Prof. Karen Rasler
Karen Rasler is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. Her primary research interests are in general theories of international conflict and cooperation; relative decline of world powers; war and state building processes; societal consequences of war; modeling long cycles of war; distribution of power and technological inn ovations; political violence and internal wars.
She has published dozens of journal articles and co-authored five books. Among her most frequently cited works are “Concessions, repression, and political protest in the Iranian revolution” (American Sociological Review, 1996); The great powers and global struggle, 1490-1990 (University Press of Kentucky, 2015); Strategic rivalries in world politics: position, space, and conflict escalation (Cambridge University Press, 2008); and “War making and state making: governmental expenditures, tax revenues, and global wars” (American Political Science Review, 1985).
Grants and awards have come from the National Science Foundation, the World Society Foundation, and the Middle East Studies Association of North America, among others. Most recently, in 2014 Karen was awarded the annual Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Studies Association, Midwest. She is currently a senior editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Politics, and previously served as Vice President of the International Studies Association, co-editor of International Studies Quarterly (three times!), and a senior mentor at Journeys in World Politics.
Karen has inspired, mentored, and supported a generation of conflict scholars; many are women, and all owe her a great debt.
Click here for the interview (approximately 30 minutes).
She has published dozens of journal articles and co-authored five books. Among her most frequently cited works are “Concessions, repression, and political protest in the Iranian revolution” (American Sociological Review, 1996); The great powers and global struggle, 1490-1990 (University Press of Kentucky, 2015); Strategic rivalries in world politics: position, space, and conflict escalation (Cambridge University Press, 2008); and “War making and state making: governmental expenditures, tax revenues, and global wars” (American Political Science Review, 1985).
Grants and awards have come from the National Science Foundation, the World Society Foundation, and the Middle East Studies Association of North America, among others. Most recently, in 2014 Karen was awarded the annual Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Studies Association, Midwest. She is currently a senior editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Politics, and previously served as Vice President of the International Studies Association, co-editor of International Studies Quarterly (three times!), and a senior mentor at Journeys in World Politics.
Karen has inspired, mentored, and supported a generation of conflict scholars; many are women, and all owe her a great debt.
Click here for the interview (approximately 30 minutes).