Dr. James Stocker

Associate Professor of Global Affairs

Interests

• History of US Foreign Relations
• US-Middle East Relations
• Modern Middle Eastern History
• Lebanon
• Energy and Infrastructure

Affiliations

• Representative of the historical community on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee- Archivist of United States

Select Works Published

• Beginning of Winter: The George H.W. Bush Administration, the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, and the Emergence of the Post-Cold War World
  Stocker, J., Journal of Cold War Studies (forthcoming),
• Trump and Historical Legacies of U.S. Middle East Policy
  Stocker, J., H-Diplo/International Security Studies Forum policy series, 2017
• A Historical Inevitability?: Kissinger and US Contacts with the Palestinians (1973-76)
  Stocker, J., International History Review, 2017
• Spheres of Intervention: US Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Lebanon (1967-1976)
  Stocker, J., Cornell University Press, 2016

Philosophy

Though I teach a variety of courses in global affairs and history, my main areas of interest are the history of U.S. foreign relations and the contemporary Middle East. In all of my classes, I challenge students to think critically and systematically about the contemporary world and to make connections between the past, the present, and many possible futures. To be successful in today’s world, students must understand the relationship between their own lives and the world around them. To be global citizens, they need to empathize with people far beyond our country’s borders.