Department of Political Science University of Missouri-Columbia College of Arts and Science

A. Cooper Drury

A. Cooper DruryOffice: 207 Professional Bldg.
Phone: 573-884-6747
Email: Drury@missouri.edu
Web: web.missouri.edu/~drurya/

A. Cooper Drury (Associate Professor) has been with the Department since 2002. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from the Arizona State University specializes in international relations.

Research Statement
My research focuses on economic statecraft, the use of economic tools for foreign policy objectives. Understanding how and why states engage in economic statecraft as well as how it functions is an important aspect of international relations because it is fundamental to understanding how nations influence each other without using military force. The core of my research program draws together foreign policy analysis and international political economy to address three questions: (1) what factors determine when states engage in economic statecraft, especially the use of economic sanctions, (2) why do economic statecraft strategies succeed or fail, and (3) what role do regime characteristics play in the use of economic statecraft? My general answer to these questions is that foreign policy concerns drive economic statecraft, although the domestic political environment conditions those policies. These general theoretical and practical concerns are being pursued through several kinds of activities:

  • "Presidents, Prime Ministers and Trade: The Impact Democratic Institutions Have on Trade." (With Adrian Ang, Dursun Peksen, and Mike Rudy). Under review at Journal of Politics, November 2006.
  • "'Pretty Prudent' or 'Rhetorically Responsive'? The American Public's Support for Military Action." (With Adrian Ang, Yitan Li, and Marvin Overby). Working Paper.
  • "Sanctions as a Prelude to War: The Effect of Economic Coercion on Military Disputes." (With Johann Park). Working Paper.
  • "Peaceful Protest, Violent Unrest, and Natural Disasters: How Shocks Affect the Political System." (With Richard S. Olson and Bill Ayres). Working Paper.
  • "Diversionary Dragons, or 'Talking Tough' in Taipei." (With Patrick James and Yitan Li). Working Paper.
  • "Neo-Kantianism and Coercive Diplomacy: The Case of Economic Sanctions." (With Patrick James). Working Paper.

Courses Taught

American Foreign Policies
The Politics of Intervention and Nation Building
Politics of International Economic Relations
American Foreign Policy
Introduction to International Relations
Topics In Political Science
Intervention and Peacekeeping
Politics and War
Coercive Diplomacy (Graduate)
Foreign Policy Analysis(Graduate)
Introduction to International Relations (Graduate)
International Political Economy (Graduate)

Recent Representative Publications (2001-present)

Economic Sanctions and Presidential Decisions: Models of Political Rationality. 2005. New York: Palgrave (Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis series).

"Democratic Sanctions: The Connection Between the Democratic Peace and Economic Sanctions." (With Dan Cox). 2006. Journal of Peace Research. 43(6): 709-722.

"U.S. Economic Sanction Threats against China: Failing to Leverage Better Human Rights." (With Yitan Li). 2006. Foreign Policy Analysis. 2(4): 307–324.

"Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth." (With Jonathan Krieckhaus and Michael Lusztig). 2006. International Political Science Review. 27(2): 121–136.

"The Politics of Humanitarian Assistance: U.S. Foreign Disaster Aid, 1964-1995." (With Richard S. Olson and Douglas A. Van Belle). 2005. Journal of Politics. 67(5): 454-473.

"Threatening Sanctions When Engagement Would Be More Effective: Attaining Better Human Rights in China." (With Yitan Li). 2004. International Studies Perspectives. 5: 378–394.

"The Role of U.S. Foreign Policy in the China-Taiwan Dispute." 2001. Pacific Focus. 16: 87-98.

"Patterns of Internal Migration During the Russian Transition." (With Steve Wegren). 2001. Journal of Communist Studies and Transitional Politics. 17: 15-42.

"Sanctions as Coercive Diplomacy: The U.S. President's Decision to Initiate Economic Sanctions." 2001. Political Research Quarterly. 54: 485-508.

"Economic Sanctions and Operational Code Analysis: The Influence of Beliefs on Less Acute Forms of Coercion." Forthcoming, 2006. Chapter in Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics, Stephen G. Walker and Mark Schafer, editors. New York: Palgrave (Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis series).

"Ambiguity and U.S. Foreign Policy on China-Taiwan Relations." 2003. Chapter in Conflict in Asia: Korea, China-Taiwan, and India-Pakistan, Uk Heo and Shale Horowitz, editors. New York: Praeger.