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Cameron Thies

Cameron Thies
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  • 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. His recent publications include the Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis (2024) and the Edward Elgar Handbook of International Relations (2025). He has previously served as Editor of Political Science Research & Methods, Foreign Policy Analysis, and 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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Books

Thies, Cameron G. and Mark David Nieman. 2017. Rising Powers and Foreign Policy Revisionism: Understanding BRICS Identity and Behavior through Time. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Thies, Cameron G. and Timothy M. Peterson. 2015. Intra-Industry Trade: Cooperation and Conflict in the Global Political Economy. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Thies, Cameron G. 2013. The United States, Israel, and the Search for International Order: Socializing States. New York, NY: Routledge.

Edited Volumes

Thies, Cameron G., Editor. 2025. Handbook of International Relations. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Kaarbo, Juliet, and Cameron G. Thies, Editors. 2024. Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.

Brown, Mitchell, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies, Editors. 2022. Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Brown, Mitchell, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies, Editors. 2022. Teaching Graduate Political Methodology. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Friedrichs, Gordon, Sebastian Harnisch, and Cameron G. Thies, Editors. 2019. Enduring Crisis? The Politics of Resilience and Transatlantic Order. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Thies, Cameron G., Editor-in-Chief. 2018. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press.

Edited Special Issues of Journals

Boyer, Mark and Cameron G. Thies, Eds. 2021. Forum: Did “America First” Construct America Irrelevant? International Studies Perspectives 22(4): 458-494.

de Sá Guimarães, Feliciano, Soo Yeon Kim, and Cameron G. Thies, Eds. 2021. Presidential Special Issue: Multiple Identities and Scholarship in International Studies. International Studies Review 23(2).

Thies, Cameron G., and Marijke Breuning, Eds. 2012. Integrating Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations through Role Theory. Foreign Policy Analysis 8(1).

Recent Journal Articles

Smoldt, Matthew, Valerie Mueller, and Cameron G. Thies. 2025. U.S. Enforcement Politics and Remittance Dynamics in Mexico. Journal of Politics 87(1): 143-157.

Altiparmak, Suleyman Orhun, Keith Waters, Cameron G. Thies and Shade T. Shutters. 2025. Cornering the Market with Foreign Direct Investments: China’s Cobalt Politics. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition.

RezaeeDaryakenari, Babak, Peyman Asadzade, and Cameron G. Thies. 2024. Economic Sanctions and Food Consumption: Evidence from Iranian Households. International Studies Quarterly 68(3)

Schulz, Carsten-Andreas, and Cameron G. Thies. 2024. Status Cues and Normative Change: How the Oscar Awards Facilitated Chile’s Gender Identity Law. Review of International Studies 50(1): 127-145.

Waters, Keith, Suleyman O. Altiparmak, Shade T. Shutters, and Cameron Thies. 2024. The Green Mirage: The EU’s Complex Relationship with Palm Oil Biodiesel in the Context of Environmental Narratives and Global Trade Dynamics. Energies 17(2).

Sjoberg, Laura, and Cameron G. Thies. 2023. Gender and International Relations. Annual Review of Political Science 26: 451-467.

Chadi, Tarek Abou; Bond, Kanisha; Dorff, Cassy; Hagen, Jamie; Hendrix, Cullen; Thies, Cameron. 2023. International Studies and the Struggle for Inclusion. International Studies Review 25(2).

Altıparmak, Süleyman Orhun, Cameron Thies, Shade T. Shutters, and Keith Waters. 2023. Inducing New Bilateral Oil Interdependencies: The Unintended Impact of 2014 US-led Sanctions on Russia. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 6(3): 154–65.

Ai, Weining, and Cameron G. Thies. 2023. Perception, Interest Constitution, and the Efficacy of Socialization: EU and US Socialization Efforts with China. Journal of International Relations and Development 26(1): 131–158.

Abbasov, Namig, and Cameron G. Thies. 2023. Between the West and Russia: Explaining Individual Foreign Policy Preferences in Small States. Foreign Policy Analysis 19(2).

Hinojosa, Magda, and Cameron G. Thies. 2023. Structuring Inclusion into Faculty Recruitment and Retention. PS: Political Science and Politics 56(1): 114-117.

Thies, Cameron G. Thies. 2022. Populism and Central Bank Independence: A Conceptual and Empirical Reassessment. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 3(1): 87-105.

Thies, Cameron G. Thies. 2022. Domestic Processes, External Threats, and Latin American State Building: From Comparative Historical Analysis to Comparative Hypothesis Testing. Journal of Historical Political Economy 2(1): 135-157.

Demirduzen, Cagla, and Cameron G. Thies. 2022. A Role Theory Approach to Grand Strategy: Horizontal Role Contestation and Consensus in the Case of China. Journal of Global Security Studies 7(1).

Wehner, Leslie, and Cameron G. Thies. 2021. Leader Influence in Role Selection Choices: Fulfilling Role Theory’s Potential for Foreign Policy Analysis. International Studies Review 23(4): 1424-1441.

Windsor, Leah, and Cameron G. Thies. 2021. MENtorship: "Men in the Middle" and Their Role as Allies in Addressing Gender Bias. PS: Political Science & Politics 54(3): 502-504.

Thies, Cameron G., and Leslie Wehner. 2021. Identity Management and Role Branding in Security Affairs: Alliance-Building in Argentine Foreign Policy. Journal of Global Security Studies 6(4):

Wehner, Leslie, and Cameron G. Thies. 2021. The Nexus of Populism and Foreign Policy: The Case of Latin America. International Relations 35(2): 320-340

Cook, Scott, and Cameron G. Thies. 2021. In Plain Sight? Reconsidering the Linkage between Brideprice and Violent Conflict. Conflict Management and Peace Science 38(2): 129-146.

Recent Book Chapters

Boucher, Jean-Christophe, and Cameron G. Thies. 2025. “Nativism, Economic Nationalism, and Populism in US Foreign Policy,” in Angelos Chryssogelos, Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Kirk A. Hawkins, Levente Littvay, and Nina Wiesehomeier, eds., The Ideational Approach to Populism, Volume II, pp. 218-238. London: Routledge.

Jenne, Erin, and Cameron G. Thies. 2024. “Populism and Nationalism in Foreign Policy Analysis,” in Juliet Kaarbo and Cameron G. Thies, eds., Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis, pp. 229-248. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kaarbo, Juliet, and Cameron G. Thies. 2024. “Repositioning Foreign Policy Analysis in International Relations,” in Juliet Kaarbo and Cameron G. Thies, eds., Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis, pp. 1-21. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Thies, Cameron G., and Leslie Wehner. 2023. “Role Theory and Political Shocks,”, in William R. Thompson and Thomas J. Volgy, eds., Shocks and Political Change: A Comparative Perspective on Foreign Policy Analysis. Singapore: Springer Nature.

Thies, Cameron G. 2022. “Replication,” in Teaching Graduate Political Methodology, Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies, Eds., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.