Thomas Ambrosio
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Thomas Ambrosio is an associate professor of political science and a faculty member of the political science department at North Dakota State University. Ambrosio has published extensively on the relationship between ethnic groups and nation states, examining such topics as: attempts by states to annex the territory of other states where their co-nationals reside (Irredentism); the status of nations in international law; the role played by organized ethnic interest groups in the formulation of governmental foreign policy; and, how Russia's conception of itself affects its relationship with the United States and its perceived role in the unipolar international system.
Ambrosio received his Ph.D. in foreign affairs in 2000 from the University of Virginia.
[edit] Selected Bibliography
Books
- Challenging America's Global Preeminence: Russia's Quest for Multipolarity. 2005 ISBN 0-7546-4289-5
- Ethnic Identity Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy. (as editor and contributor) 2002. ISBN 0-275-97532-0
- International Law and the Rise of Nations: The State System and the Challenge of Ethnic Groups. (as co-editor, with Robert J. Beck, and contributor) 2001. ISBN 1-889119-30-X
- Irredentism: Ethnic Conflict and International Politics. 2000. ISBN 0-275-97260-7
Articles
- "Insulating Russia from a Colour Revolution: How the Kremlin Resists Regional Democratic Trends," Democratization (forthcoming, 2007).
- “The Political Success of Russia-Belarus Relations: Insulating Minsk from a ‘Color’ Revolution,” Demokratizatsiya, v.14, no.3 (Summer 2006): 407-434.
- "Major Power Balancing under Conditions of Unipolarity: The Role of Non-Material Values,” Contemporary Security Policy, v.27, no.2 (August 2006): 258-281.
- “The Geopolitics of Demographic Decay: HIV/AIDS and Russia's Great Power Status,” Post-Soviet Affairs, v.22, no.1 (January 2006): 1-23.
- “Trying Saddam Hussein: Teaching International Law Through an Undergraduate Mock Trial,” International Studies Perspectives v.7, no.2 (May 2006): 159-171.
- “The Russo-American Dispute over the Invasion of Iraq: International Status and the Role of Positional Goods,” Europe-Asia Studies v.57, no.8 (December 2005): 1189-1210.
- “The Third Side? The Multipolar Strategic Triangle and the Sino-Indian Rapprochement,” Comparative Strategy v.24, no.5 (December 2005): 397-414.
- “Bringing Ethnic Conflict into the Classroom: A Student-Centered Simulation of Multiethnic Politics,” PS: Political Science and Politics v.37, no.2 (April 2004): 285-9.
- “From Balancer to Ally? Russo-American Relations in the Wake of September 11th,” Contemporary Security Policy v.24, no.2 (August 2003): 1-28.
- “Congressional Perceptions of Ethnic Cleansing: Reactions to the Nagorno-Karabagh War and the Influence of Ethnic Interest Groups,” Review of International Affairs v.2, no.1 (Autumn 2002): 24-45.
- “Russia's Quest for Multipolarity: A Response to U.S. Hegemony,” European Security v.10, no.1 (2001): 45-67.
- “The Geopolitics of Slavic Union: Russia, Belarus, and Multipolarity,” Geopolitics v.4, no.3 (2000): 73-90.
