John Van Benthuysen

I completed my bachelor’s in political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, my master’s in international studies at DePaul University, and my doctorate in political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. My area of expertise is in international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on international orders and the history and theory of states. My dissertation, Manufacturing Leviathan: International Order, States, and Failed States, explored the relationships between the rules and practices of international order and state development and stability.

I teach courses in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and American Government. I have most recently taught “Revolution and Revolt,” “Democracy and Democratization,” and “International Orders of War and Peace.”

In my free time, I enjoy reading speculative fiction, hiking in the Black Hills, going to concerts, and traveling.

Publications:

• Van Benthuysen, John. 2016. An Assessment of International Order: Liberal Major Powers and Fragile and Failing States. Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development 7(2): 37-67.
• Van Benthuysen, John. 2015. In-Between Anarchy and Interdependence: From State Death to Fragile and Failing States. Third World Quarterly 36(1): 22-39.
• Valeriano, Branden, and John Van Benthuysen. 2012. When States Die: Geographic and Territorial Pathways to State Death. Third World Quarterly 33(7): 1167-1191.