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Curriculum Vitae James Sperling Spring 2019 Department of Political Science University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1904 (740) 975-2146 (cell) (740) 587-2641 (home) [email protected] Date of birth: 6 September 1952 Education. PhD (1986) University of California, Santa Barbara MA (1978) SAIS, Johns Hopkins University 1982-83 Universität Kiel (Germany) [Fulbright-Hays Fellowship] 1980-81 Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva) 1974-75 Edinburgh University (Scotland) BA (1974) University of California, Santa Barbara (summa cum laude and phi beta kappa) 1972-73 Edinburgh University (Scotland) Academic Employment History. Professor of Political Science, University of Akron (1997-present) Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Akron (1992-1997) Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Akron (1988-92) Visiting Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State University (1986- 88) Visiting Instructor, Davidson College (1985-86) . 1 Publications Forthcoming/in progress: James Sperling and Mark Webber, ‘Trump’s Foreign Policy and NATO: Voice and Exit’, Review of International Studies (in press). James Sperling and Mark Webber, ‘The EU and NATO’ in Oxford Encyclopedia of the European Union (in press) Martin Smith, James Sperling and Mark Webber, NATO: What’s Wrong with NATO? And how to fix it. (Oxford: Polity Press). James Sperling, ‘The Evolution of American Leadership since Kosovo’, Comparative Strategy. James Sperling, ‘Governance of the Regional Maritime Commons’, Routledge Handbook on Maritime Security Books: Mark Webber, James Sperling, and Martin Smith, NATO’s Trajectory into the 21st Century: Decline or Regeneration? (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012). Emil Kirchner and James Sperling, EU Security Governance (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007). James Sperling and Emil Kirchner, Recasting the European Order: Security Architectures and Economic Cooperation (Manchester University Press, 1997). Edited Books: James Sperling and Spyros Economides (eds) EU Security Strategies: Extending the European System of Security Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018). James Sperling (ed.), Handbook on Governance and Security (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2014). James Sperling and S. Victor Papacosma (eds), NATO after 60 Years (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2012). Emil Kirchner and James Sperling (eds) National Security Cultures: Patterns of Global Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010). Charlotte Wagnasson, James Sperling, and Jan Hallenberg (eds), European Security Governance: The European Union in a Westphalian World (Abingdon: Routledge 2009). 2 James Sperling, Andreas Theophanous, and S. Victor Papacosma (eds), Turkey and the EU: a wary partnership (Nicosia: University of Nicosia, 2008). Emil Kirchner and James Sperling (eds.), Global Security Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2007). James Sperling (ed.), Germany at 55: Berlin ist nicht Bonn? (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004) S. Victor Papacosma, James Sperling, and Andreas Theophanous, EU Enlargement and New Security Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean (Nicosia: Intercollege Press, 2004). James Sperling, Sean Kay and S. Victor Papacosma (eds), Limiting Institutions? The Challenge of Security Governance in Eurasia (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003). James Sperling (ed.), Two Tiers or Two Speeds? The European Security Order and the Enlargement of the European Order and NATO (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999). James Sperling, Yogendra Malik, and David Louscher (eds), Zones of Amity, Zones of Enmity: The Prospects for Military and Economic Security in Asia, (Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1998). Christoph Bluth, Emil Kirchner, and James Sperling (eds.), The Future of European Security (Aldershot: Darmouth Publishing, 1994). Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling (eds.), The Federal Republic and NATO, Forty Years After (Basingstoke: Macmilllan, 1992). Guest Editor, Journal Sonia Lucarelli, James Sperling and Mark Webber (eds) Special Issue of West European Politics: The European Union as an Agent of Collective Securitization, 42:2 (2019). Articles: ‘The European Union, Security Governance and Collective Securitization’ (with Mark Webber), West European Politics 42:2 (2019): 228-60. ‘NATO and the Ukraine Crisis: Collective Securitization’, (with Mark Webber), European Journal of International Studies 2:1 (2017): 19-46. 3 ‘Governing the Global Commons: Geostrategic and Geoeconomic Sources of Discord in the International System’, Caucasus International, 5 (2015): 53-74. 'Security Governance in Europe: A Return to System' (with Mark Webber), European Security, 23:2 (2014): 126-44. ‘Legami atlantici’, ASPENIA, no. 61 (2013): 17-24. ‘America and Europe: Stitched together but coming apart at the seams’ ASPENIA, no. 57/58 (2013): 91-101. ‘Italy-US: Dependable, but not Indispensible? ISPI Commentary (21 February 2013). Publication of Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milano, Italia. Available at: http://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/commentary_sperling_21 .02.2013_0.pdf. ‘EU police and judicial cooperation before the Treaty of Lisbon’, European Security, 22:2 (2013): 202-29. Reprinted in: Raphael Bossong and Mark Rhinard (eds) (2014), Explaining EU Internal Security Cooperation: The Problem(s) of Producing Public Goods (New York and London: Routledge). ‘NATO’s intervention in the Afghan civil war’ (coauthored), Civil Wars, 14:3 (2012): 344-72. ‘The EU Foreign Policy and Security Identity: Waning or Waxing?’ in ISPI Studies, No. 76 (November 2011) Publication of Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milano, Italia. Available at: http://www.ispionline.it/it/documents/Analysis_76_2011.pdf. ‘Regional Security’, Oxford On-Line Bibliographies: Political Science (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). Revised edition published in 2015. ‘The European Security Order between American Hegemony and French Independence’ (with Ulrich Krotz), European Security 20:3 (2011): 305-336. ‘American Elite Perceptions of Italy as a Foreign Policy Actor: Does Italy Figure into American Foreign Policy Calculations?’, Modern Italy 15:3 (2010): 259-76. 4 “Germany and America in the 21st Century: Repeating the Postwar Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation”, German Politics 19:1 (2010): 53-71 ‘Germany and European Security Governance: How Well Does the Birmingham Model Perform?’ European Security 18:2 (2009): 125-50. ‘Sharing the Burden of Collective Security in the European Union,’ International Organization (with Han Dorussen and Emil Kirchner) 63:4 (2009): 789-810. ‘NATO: From Kosovo to Kabul’, International Affairs (with Mark Webber), 85:3 (2009): 491-512. ‘Is Germany a ‘Good European’? German Compliance with EU Law” (coauthored) German Politics, 14:3 (2005): 354-70. “Capabilities gaps and traps: symptoms or cause of a troubled transatlantic relationship?” Contemporary Security Strategy, 25:2 (2004): 452-78. “The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic: The Very Model of a post-Modern Major Power?” German Politics, 12:3 (2004): 1-34. “The New Security Threats in Europe: Theory and Evidence,” (with Emil Kirchner) European Foreign Affairs Review 7:4 (2002): 423-52. “Positive/Negative Identity in the Euro-Atlantic Communities: Germany’s Past, Europe’s Future,” (with Mary Hampton) Journal of European Integration, 24:4 (2002): , 281-303. “Neither Hegemony nor Dominance: Reconsidering German Power in Post Cold-War Europe,” British Journal of Political Science, 31(2001): 389-425. “Will Form Lead to Function? Institutional Enlargement and the Creation of a European Security and Defence Identity,” (with Emil Kirchner), Contemporary Security Studies, 21:1 (2000): 23-45. "Economic Security and the Problem of Cooperation in Post-Cold War Europe, “ (with Emil Kirchner) Review of International Studies, 24:2 (1998): 221-237 “Introduction: A Problem of Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific,” Journal of African and Asian Studies, 33:1 (1998): 1-19. “The security architectures and institutional futures of post-1989 Europe,” (with Emil Kirchner), Journal of European Public Policy, 4:2 (1997): 155-70. 5 "A Reconceptualization of the Arms Transfer Problem," (with David Louscher), Defense Analysis, 11:3 (1995): 293-311. "German Foreign Economic Policy after Unification: The End of `Cheque Book' Diplomacy?," West European Politics, 17:1 (1994): 73-97. "(Im)migration and German Security in Post-Yalta Europe," German Studies Review, 17:3 (1993): 537-57. "After German Unification: A Reinvigorated Atlantic Economy or the Foundation of `Fortress Europe'?" German Politics, 1:2 (1992): 200-22. "The Future Germany and the Future of NATO," (with Emil Kirchner) German Politics, 1:1 (1992): 50-77. "German Security Policy: A Civilian Power in an Uncivil World?" Arms Control, 12:3 (1991): 77-98. "West German Foreign Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration: Eight Years' Hard Labor, 1981-1988," German Studies Review, 13:1 (1990): 85-110. Book Chapters: ‘NATO Operations’ (with Mark Webber) in Hugo Meijer and Marco Wyss (eds), The European Handbook of Armed Forces (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018): 888-9 ‘Military Alliances’ in John Deni and David Galbreath (eds), Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018): 350-62 ‘The European Union and the Grand Strategy for post-Westphalian Governance’ in Spyros Economides and James Sperling (eds), EU Security Strategies: Extending the European System of Security Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018): 1-26. ‘America in the middle: defending or dominating