraine, 2023, International Affairs

Other notable works associated with their research area but authored by frequent collaborators or in closely related fields are:

Turkish leaders and their foreign policy decision-making style: a comparative and multi-method perspective, 2020, Turkish Studies
Role Theory, Foreign Policy, and the Social Construction of Sovereignty: Brexit Stage Right, 2021, Global Studies Quarterly
Predictably unpredictable: Trump's personality and approach towards China, 2021, Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Frequent coauthors working alongside Juliet Kaarbo include Ryan K. Beasley, Falk Ostermann, Florian Böller, Anna Herranz-Surrallés, and Michal Onderčo, each contributing to multiple collaborations.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Harvard Dataverse with three entries, International Affairs with two entries, and single publications in Turkish Studies, Global Studies Quarterly, and Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

This body of work reflects sustained engagement with international relations, examining leader personality in foreign policy, decision-making styles, and the social construction of sovereignty, alongside analyses of current global political developments.

Best Publications

A Practical Guide to the Comparative Case Study Method in Political Psychology

Juliet Kaarbo;Ryan K. Beasley

430
Citations
A Foreign Policy Analysis Perspective on the Domestic Politics Turn in IR Theory

Juliet Kaarbo

327
Citations
Contested Roles and Domestic Politics: Reflections on Role Theory in Foreign Policy Analysis and IR Theory

Cristian Cantir;Juliet Kaarbo

315
Citations
Leadership styles of prime ministers: How individual differences affect the foreign policymaking process

Juliet Kaarbo;Margaret G. Hermann

222
Citations
Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences on State Behavior

Ryan K. Beasley;Juliet Kaarbo;Jeffrey S. Lantis;Michael T. Snarr

202
Citations
Power and Influence in Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Role of Junior Coalition Partners in German and Israeli Foreign Policy

Juliet Kaarbo

198
Citations
Foreign Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century: Back to Comparison, Forward to Identity and Ideas

Juliet Kaarbo

173
Citations
Prime Minister Leadership Styles in Foreign Policy Decision-Making: A Framework for Research

Juliet Kaarbo

172
Citations
Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making: A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Choices

Juliet Kaarbo

153
Citations
When and How Parliaments Influence Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Iraq Decision

Baris Kesgin;Juliet Kaarbo

153
Citations
Taking It to the Extreme: The Effect of Coalition Cabinets on Foreign Policy

Juliet Kaarbo;Ryan K. Beasley

144
Citations
Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations

Cristian Cantir;Juliet Kaarbo

135
Citations
The Analysis of Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

Juliet Kaarbo;Jeffrey S. Lantis;Ryan K. Beasley;Brian White

118
Citations
The party politics of legislative‒executive relations in security and defence policy

Wolfgang Wagner;Anna Herranz-Surrallés;Juliet Kaarbo;Falk Ostermann

109
Citations
Power Politics in Foreign Policy: The Influence of Bureaucratic Minorities

Juliet Kaarbo

97
Citations
People and Processes in Foreign Policymaking: Insights from Comparative Case Studies

Ryan K. Beasley;Juliet Kaarbo;Charles F. Hermann;Margaret G. Hermann

88
Citations
Coalition Cabinet Decision Making: Institutional and Psychological Factors

Juliet Kaarbo

87
Citations
Party politics at the water's edge: Contestation of military operations in Europe

Wolfgang Wagner;Anna Herranz-Surrallés;Juliet Kaarbo;Falk Ostermann

67
Citations
Explaining Extremity in the Foreign Policies of Parliamentary Democracies

Ryan K. Beasley;Juliet Kaarbo

49
Citations
Personality or Role? Comparisons of Turkish Leaders Across Different Institutional Positions

Esra Cuhadar;Juliet Kaarbo;Baris Kesgin;Binnur Ozkececi-Taner

48
Citations
Prime Minister leadership style and the role of parliament in security policy

Juliet Kaarbo

28
Citations
Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making

Juliet Kaarbo

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret G. Hermann Syracuse University

Robert Elgie Dublin City University

Rudy B. Andeweg Leiden University

Paul 't Hart Utrecht University

Diana Panke Freie Universität Berlin

External Links

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