Professional Service

• Editorial Board, Journal of Strategic Studies. Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Security Studies involves reviewing journal submissions. 12/03/2019 - present
• Editorial Board, Security Studies. Member of Editorial Board, Security Studies which includes reviewing articles and attending annual meetings. 01/01/2019 - present
• “Top of Mind on BYU Radio with Julie Rose,” . Role: Commentator. • “Top of Mind on BYU Radio with Julie Rose,” Monthly Panel on the Middle East (4-4:40 pm MDT, second Thursday of the month), Sirius XM Radio (143 and on-line live streaming). Julie Rose, host/producer. (2014-2017). http://www.byuradio.org/show/e9a84fc9-4bb1-476f-bd5d-0e907b754af8/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose . 12/05/2017 - present
• Oxford University Press. Role: Recruiting academics to write entries. Member of Standing Editorial Board, Oxford University Press, Oxford Bibliographies-International Relations. 02/06/2017 - present
• Oxford University Press. Member of Standing Editorial Board, Oxford University Press, Oxford Bibliographies -International Relations (June 2014-current). 06/2014 - present
• Westview Press. Role: Member of Editorial Board. Member of Editorial Board, Dilemmas in World Politics series, Westview Press. 06/2010 - present

Internal Service

• Graduate Studies Committee, International Relations Field Chair, and member of the Executive Committee. Graduate Studies Committee, International Relations Field Chair, and member of the Executive Committee., 09/01/2011 - 09/02/2019. Department service.
• International Relations/Comparative Politics Field Chair for the Department of Political Science (2010-current). 09/2010 - present. Department service.
• Member of Executive Committee for the Department of Political Science (2010-current). 09/2010 - 05/2012. Department service.
• Member MIAGE admission committee (fall, 2010). 09/2010 - 05/2012. College service.
• Member of RPT Committee (2009-current; assisted in drafting new RPT rules). 09/2009 - present. Department service.
• Member International Studies Board (2009-2010). 09/2009 - present. University service.
• Member of Superior Research Award committee (2007-current; Chair, spring, 2011). 09/2007 - present. College service.

Outreach

• • “Top of Mind on BYU Radio with Julie Rose,” Monthly Panel on the Middle East (4-4:40 am MDT, second Thursday of the month), Sirius XM Radio (143 and on-line live streaming). Julie Rose, host/producer. (July 2014-current) http://www.byuradio.org/show/e9a84fc9-4bb1-476f-bd5d-0e907b754af8/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose . 07/2014 - present

Honors & Awards

• Research recognized at Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements, University of Utah. Celebrate U, 04/05/2017
• “The Use of Preventive Military Strikes for Nuclear Counter Proliferation”. Betty Glad Award, 03/2014
• Sabbatical, “How Leaders Measure Power and the Balance of Power?”. 07/2013
• Senior Fellow at The Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Institute, 05/2013
• Fulbright Research Scholar (April 2010-August 2010) Research: Business Communities in Conflict Zones: A Force for Peace? Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. State Department, Fulbright Research Scholar Award, 04/2010
• Nominated for The 2011 Grawemeyer Awards for Ideas Improving World Order; Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, and Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, eds., Neoclassical Realism, The State, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). The Grawemeyer Awards for Ideas Improving World Order, 01/2010

In the Media

• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East, The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 11/04/2014. http://byuradio.org/
• Interviewed by Noga Tarnopolsky for an article on the Syria/Lebanon/Israel border disputes. 10/21/2014. http://www.globalpost.com/
• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East, The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 10/06/2014. http://www.byuradio.org/
• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East, The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 09/04/2014. https://byuradio.org/
• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East, The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 08/07/2014. http://www.byuradio.org/
• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East (ISIS and the instability in Iraq), The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 07/02/2014. http://www.byuradio.org/
• “Top of Mind on BYU Radio with Julie Rose,” Monthly Panel on the Middle East (4-4:40 am MDT, second Thursday of the month), Sirius XM Radio (143 and on-line live streaming). Julie Rose, host/producer. (July 2014-current) http://www.byuradio.org/show/e9a84fc9-4bb1-476f-bd5d-0e907b754af8/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose . 07/2014. http://www.byuradio.org/show/e9a84fc9-4bb1-476f-bd...
• Ynetnews.com, Israel News, “Grand Strategy in an Era of Emerging Powers” . 05/2014. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4525201,00...
• 8:00-8:40 am roundtable on the Middle East, The Morning Show, SiriusXM 143. SiriusXM has a national subscriber base of over 26 million listeners. 01/02/2014. https://byuradio.org/
• To the Editor, New York Times. 04/01/2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/opinion/obama-in...
• Steven E. Lobell, “Obama Foreign Policy Reflects Ways of ‘70s, ‘30s,” Salt Lake Tribune, March 21, 2010. 03/21/2010.