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Department of Government and Public Policy University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 E-Mail: volgy@email.arizona.edu

Recent Research

• Thomas J. Volgy, Renato Corbetta, Patrick Rhamey, Keith Grant, and Ryan G. Baird. 2011. "The Two Clubs: Major Powers, Regional Powers, and Status Considerations in International Politics." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, March.
  
• Thomas J. Volgy, J. Patrick Rhamey, and Elizabeth Fausett. 2011. "Is Central Europe a Region? A View from Outside the Neighborhood." Presented at the annual conference of the Central and Eastern European Studies Association, Istanbul, July.
  
• Thomas J. Volgy, Renato Corbetta, J Patrick Rhamey, Ryan G. Baird, and Keith A. Grant, "Which States Are Next: Seeking Entrance to the Club of Major Powers," Presented at the Dartmouth Conference on Rising Powers, October, 2010.
  
• Grant, Keith A., Ryan G. Baird, Renato Corbetta, and Thomas J. Volgy. 2010. "Status Matters: Exploring  Variation in Status Attribution Among Major Powers." Paper presented at the annual convention of the 
  International Studies Association, February (New Orleans).
  
• Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, Ryan G. Baird, 2008. "Major Powers, Major Power Status and Status Inconsistency in International Politics," (Paper presented at the 5th Convention of the Russian International Studies Association, 2008).
  
• Volgy, Thomas J., Elizabeth Fausett, A. Grant, Stuart Rodgers, 2008. "Identifying Formal Intergovernmental Organizations", Journal of Peace Research 45(6): 849-862
  
• Graphs for Transitions book chapter (2008)
  
• "Resistance to Hegemony Within The Core" Chapter 7, forthcoming (2007)
  
• Power and Relational Strength: the Limits to World Order Creation (2006)
  
• "Ergo FIGO: Identifying Formal Intergovernmental Organizations" Working Papers Series in International Politics (2006)
  
• Volgy, Thomas J., Kristin Kanthak, Derrick V. Frazier, and Robert Stewart Ingersoll. 2004. "The G7, International Terrorism, and Domestic Politics: Modeling Policy Cohesion in Response to Systemic Disturbances." International Interactions 30, 191-209.
  
• Paper Presented at the European Consortium for Political Research, The Hague, September, 2004.
  
• Thomas J. Volgy and Alison Bailin. 2003. International Politics and State Strength. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
  Chapter 1 Practicing Agnosticism
  Chapter 2 Who Cares
  Chapter 3 The Three Faces of State Strength
  Chapter 4 Assessing State Strength
  Chapter 5 Creeping Incrementalism
  Chapter 6 Gazing Through the Crystal Ball
  Chapter 7 What If
  References

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