About Eleonora Mattiacci

Eleonora Mattiacci is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, where she directs the IR Lab.

She is the author of Volatile States in International Politics (Oxford University Press, 2023).

She has published peer-reviewed research on nuclear weapons, public diplomacy, and civil war. She is writing a book on environmental destruction during wars.

On the New Books Network, she interviews authors of Academic books that offer a rich empirical account to support their theoretical claims regarding international relations.

She is on X (formerly known as Twitter) @ProfEMattiacci.

Eleonora Mattiacci is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of Volatile States in International Politics (Oxford University Press, 2023). She is on X (formerly known as Twitter) @ProfEMattiacci.

Eleonora's website

NBN Episodes hosted by Eleonora:

Stefan Aune, "Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire" (U California Press, 2023)

April 4, 2024

Indian Wars Everywhere

Stefan Aune

From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation "Geronimo" used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been…

Adam Dean, "Opening Up by Cracking Down: Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

March 4, 2024

Opening Up by Cracking Down

Adam Dean

How did democratic developing countries open their economies during the late-twentieth century? Since labor unions opposed free trade, democratic gove…