Professor and Chair
Ph.D. University of South Carolina, 1993
Fields: international relations, foreign policy analysis, international political economy, contemporary world politics, international relations theory, international organization.
Dr. Hook has authored and edited numerous publications regarding world politics and foreign policy. His most recent publications include:
- "Global Development in Theory and Practice" in Robert A. Denemark, ed., The International Studies Compendium Project. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. With Franklin Barr Lebo. (forthcoming)
- U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, 2nd edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press (2008).
- “Ideas and Change in U.S. Foreign Aid: Inventing the Millennium Challenge Corporation,” Foreign Policy Analysis (forthcoming, 2008).
- "Foreign Aid in Comparative Perspective: Regime Dynamics and Donor Interests," pp. 86-105 in Louis A. Picard, Robert Groelsema, and Terry F. Buss, eds., Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: Lessons for the Next Half Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (2008)
- "Domestic Challenges to American Hegemony," pp. 169-200 in Lawrence Sondhaus and A. James Fuller, eds., America, War and Power: Defining the State, 1775-2005. New York: Routledge Press. (2007)
- "Framing Sino-American Relations under Stress: A Reexamination of News Coverage of the 2001 Spy Plane Crisis," Asian Affairs: An American Review 33 (Fall): 167-183. With Xiaoyu Pu. (2006)
- U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press (2005).
- "New Rationales and Old Concerns About U.S. Arms Exports," pp, 153-178 in Peter Dombrowski, ed., Guns and Butter: The Political Economy of International Security. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. With David Rothstein (2005).
- "Sino-American Trade Relations: Privatizing Foreign Policy," In Ralph Carter, ed., Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade, Washington, DC: CQ Press. (2005).
- American Foreign Policy Since World War II, 16th edition. Washington, DC: CQ Press. (2004). Co-authored with John Spanier. (primary author with this edition, 2001).
- "Domestic Obstacles to Foreign Affairs: The State Department Under Fire," PS: Political Science and Politics 36 (January), pp.23-29, (2003).
- Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and Emerging Powers. Edited volume, original studies. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, (2002).
- “Inconsistent U.S. Efforts to Promote Democracy Abroad," pp. 109-128 in Peter J. Schraeder, ed., Can Democracy be Exported? The International Dimension of Democratization. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. (2002).
- “Greasing the Squeaky Wheel: News Media Coverage and U.S. Foreign Aid,” International Interactions 26 (No. 3), pp. 321-346. With Douglas Van Belle (2001).
- American Foreign Policy Since World War II, 17th edition. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Co-authored with John Spanier (primary author since 2000). Also co-authored 16th ed.
Professor Hook is a past president of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the American Political Science Association. He has also served as president of the International Studies Association-Midwest.
e-mail: shook@kent.edu