Erik D French

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Erik D French, Ph.D

Assistant Professor: (585) 395-5948
efrench@brockport.edu
Office: Hartwell Hall 209 A

Education

BA in Political Science from Colgate University – 2010
MA and PhD in Political Science from Syracuse University – 2018

Courses Taught

PLS 111 International Relations
PLS 333 US Foreign Policy
PLS 348 Asian Politics
PLS 383 The Middle East in World Politics
PLS 417 Political Science Capstone
PLS 444 National Security
Washington DC Research Seminar

Research Interests

International security
US foreign policy
Alliance politics
Naval strategy
Deterrence

Recent Publications
- “Should the US Support a ROK SSN Program?” The Naval War College Review, Vol. 73, No. 1 (2020) (with Jihoon Yu).
- “The US-Japan Alliance and the East China Sea from 1991-2016: Between Deterrence and Reassurance.” In Osamah Khalil, ed. United States Relations with China and Iran: Towards the Asian Century (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2019).
- “Motivated Reasoning in US-China Deterrence and Reassurance,” Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 4 (2014): 71-94.
- “China in Global Economic Governance,” Asian Economic Policy Review Vol. 9, No. 2 (2014): 254-271 (with Hongying Wang).
- “Middle Range Powers in Global Governance,” Third World Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 6 (2013): 985-999 (with Hongying Wang).
- “China’s Participation in Global Governance from a Comparative Perspective,” Asia Policy No. 15 (2013): 89-114 (with Hongying Wang).