Miles M Evers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miles M Evers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miles M |
| FAMILY NAME | Evers |
| SIGNATURE | EVERS M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2505-5908 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Anachronism and International Relations theory
International Relations (IR) theorists have increasingly embraced global history to correct disciplinary myths and develop more inclusive theories of world politics. While this expansion promises to broaden the theoretical foundations of the field, we argue that it increases the risk of structural anachronism—the embedding of later-developed knowledge into the very construction of the historical record. Drawing on insights from historical methods…
The Price of Empire
The United States was an upside-down British Empire. It had an agrarian economy, few large investors, and no territorial holdings outside of North America. However, decades before the Spanish-American War, the United States quietly began to establish an empire across thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean. While conventional wisdom suggests that large interests – the military and major business interests – drove American imperialism, The Price of Em…
The color of international trade
How do distinct types of racial attitudes influence American support for trade with different partner countries? Using two survey experiments fielded in the US, we find that beliefs about race color public support for foreign trade agreements, but the effect varies depending upon the racial attitude in question. Racially sympathetic Americans prefer pro-Black trade policies, being more supportive of trade with majority-Black countries. Racially a…
Wars without Gun Smoke”
Conventional wisdom holds that conflict is highly likely during a power transition between declining and rising powers. The spread of global supply chains has provided new economic weapons for great powers waging these conflicts, but the businesses that constitute global supply chains can make it harder or easier for them to do so. A structural theory of business-state relations shows how power transitions affect a state's ability to exercise eco…
Discovering the prize
How do policymakers discover their energy security interests abroad? Conventional wisdom assumes states have an inherent interest in securing an affordable and steady supply of oil. In this paper, I show that policymakers often fail to realize such vital interests on their own. Instead, multinational actors like international oil corporations (IOCs) educate policymakers on their state’s security interests abroad. By integrating prior scholarship …
Geoeconomic Competition
Geopolitical competition increasingly takes place not on the battlefield but in a tightly networked global economy. As distinctions between economic and national security collapse, governments are
Just the facts
Reification – the act of treating something socially created as if it were real – is often described as a problem in the study of international norms. Critical and post-colonial scholars argue that reification silences alternative worldviews, whereas practice-oriented scholars argue it diminishes agency and practical innovation. In his article ‘From Norms to Normative Configurations,’ Simon Pratt proposes a solution to the problem of reification,…
The Diplomatic Origins of International Hierarchy
How do multilateral organizations generate hierarchy? The founding myth of multilateral organizations is that they are an equalizing and antihierarchical force—states and the diplomats who represent them are treated as sovereign equals in multilateral organizations. Scholars of international relations (IR) have long tried to dispel this myth, claiming that some states exercise more power and influence than others. However, their explanations tend…
Is There a Trump Effect? An Experiment on Political Polarization and Audience Costs
Does President Trump face domestic costs for foreign policy inconsistency? Will co-partisans and opposition-partisans equally punish Donald Trump for issuing flippant international threats and backing down? While the president said he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” without losing voters, the literature consistently shows that individuals, regardless of partisanship, disapprove of leaders who jeopardize the country’…
On Transgression
Why do states intentionally and publicly violate international norms, even when they anticipate (social or material) costs for doing so? Unfortunately, constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics lacks a well-developed account of deliberate and open norm transgressions. This gap in the literature has led to a limited understanding of resistance to international norms. Constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics often treats compliance as an inher…
On Transgression
Why do states intentionally and publicly violate international norms, even when they anticipate (social or material) costs for doing so? Unfortunately, constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics lacks a well-developed account of deliberate and open norm transgressions. This gap in the literature has led to a limited understanding of resistance to international norms. Constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics often treats compliance as an inher…
Geoeconomic Competition
Geopolitical competition increasingly takes place not on the battlefield but in a tightly networked global economy. As distinctions between economic and national security collapse, governments are
Is There a Trump Effect? An Experiment on Political Polarization and Audience Costs
Does President Trump face domestic costs for foreign policy inconsistency? Will co-partisans and opposition-partisans equally punish Donald Trump for issuing flippant international threats and backing down? While the president said he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” without losing voters, the literature consistently shows that individuals, regardless of partisanship, disapprove of leaders who jeopardize the country’…
Wars without Gun Smoke”
Conventional wisdom holds that conflict is highly likely during a power transition between declining and rising powers. The spread of global supply chains has provided new economic weapons for great powers waging these conflicts, but the businesses that constitute global supply chains can make it harder or easier for them to do so. A structural theory of business-state relations shows how power transitions affect a state's ability to exercise eco…
Discovering the prize
How do policymakers discover their energy security interests abroad? Conventional wisdom assumes states have an inherent interest in securing an affordable and steady supply of oil. In this paper, I show that policymakers often fail to realize such vital interests on their own. Instead, multinational actors like international oil corporations (IOCs) educate policymakers on their state’s security interests abroad. By integrating prior scholarship …
Just the facts
Reification – the act of treating something socially created as if it were real – is often described as a problem in the study of international norms. Critical and post-colonial scholars argue that reification silences alternative worldviews, whereas practice-oriented scholars argue it diminishes agency and practical innovation. In his article ‘From Norms to Normative Configurations,’ Simon Pratt proposes a solution to the problem of reification,…
On Transgression
Why do states intentionally and publicly violate international norms, even when they anticipate (social or material) costs for doing so? Unfortunately, constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics lacks a well-developed account of deliberate and open norm transgressions. This gap in the literature has led to a limited understanding of resistance to international norms. Constructivist scholarship on norm-dynamics often treats compliance as an inher…
Just the facts
Reification – the act of treating something socially created as if it were real – is often described as a problem in the study of international norms. Critical and post-colonial scholars argue that reification silences alternative worldviews, whereas practice-oriented scholars argue it diminishes agency and practical innovation. In his article ‘From Norms to Normative Configurations,’ Simon Pratt proposes a solution to the problem of reification,…
The Diplomatic Origins of International Hierarchy
How do multilateral organizations generate hierarchy? The founding myth of multilateral organizations is that they are an equalizing and antihierarchical force—states and the diplomats who represent them are treated as sovereign equals in multilateral organizations. Scholars of international relations (IR) have long tried to dispel this myth, claiming that some states exercise more power and influence than others. However, their explanations tend…
Is There a Trump Effect? An Experiment on Political Polarization and Audience Costs
Does President Trump face domestic costs for foreign policy inconsistency? Will co-partisans and opposition-partisans equally punish Donald Trump for issuing flippant international threats and backing down? While the president said he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” without losing voters, the literature consistently shows that individuals, regardless of partisanship, disapprove of leaders who jeopardize the country’…
Geoeconomic Competition
Geopolitical competition increasingly takes place not on the battlefield but in a tightly networked global economy. As distinctions between economic and national security collapse, governments are
Wars without Gun Smoke”
Conventional wisdom holds that conflict is highly likely during a power transition between declining and rising powers. The spread of global supply chains has provided new economic weapons for great powers waging these conflicts, but the businesses that constitute global supply chains can make it harder or easier for them to do so. A structural theory of business-state relations shows how power transitions affect a state's ability to exercise eco…
Discovering the prize
How do policymakers discover their energy security interests abroad? Conventional wisdom assumes states have an inherent interest in securing an affordable and steady supply of oil. In this paper, I show that policymakers often fail to realize such vital interests on their own. Instead, multinational actors like international oil corporations (IOCs) educate policymakers on their state’s security interests abroad. By integrating prior scholarship …
The Price of Empire
The United States was an upside-down British Empire. It had an agrarian economy, few large investors, and no territorial holdings outside of North America. However, decades before the Spanish-American War, the United States quietly began to establish an empire across thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean. While conventional wisdom suggests that large interests – the military and major business interests – drove American imperialism, The Price of Em…
The color of international trade
How do distinct types of racial attitudes influence American support for trade with different partner countries? Using two survey experiments fielded in the US, we find that beliefs about race color public support for foreign trade agreements, but the effect varies depending upon the racial attitude in question. Racially sympathetic Americans prefer pro-Black trade policies, being more supportive of trade with majority-Black countries. Racially a…
Anachronism and International Relations theory
International Relations (IR) theorists have increasingly embraced global history to correct disciplinary myths and develop more inclusive theories of world politics. While this expansion promises to broaden the theoretical foundations of the field, we argue that it increases the risk of structural anachronism—the embedding of later-developed knowledge into the very construction of the historical record. Drawing on insights from historical methods…
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