Current
Research
United Nations Security Council -
This research examines how the Security Council has operated in the
past and how it continues to address new problems. The core of the
project has been to develop a database to assess how the Security
Council has worked.
Recent
paper presentations:
“Round Pegs and
Square Holes? Assessing Transnational Issues through a Traditional IGO:
The UN
Security Council fumbling for a role with non-traditional security
threats,”
Seventh International CISS Millennium Conference, Buçaco,
Portugal, June 2007.
“The Evolution of Security
Council Responses to a Changing International Environment: An
Examination and
Evaluation,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois,
April
2006.
Upcoming paper presentations:
“Addressing
Transnational Issues through a Traditional IGO: The UN Security Council
attempts to define its role in handling non-traditional security
threats,”
submitted for presentation at the Northeast Political Science
Association,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2007.
“Evolution or Retrenchment?
Security Council Practices and Work in the post-Cold War Era: An
Analysis and
Evaluation,” to be presented at the International Studies Association,
San
Francisco, California, March 2008.
Participation in International Treaties
- This research, as it has progressed since my dissertation, examines
characterisitcs of states that might lead to an explanation of which
states participate in multilateral treaties.
Recent
Paper presentations:
“Assessing the
Participation of Democracies in Multilateral Treaties,” Midwest
Political
Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
“Long-term
Democracies and Core International Treaties: Assessing the Theoretical
Contentions about Participation,” Northeast Political Science
Association,
Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006.
Article
under review:
“Long-term
Democracies and Core International Treaties: Assessing the Theoretical
Contentions
about Participation”
Popular Culture and Politics
- I enjoy looking for new ways to help explain politics through
popular culture (primarily film). I am currently gathering material for
a new project on topics in international relations and film as
well as for my Special Topics Course (PS 391): International Relations,
World Politics and Film in the fall semester 2007.
Previous Publications:
Mark Sachleben, 2006. Human Rights
Treaties: Considering Patterns of Participation, 1948-2000. New
York: Routledge.
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Mark Sachleben and Kevan Yenerall, 2004. Seeing the Bigger Picture: Understanding
Politics Through Film & Television. New York: Peter Lang.
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