Thomas C. Walker,
a specialist in International Relations,
received his Ph.D. from Rutgers
University, after obtaining a B.A.
degree from the University of Michigan
and an M.A. from the University
of Kent at Canterbury, England.
Prior to coming to Albany, he taught
at Rutgers and at the International
College in the Chinese Agricultural
University in Beijing. His dissertation,
Peace, Rivalry, and War: A Theoretical
and Empirical Study of International
Conflict, is an unusual and creative
blend of political theory and quantitative
hypothesis testing. One chapter
of the dissertation addressing
Thomas Paine's international thought
has been published in International
Studies Quarterly.
He has also
published in the Naval War College
Review and International Studies
Notes. His current teaching and
research interests include his
examination of how the history
of international thought on peace
and war can contribute to refined
concept formulation and improved
hypothesis testing; how philosophy
of science is employed by scholars
of International Relations; measuring
the prevalence of political realism
in the discipline; and a new
data-set identifying targets in
alliance
formation; the effects of democracy
on militarization; and other
questions addressing peace and
international
conflict.
