Inside the Ivory Tower

Our third exclusive survey of international relations professors reveals they're worried about climate change, Russia's rise, and their own irrelevance. Plus: A ranking of the top schools for studying international relations.

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The walls surrounding the ivory tower have never seemed so high. U.S. President Barack Obama has picked the team of people who will craft his foreign policy, and guess who didn't make the A list? Only most of the experts tasked with explaining the way the world works. Unfortunately, professors of international relations and political science are often the last...

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The Ivory Tower Index summarizes the findings of the Teaching, Research, and International Policy Project, produced by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations and conducted by Daniel Maliniak, a Ph.D. student at U.C. San Diego, Amy Oakes, an assistant professor of government, Susan Peterson, dean of undergraduate studies and Reves professor of government, and Michael J. Tierney, director of international relations and Weingartner associate professor of government, all at the College of William and Mary. Complete survey results are at www.wm.edu/TRIP.

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