https://www.paulkowert.net/home daily 1.0 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/866a0740-0c83-4b63-9c77-5803169050f4/USandRussia.jpg Professor Paul Kowert - Differences among Countries Much of my research focuses on the way we form impressions of other countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/76fee804-7d0b-42ae-9e1c-0bd56f7d4f5d/KowertConference.jpg Professor Paul Kowert I am an Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at UMass Boston. I teach and conduct research in the areas of international relations, foreign policy analysis, nationalism, research design and methodology, constructivist political theory, and the comparative politics of East Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/44a36685-3286-4cf8-bf0c-ed96472c7507/Sensoji.jpg Professor Paul Kowert - Japan’s Image My forthcoming book on Japan explores the way the country is seen by its East Asian neighbors. I develop a theory of emotion in foreign policy to help account for Japan’s international image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/b4d5998b-7c53-49d4-b174-31356a6eb3ba/RWRCabinet.jpg Professor Paul Kowert - Political Psychology I conduct research about the way personality and leader-group dynamics affect foreign policy decision making. My book on this topic contrasts groupthink with another problem, which might be called deadlock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/d071873d-c089-4584-8428-6514239b1357/RainbowMind.jpg Professor Paul Kowert - Constructivism Although I’m not inclined to commit myself to a single tribe of international relations scholars, many people would consider me a constructivist. 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I’m an associate professor of political science and international relations with an interest in the way people form impressions of countries (their own and others), the way national leaders use information and advice, and the way leaders incorporate normative principles into their policy choices. I focus particularly on foreign policymaking in the United States and Japan. I currently live in Boston, Massachusetts, where I teach at UMass Boston. It happens that there is at least one other Paul Kowert—a virtuoso double bassist and composer, whose website can be found here. Ironically, my child also plays the bass and guitar. Sadly, I do not. https://www.paulkowert.net/images daily 0.75 2023-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/9842207a-ea7e-46fa-89c1-7176e946c894/USandRussia.jpg Images - "Time to Bridge That Gulch" This editorial cartoon shows the United States and Russia confronting each other, as an eagle and a bear, during the Cold War. It won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. It was created by Bruce Alexander Russell and published in the Los Angeles Times on November 30, 1945. The image is now in the public domain and available on Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/b17fd8c2-07a6-4726-8563-71a887384217/RWRCabinetColor.jpg Images - Oval Office Meeting In this photograph, President Ronald Reagan meets with his advisors in the Oval Office to discuss the unfolding Iran-Contra Affair. This photo was taken on November 25, 1986. U. S. Government photographs are in the public domain. This photo is available on the Ronald W. 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It is available on Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/f9fafc28-cc1d-4445-b81c-0079bc2f3008/East_African_Community_heads_of_state.jpg Images - East African Community Leaders This photograph shows the heads of state of five members of the East African Community: Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi (from left to right). It was created by nukta77 on April 29, 2009. This image is used under a Creative Commons license and is available on Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6269fb227db48511df759630/c070f409-8242-41af-b2ae-2df67b7d4dd6/CJCS_and_SECDEF_at_Day_1_of_Shangri-La_Dialogue_PB383_%2834678469580%29.jpg Images - JCS Chair Dunford In this photograph, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. 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