Paul Kowert
Department Chair
Biography
Paul A. Kowert is an associate professor of political science who conducts research on leadership and the role of identity politics and emotion in foreign policy. He teaches courses on foreign policy analysis, international relations theory, security studies, national identity, political psychology, US-Japan relations, and research design.
Area of Expertise
Constructivist international relations theory, Japanese politics and foreign policy, security politics in East Asia, leadership and emotion in political decision making, and the influence of normative principles on policy.
Degrees
PhD, Cornell University, 1992
MA, Cornell University, 1989
AB, Davidson College, 1986
Professional Publications & Contributions
Professor Kowert is the author or editor of four books: International Relations in a Constructed World (M. E. Sharpe, 1998, co-edited with Vendulka Kubálková and Nicholas G. Onuf); Groupthink or Deadlock: When Do Leaders Learn from Their Advisors (State University of New York Press, 2002), Cultures of Order: Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan (State University of New York Press, 2007, co-authored with Katja Weber), and Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations: An Ideational Alliance (University of Michigan Press, 2012, co-edited with Vaughn P. Shannon). His forthcoming book, Japan and the Emotional Politics of National Image, will be published by Georgetown University Press in 2026.
Additional Information
Professor Kowert is the recipient of research or teaching grants from the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Fulbright Foundation, and the International Studies Association, among others.