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Dr. Stephen B. Long

Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Global Studies Concentration Advisor: Politics and Governance
  • Profile

    Stephen Long (Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 2005) is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Richmond, where he teaches courses on international relations and American foreign policy. His research focuses on the causes of war, rivalries, and victory and defeat in war. He is also interested in alliance politics and nuclear proliferation.

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    • Awards

      Princeton Review's 300 Best Professors (2012)

      Academic Advising Resource Center Advisor Excellence Award (2011)

    • Institutional Service

      Member, Curriculum Committee, 2015 – present.

      Member, Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Committee, 2013 – 2015.

      Member, Program for the Enhancement of Teaching Effectiveness (PETE) committee, 2010 – 2013.

      Member, University of Richmond Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Protection of Human Subjects, Fall 2010. Alternate, 2010 – present.

      UR Coordinator, Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Analysis crisis simulation, University of Richmond, 2014.

    • Community Service

      Interviewer, University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs Presidential Oral History Project (President George W. Bush Administration) national security and intelligence staff (2012-2014).

  • Publications
    Journal Articles

    Long, Stephen B. and Jeffrey J. Pickering (2022). “Disparity and Diversion: Domestic Economic Inequality and MID Initiation.” Foreign Policy Analysis 18:1.

    Cochran, Kathryn McNabb and Stephen B. Long (2017). “Measuring Military Effectiveness: Calculating Casualty Loss-Exchange Ratios for Multilateral Interstate Wars, 1816-1978.” International Interactions 43:6, pp. 1019-1040.

    Long, Stephen B. "A Winning Proposition? States' Military Effectiveness and the Reliability of Their Allies" (2015). International Politics 52:3, pp. 335-348.

    Biddle, Stephen, Jeffrey Friedman, and Stephen Long (2012). "Civil War Intervention and the Problem of Iraq." International Studies Quarterly 56 (1): 85-94.

    Crescenzi, Mark J.C., Andrew J. Enterline and Stephen B. Long (2008). “Bringing Cooperation Back In: A Fully Informed Dynamic Model of Interstate Interaction.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 25 (1): 264-280.

    Crescenzi, Mark J.C., Jacob D. Kathman, and Stephen B. Long (2007). “Reputation, History and War.” Journal of Peace Research 44:6, pp. 651–667.

    Biddle, Stephen D. and Stephen B. Long (2004). “Democracy and Military Effectiveness: A Deeper Look.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 48:4 (August), pp. 525-546.

    Long, Stephen B. (2003). “Time Present and Time Past: Rivalry and the Duration of Interstate Wars, 1846-1985.” International Interactions 29:3 (July–September), pp. 215-236.

    Reviews

    Reputation and International Cooperation: Sovereign Debt across Three Centuries by Michael Tomz. Perspectives on Politics 6:3 (2008).

    Power and Military Effectiveness: The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism by Michael Desch. Journal of Strategic Studies (2008).

    Reviewer for the following publications:

    American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, Journal of Peace Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Interactions, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (Canada), Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development (UK) British Journal of Political Science (UK), Economic and Social Research Council (UK), World Politics

  • Links
    Personal Website