Richard Jordan
Associate Professor of Political Science Undergraduate Program Director
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University
M.A., Princeton University
B.A., College of William & Mary, summa cum laude
Richard Jordan's research and teaching interests include international politics, grand strategy, crisis decision-making, emerging technologies, and mathematical models of (in)equality. His work uses game theory and historical cases to analyze how states and leaders bargain before, during, and after conflict.
Courses at Baylor
PSC 3315 Fundamentals of International Politics: Fall 2016
PSC 4316 Grand Strategy
Publications and Working Papers
International governance of advancing artificial intelligence | AI & SOCIETY (springer.com)
“Rational Origins of Revisionist War” International Studies Review
RATIONAL ORIGINS OF REVISIONIST WAR
“Symbolic victories and strategic risk,” Journal of Peace Research
SYMBOLIC VICTORIES AND STRATEGIC RISK
“Assessing the Renaissance of Individuals in International Relations Theory” with Marcus Holmes and Eric Parajon, PS: Political Science and Politics
ASSESSING THE RENAISSANCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
“Forming the Grand Strategist According to Shakespeare,” with Peter Campbell, Texas National Security Review (2020)
FORMING THE GRAND STRATEGIST ACCORDING TO SHAKESPEARE
“Lessons from Game Theory about Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons” Journal of Law and International Affairs (2020)
LESSONS FROM GAME THEORY ABOUT HUMANIZING NEXT-GENERATION WEAPONS