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About Eleonora Mattiacci
Eleonora Mattiacci is an Associate 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 Associate 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.
NBN Episodes hosted by Eleonora:
November 7, 2024
Beyond the Wire
The United States stands at a crossroads in international security. The backbone of its international position for the last 70 years has been the mass…
October 5, 2024
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the mom…
August 28, 2024
Understanding Maritime Security
Whether it is pirates, smugglers, illicit fishing, or disputes in the South China Sea, the oceans are of increasing importance in international securi…
July 13, 2024
Frenemies
Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or "frenemy" alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing …
June 28, 2024
When the Bombs Stopped
Over the course of the Vietnam War, the United States dropped 500,000 tons of bombs over Cambodia—more than the combined weight of every man, woman, a…
June 7, 2024
The Price of Empire
The United States was an upside-down British Empire. It had an agrarian economy, few large investors, and no territorial holdings outside of North Ame…
May 16, 2024
Nuclear Decisions
Throughout the nuclear age, states have taken many different paths toward or away from nuclear weapons. These paths have been difficult to predict and…
May 4, 2024
Varieties of Nationalism
Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also…
April 4, 2024
Indian Wars Everywhere
From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation "Geronimo" used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been…
March 4, 2024
Opening Up by Cracking Down
How did democratic developing countries open their economies during the late-twentieth century? Since labor unions opposed free trade, democratic gove…