David M. Rowe teaches political economy, comparative politics, and international relations. He is a former director of the International Studies Program at Kenyon and from 2010-2012 held the R. Todd Ruppert Chair for International Studies. He has been the recipient of several prestigious grants and awards. In 2009, he held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Innsbruck. Other awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in International Peace and Security and grants from the Pew Memorial Trust and the National Science Foundation.
Rowe has been a fellow at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto. He was executive director of the Aspen Strategy Group, a policy program of the Aspen Institute on U.S. foreign and security policy and has also worked for the U.S. Department of Defense. Rowe is a regular…
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David M. Rowe teaches political economy, comparative politics, and international relations. He is a former director of the International Studies Program at Kenyon and from 2010-2012 held the R. Todd Ruppert Chair for International Studies. He has been the recipient of several prestigious grants and awards. In 2009, he held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Innsbruck. Other awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in International Peace and Security and grants from the Pew Memorial Trust and the National Science Foundation.
Rowe has been a fellow at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto. He was executive director of the Aspen Strategy Group, a policy program of the Aspen Institute on U.S. foreign and security policy and has also worked for the U.S. Department of Defense. Rowe is a regular commenter on U.S. politics for the Austrian press. His research has focused on three major themes: how economic sanctions influence target countries, globalization’s role in causing World War I, and the origins of social order. He has developed a nationally recognized course on terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
Education
1993 — Doctor of Philosophy from Duke University
1985 — Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University
1982 — Bachelor of Arts from Davidson College
Courses Recently Taught
INST 401
Senior Seminar: Contemporary Global Issues
INST 401
This seminar will examine some of the problems inherent in cross-cultural comparison and will explore the ways in which a variety of disciplines grapple with these difficulties by investigating contemporary themes in international affairs. These themes will include some or all of the following: (1) ethnic conflict; (2) comparative perspectives on development; (3) religion and socioeconomic development; (4) contemporary environmental problems; (5) the ethics of armed intervention; (6) the emergence of a world popular culture and its consequences for national cultures; (7) the challenges of democratization and (8) perceptions of the United States, Americans and U.S. foreign policy abroad. Open only to international studies majors with senior standing. This interdisciplinary course does not count toward the completion of any diversification requirement. Offered every year.
PSCI 260
International Relations
PSCI 260
This course is an introduction to the study of international relations. It first provides students with the analytical tools and concepts necessary to understand and explain the interactions of states and other actors in the international system. It then explores some of the most pressing political problems and challenges in the modern international system. The course will discuss issues such as the importance of power in the international system, the origins of war and peace, the challenges of the new global economy, security and terrorism, and the implications of these trends for the 21st century. This course is required for the major. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or first-year students currently enrolled in PSCI 102Y. Offered every year.
PSCI 465
International Terrorism
PSCI 465
This course explores the causes and consequences of international terrorism. It examines how terrorists use violence to shape identities and achieve social change; the grievances that give rise to modern terrorism; the goals of modern terrorist groups such as al Qaeda; and the potential for "catastrophic terrorism" using weapons of mass destruction. The final segment of the course explores the complex issues raised by the terrorist challenge to liberal democratic states and the rule of law. This counts toward the comparative politics/international relations or the seminar requirements for the major. Prerequisite: junior standing. Offered every two years.
PSCI 470
Power, States and Markets: The Making of Modern Social Order
PSCI 470
This course explores the complex and dynamic relations between the state and market, the two most pervasive institutions that structure modern social life. We will examine issues such as the role of state violence in constructing political and economic order, the political foundations of markets, how warfare led to the emergence of modern states and global capitalism, the political sources of economic growth and decline, and how markets can undermine states and social order. We will read scholars from a diverse array of disciplines including political science, economics, history and sociology drawing on a wide range of empirical materials, ranging from medieval Europe and colonial Africa to modern Africa and the advanced industrial states. This counts toward the comparative politics/international relations or the seminar requirements for the major. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Offered every two years.
PSCI 497Y
Senior Honors
PSCI 497Y
The senior honors candidate works with two members of the department to prepare a major essay on a topic of his or her choice, which is then defended before an outside examiner in May. Students enrolled in this course will be automatically added to PSCI 498Y for the spring semester. Permission of department chair required. Prerequisite: senior standing.
PSCI 498Y
Senior Honors
PSCI 498Y
The senior honors candidate works with two members of the department to prepare a major essay on a topic of his or her choice, which is then defended before an outside examiner in May. Permission of department chair required. Prerequisite: senior standing.
Academic & Scholarly Achievements
2001
Manipulating the Market: Economic Sanctions, Institutional Change, and the Political Unity of White Rhodesia(University of Michigan Press, 2001).
2010
"Economic Sanctions and International Security," The International Studies Encyclopedia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. 1229-1244.
2005
"The Tragedy of Liberalism How Globalization Caused the First World War," Security Studies, 14, 3 (Spring 2005), pp. 407-447.
2002
"Binding Prometheus: How the 19th Century Expansion of Trade Impeded Britain's Ability to Raise an Army,"International Studies Quarterly, 46 (2002): 551-578 (with David Bearce and Patrick McDonald).
1999
"World Economic Expansion and National Security in Pre-World War I Europe," International Organization, 53, 2 (Spring 1999): 195-232.