Christopher R Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 3914963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0556-1109 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Writer Is His Cause
Teaching internationalisation
This article contributes to the discussion of internationalisation in higher education in the context of the international relations (IR) subfield of political science. The field of IR might seem by definition to be ‘internationalised’, but the underlying theoretical assumptions of the field, its social science rationalism and privileging of the unitary nation-state exhibit an American or Eurocentric bias. This Western bias with its emphasis on s…
Diamonds and Genocide
The Second Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (The Congo) has been the largest humanitarian crisis in the last decade. Over five million people have died, and millions more have been displaced. During the conflict, the ostensibly neutral United States subtly sided with Rwanda and Uganda at the expense of the Congolese President Laurent Kabila. I test whether the media indexed their coverage to Washington policy. However, I expand m…
Coverage of African Conflicts in the American Media
Through an analysis of the Liberian Civil War I argue that elite media and foreign policy decision makers share a classical set of assumptions about conflicts in the developing world that I call Westphalian. This paradigm privileges the Eurocentric nation state and its notions of power, ideology, and violence while intentionally or not, falsely reinforcing the rigid separation of government from the private economic sphere. In the end, this Westp…
American Policymaking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1996-1999
This article examines the development of American policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Why did the U.S. become involved? I argue that Washington’s policy was based in how they framed the conflict. They chose to see it through the prism of Rwandan and Ugandan security needs. The Administration favored the narrative of genocide instead of contemplating a war of “partition and plunder.” This may not be surprising because Washington often …
A Cold Eye Assessment of US Foreign Policy
Journal Article A Cold Eye Assessment of US Foreign Policy: It's the Policies, Stupid Get access Perilous Power: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War and Justice. By Chomsky Noam Achar Gilbert Shalom Stephen R.. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press, 2009. 319 pp., $18.95 (ISBN-13: 978-1-59451-313-8).The United States and Latin America after the Cold War. By Crandall Russell C.. New York City: Cambridge University Press…
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A Cold Eye Assessment of US Foreign Policy
Journal Article A Cold Eye Assessment of US Foreign Policy: It's the Policies, Stupid Get access Perilous Power: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War and Justice. By Chomsky Noam Achar Gilbert Shalom Stephen R.. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press, 2009. 319 pp., $18.95 (ISBN-13: 978-1-59451-313-8).The United States and Latin America after the Cold War. By Crandall Russell C.. New York City: Cambridge University Press…
American Policymaking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1996-1999
This article examines the development of American policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Why did the U.S. become involved? I argue that Washington’s policy was based in how they framed the conflict. They chose to see it through the prism of Rwandan and Ugandan security needs. The Administration favored the narrative of genocide instead of contemplating a war of “partition and plunder.” This may not be surprising because Washington often …
Diamonds and Genocide
The Second Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (The Congo) has been the largest humanitarian crisis in the last decade. Over five million people have died, and millions more have been displaced. During the conflict, the ostensibly neutral United States subtly sided with Rwanda and Uganda at the expense of the Congolese President Laurent Kabila. I test whether the media indexed their coverage to Washington policy. However, I expand m…
Coverage of African Conflicts in the American Media
Through an analysis of the Liberian Civil War I argue that elite media and foreign policy decision makers share a classical set of assumptions about conflicts in the developing world that I call Westphalian. This paradigm privileges the Eurocentric nation state and its notions of power, ideology, and violence while intentionally or not, falsely reinforcing the rigid separation of government from the private economic sphere. In the end, this Westp…
Teaching internationalisation
This article contributes to the discussion of internationalisation in higher education in the context of the international relations (IR) subfield of political science. The field of IR might seem by definition to be ‘internationalised’, but the underlying theoretical assumptions of the field, its social science rationalism and privileging of the unitary nation-state exhibit an American or Eurocentric bias. This Western bias with its emphasis on s…
A Writer Is His Cause
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