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Erik Voeten

Affiliation: Georgetown University

Erik Voeten is the Peter F. Krogh assistant professor of geopolitics and global justice at the School of Foreign Service and the department of Government. A Dutch national, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Twente and his PhD from Princeton. He was a post-doctoral scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Before coming to Georgetown, he taught for five years at George Washington University. Voeten's work on the United Nations, the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and broader issues of international cooperation has been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Politics and the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

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Erik Voeten's Latest Articles | 6

Could Fossil Fuel Abundance Have Negative Political Consequences?

May 6, 2013| 

Charles Mann has an interesting article in the Atlantic about the potential deleterious consequences of finding large quantities of natural gas (methane hydrate)... Read »

Why Have Americans Become More Positive About Trade?

Mar 5, 2013| 

A recent Gallup Poll has found that Americans have become remarkably more positive about foreign trade. Below is the key graph: This is a pretty major shift that... Read »

Does Nuclear Superiority Matter?

Feb 11, 2013| 

The New York Times reports this morning that President Obama wants to renew his efforts to cut the U.S. nuclear arms arsenal. He is not proposing unilateral cuts.... Read »

The Case Against Smart Sanctions

Mar 21, 2012| 

Much hope is vested in the ability of so-called smart sanctions to convince Iranian authorities to abandon their nuclear ambitions and to persuade Syrian authorities... Read »

Why Did Russia and China Veto?

Feb 6, 2012| 

Last weekend Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that sought to address the violence in Syria. The vote was 13-2. The resolution did not authorize... Read »

Is China Really Not Catching Up?

Jan 24, 2012| 

Daniel Drezner has an interesting post arguing that tales of U.S. decline and China’s ascent are wildly exaggerated. The post contains lots of interesting analysis... Read »

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