Jon Western

Five College Associate Professor of International Relations

Specialization: International security; human rights; American foreign policy

Jon Western's teaching and research interests focus on U.S. foreign policy, military intervention, human rights and humanitarian affairs. He teaches courses such as American Foreign Policy; American Hegemony and Global Politics in the 21st Century; The United States and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights; and Propaganda and War (with Professor Kavita Khory).

He is the author of Selling Intervention and War: The Presidency, the Media, and the American Public published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2005. His articles and book reviews have appeared in numerous journals, including International Security, Security Studies, Harvard International Review, Global Dialogue, International Affairs, and Political Science Quarterly.

Prior to joining the Mount Holyoke faculty, Western served as a peace scholar-in-residence and the coordinator of the Dayton Upgrade Project at the United States Institute of Peace. He has taught at Columbia University and George Washington University and served as a Balkans and East European specialist at the U.S. Department of State.

News Links:

"The Promise of Human Rights," Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 10, 2008

"Bush Shouldn't Make Attack On Iraq Sound Easy," Springfield Republican, March 9, 2003

"Baghdad or Bust," Hartford Courant, September 10, 2002