Stephen Dyson received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 2004. His research is focused upon the psychology of elite decision making in foreign policy. He teaches classes on foreign policy and international relations.

Curriculum Vitae

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Syllabi

• POLS 1402: Introduction to International Relations
• POLS 3476: Leaders and Leadership
• POLS 3442: The Politics of American Foreign Policy
• POLS 5305: Foreign Policy Analysis

Selected Publications

Books

• "The Blair Identity: Leadership and Foreign Policy". Manchester University Press, 2009. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogue/book.asp?id=1204356

Articles

• ‘Stuff Happens: Donald Rumsfeld and the Iraq War’, Foreign Policy Analysis, 5, 4, (October 2009), pp. 327-348.
• ‘Cognitive Style and Foreign Policy: Margaret Thatcher’s Black-and-White Thinking’, International Political Science Review, 30, 1, (January 2009), pp. 33-49.
• ‘Text Annotation and the Cognitive Architecture of British Prime Ministers, 1945-2008’, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 5, 1, (Spring 2008), pp. 7-18.
• ‘Alliances, Domestic Politics, and Leader Psychology: Why did Britain Stay out of Vietnam and go into Iraq?’ Political Psychology, 28, 6, (December 2007), pp. 647-666.
  
• ‘Personality and Foreign Policy: Tony Blair’s Iraq Decisions’, Foreign Policy Analysis, 2, 3, (July 2006), pp. 289-306.
• ‘Individual Characteristics of Political Leaders and the Use of Analogy in Foreign Policy Decision Making’, with Thomas Preston. Political Psychology 27, 2, (April 2006), pp. 249-272.
• ‘Using Words as Data in the Study of the French Political Elite’, with Libia Lorena Billordo. French Politics 2, 1, (March 2004), pp. 111-123.
• ‘Drawing Policy Implications from the ‘Operational Code’ of a New Political Actor: Russian President Vladimir Putin’, Policy Sciences 34, 3 / 4 (December 2001), pp. 329-346.