Donald A. Sylvan
- Foreign Policy Decision Making
- Middle East Politics
- Political Psychology
Professor Sylvan has broad interests in international politics and political
psychology. His research concentrates on foreign policy decision making and
problem representation n foreign policy. Much of his recent work focuses on the
Middle East. He just co-edited International Intervention: Sovereignty vs.
Responsibility (London: Frank Cass, 2002). He has also co-edited Problem
Representation in Foreign Policy Decision Making (Cambridge University
Press, 1998) and Foreign Policy Decision Making: Perception, Cognition, and
Artificial Intelligence, and has co-authored Energy in the Global Arena.
His articles have appeared in such journals as International Studies
Quarterly,
American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict
Resolution, Political Psychology, and
Behavioral Science. He presently serves as treasurer of the
International Society of Political Psychology, and has served as president of
the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association,
and as president of ISA-Midwest.
Selected Publications:
2004. “Forecasting Israeli-Palestinian Relations.” Journal of Peace Research
41(4):445-463. (with J.W. Keller and Y.Z. Haftel)
Material
related to “Forecasting Israeli-Palestinian Relations.”
2004. “Political Psychology and the Study of Foreign Policy Decision Making.” In The State of Research in Political Psychology at the Dawn of a New Century, Ed. Linda O. Valenty. Opladen, Germany : Leske and Budrich. (with Brent Strathman).
