Heather Ba

University of Missouri | Mizzou · Department of Political Science

IPE scholars recognize the need to study the political dynamics of today's complex and interdependent international economy. While the effect of new U.S. tariffs casts a shadow of uncertainty over the immediate international economic forecast, America's role in the international economy has changed little in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, d...

In a globalized and hegemonically organized international economy, the economic fundamentals and policy choices of the hegemon often have spillover effects for peripheral economies. This is a well-recognized dynamic of the contemporary political economy, but it was true during the first age of globalization as well. Motivated by literature examinin...

Academic discussions of the applicability of international relations theories to foreign policy have typically focused on whether specific theorists or writings can usefully be regarded as falling within the domain of realism, or idealism, or some other general theory. We propose instead to investigate whether diplomatic practitioners can be classi...

We examine how presidents choose to allocate their time during foreign policy crises and how this analysis affects how to understand presidential power and influence. Using a unique database constructed from the presidential diaries of eight U.S. presidents, we evaluate the effect of foreign policy crises, along with several other structural constr...

Global financial cycles are of increasing concern for scholars and policymakers. Recent research has identified these cycles as originating in American markets, at least in part due to policy innovations in the United States. We articulate a previously unidentified, but powerful, mechanism that conditions growth (and growth volatility) in the globa...

We argue that authoritarian regimes engage in subnational propaganda targeting in pursuit of political survival. Drawing on an original dataset of visual and text propaganda collected inside North Korea, we show that the regime in Pyongyang tailors messaging to elites and masses differently. We outline a schema of four strategies and seven themes t...

We argue that authoritarian regimes engage in subnational propaganda targeting in pursuit of political survival. Drawing on an original dataset of propaganda collected inside North Korea, we show that the regime tailors messaging to elites and masses differently. We outline a schema of strategies and themes that authoritarian regimes utilize when c...

In what situations is the speech of foreign policy officials a reflection of speech expounding grand theories of International Relations? Using a linear support vector classification algorithm, we analyze all the published volumes of Foreign Relations of the United States as a single corpus, examining the use of five frames taken from a mix of acad...

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Contemporary research on presidential appointments tends to focus on the Senate’s political climate as a primary cause of its “broken politics.” In contrast, we focus on the role the president plays in setting the stage for Senate confirmation of federal appointees. Our empirical approach suggests that an active president who demonstrates initiativ...

Current explanations of demand for anti-dumping protections focus on the role of the business cycle, and fluctuations in real exchange rates. However, empirical evidence supporting these explanations is based primarily on the experience of industrialized countries. Here, we examine anti-dumping petitions in a broader sample of thirty-four industria...

International Relations scholars have long recognized the need to study the complex interdependencies of the international economy in order to understand the economic sources of national power and influence. Renewed interest in the patterns of international economic interdependencies and the structure of globalization has led scholars to a better,...

Senate majorities of both parties have altered the rules of debate to speed up deliberations on presidential nominees, particularly on judicial nominations. These deployments of the Senate's “nuclear option,” however, have had no demonstrable effect with respect to judicial nominations. We suggest the evidence highlights the role of “opportunism” r...

Academic discussions of the applicability of international relations theories to foreign policy have typically focused on whether specific theorists or writings can usefully be regarded as falling within the domain of realism, idealism, or some other general theory. We propose instead to investigate whether diplomatic practitioners can be classifie...