

From this theory, he predicts that the variety of conventional capabilities, or the ability to win at various levels of conventional conflict, shapes bargaining outcomes between nuclear states. He uses a theory of the limits to the credibility of nuclear deterrence to craft a theory of escalation between different levels of conflict. He is currently working on a dissertation entitled The Logic of Escalation and the Benefits of Conventional Power Preponderance. His research examines the various ways in which nuclear weapons affect international politics. Tyler Bowen is a political scientist specializing in topics in international security. Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies from the Department of Political Science at Yale University in 2021.ĭissertation: Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics Nicholas Anderson is a visiting scholar in the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies and a lecturer of international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs Senior Adviser, Research and Strategy, Mercy Corps and Senior Fellow, UN United Nations University Centre for Policy Research He is currently preparing a book manuscript that investigates the broader implications of compulsory voting for democratic stability and the quality of representation.ĭissertation: Mobilization and Partisan Identities: A Comparative Study of Partisanship under Compulsory and Voluntary Voting His dissertation studies the causal relationship between partisanship and voter turnout and explores how compulsory voting laws change the ways that parties engage voters. He employs a multi-method approach to research, combining formal theory with quantitative empirical analysis and extensive fieldwork in Latin America. He studies comparative electoral institutions and political behavior, with particular interest in partisanship, voter turnout, and how electoral rules shape the quality of representation in democracies. Mobilization and Partisan Identities: A Comparative Study of Partisanship under Compulsory and Voluntary Voting Eli Rau is a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP). Princeton University, Center for the Study of Democratic PoliticsĬSDP Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University If you’re a Graduate from the Political Science Program at Yale University and would like to let us know what you are doing, please fill out our Graduate Placement Listing form. The graduates listed on these pages have moved on from Yale University to positions in academia, government service and politics.
