Stephen G. Brooks


Stephen Gallup Brooks is an American political scientist. He is currently professor of government in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College.

Academic career

Brooks holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a PhD from Yale University. He has taught at Dartmouth College since 2001. Brooks is well known in the international relations field for his contributions to international political economy and American grand strategy. Along with William Wohlforth, he has authored a number of articles related to American foreign policy and has advocated for continued American primacy around the world.

Selected works

Books

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Articles

  • ' Foreign Affairs,
  • ', with William Wohlforth“Why China Won’t Overtake the United States,” in Art, Jervis and Crawford, eds., International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, with William Wohlforth“Europe Cannot Defend Itself: The Challenge of Pooling Military Power,” Survival, Vol. 63, No.1, with Hugo Meijer, pp. 33-40.
  • "Power Transitions, then and now: Five new structural barriers that will constrain China’s rise," ''China International Strategy Review, Vol. 1, 2019.' H-Diplo, “Assessing the Scope of U.S. Security Commitments in Asia,” Asia Policy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 144-149.“Distinguishing a Minimalist Role for Grand Theorizing,” International Relations, Vol. 31, No.1, pp. 85-90.“Can We Identify a Benevolent Hegemon?” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 27-38.
  • ' with William Wohlforth. In US Foreign Policy, Michael Cox and Doug Stokes, editors
  • ' Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 201-219, with William Wohlforth
  • ' H-Diplo, “Reflections on Producing Security,” Security Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4 “Clarifying the End of Cold War Debate,” Cold War History, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp.447-454, with William Wohlforth
  • "Economic Constraints and the Turn Toward Superpower Cooperation in the 1980s," with William C. Wohlforth, in From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation: The Cold War in the 1980s, Olav Njnillstad, ed., Frank Cass, 2004.
  • "Economic Constraints and the End of the Cold War," with William Wohlforth, in Cold War Endgames, William Wohlforth, editor, Penn State University Press, 2002.
  • "The Globalization of Production and the Changing Benefits of Conquest," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 43, No. 5:646-670, October 1999.
  • "Dueling Realisms," International Organization'', Vol. 51, No. 3: 445–477, Summer 1997.