Laura Neack
Contact Info
Education
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Selected Publications
Books
- National, International, and Human Security: Protection against Violence, 3rd edition, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2023.
- Spanish Translation of Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively: Cases and Analyses, published as Estudiar la politica exterior comparativamente: Casos y análisis, José Ricardo Villanueva Lira, translator, Mexico City, DF: CIDE, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, in conjuction with the Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales, 2022.
- Korean Translation of Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively: Cases and Analyses, 4th edition Taehyun Kim, translator, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Moumbooks Publisher, 2020.
- National, International, and Human Security: A Comparative Introduction, 2nd edition, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2017.
- The New Foreign Policy: Complex Interactions, Competing Interests (3rd Edition). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2013.
- The New Foreign Policy: Power Seeking in a Globalized Era (2nd Edition). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2008.
- Elusive Security: States First, People Last. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2007.
- The New Foreign Policy: US and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2003.
- Global Society in Transition. Daniel N. Nelson and Laura Neack, eds. Kluwer Law International, London, UK, 2002.
- Foreign Policy Analysis: Continuity and Change in its Second Generation. Laura Neack, Jeanne A.K. Hey, and Patrick J. Haney, eds. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995.
Recent Articles and Chapters
- "Security: National, International, Human?" Chapter 2 in Research Handbook on International Law and Human Security, Gerd Oberleitner, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2022.
- "Searching for Middle Powers,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, July 2017,
http://politics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-330 - "Pathways to Power," Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations Vol. XIV, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2013, www.blogs.shu.edu/diplomacy/current-issue/
- “Trusters Cooperate, Except When They Don’t,” International Studies Review 15, 2 (2013): 641-644.
- “The Future of Human Security: Taking Advantage of a States-First World,” pp. 173-190 in State Responses to Human Security: At Home and Abroad, Routledge Studies in Human Security, Courtney Hillebrecht, Tyler R. White, and Patrice C. McMahon, eds., Routledge, 2014.
- “Revealing Hegemony – Again.” International Studies Review 14, 2 (June 2012).
- “Multilateralism.” In Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy. S. Hook and C.M. Jones, eds. Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2012, 304-315.
- “The National Dimension of Global Security.” In Global Security/ P. Bilgin, ed. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, http://www.eolss.net, 2010.
- “Studying Peacekeeping: Goldilocks’ Problem.” International Studies Review 11 (2009): 594-600.
- “Peacekeeping, Bloody Peacekeeping.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (July-August 2004): 40-47.
- “A Government of Their Own.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November-December 2002): 72-80.
Grants, Awards, and Professional Activities
- Editor-in-Chief, International Studies Perspectives, 2014-2019
- Distinguished University Scholar, 2010
- President, Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association, 2010-2011
- Rejai Professor of Political Science, 2002-2007
- Fulbright Senior Specialist, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 2001-2006
- Harry S. Truman Scholar from Kentucky