Biography
Juliet Kaarbo听is Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of 58吃瓜. She co-founded and is the Executive Director of the Scottish Council on Global Affairs.听 Julie previously held posts at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Kansas and the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva) and was founding co-director of Edinburgh鈥檚 Centre for Security Research.听 She was the 2018 Distinguished Scholar of Foreign Policy Analysis听in the International Studies Association (ISA) and was elected as ISA Vice President (2022-23).听听 She was awarded a Visiting Scientist Fellowship at Bilkent University (Ankara) and a Ferdinand Braudel Senior Fellowship at the European University Institute (Florence) and secured a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship for 2023-25.听Professor Kaarbo has written about and provided expert parliamentary testimony on the international dimensions of Scottish independence, Brexit, and the role of the UK parliament in foreign and security policy and has consulted with numerous government officials and agencies. Julie served as Associate Editor of the journals听Foreign Policy Analysis听and听British Journal of Politics and International Relations听and co-edits Routledge鈥檚 book series on Role Theory and International Relations. 听听She has won three awards for her PhD supervision.
Juliet Kaarbo鈥檚 research focuses on leader personality, foreign policy decision making, group dynamics, parliaments and parties, and national roles and has appeared in numerous high-ranking journals such as听International Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Review, Political Psychology, European Political Science Review,听and听Foreign Policy Analysis.听听 Her books and co-edited volumes include听Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making:听 A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Choices听(University of Michigan Press 2012),听Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations听(Routledge 2016),听The听Oxford Handbook of Political Executives听(2020), and听The听Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis听(2024).听 She has been part of an international team creating a database on parties鈥� positions on military deployments and trade agreements (). Julie is currently working on a Leverhulme Trust funded project:听 Breaking Bad?听 How Leader Personalities Change and the Consequences for Politics and Foreign Policies.听 She is also working on projects comparing personality profiles of U.S. presidential candidates to elected presidents, assessing Egyptian foreign policy from a role theory perspective, and a role theory take on transitional orders.
Selected publications
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Open access
Beasley, R. K., Oppermann, K. & Kaarbo, J., Jan 2026, In: Global Studies Quarterly. 6, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., ksaf115.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Cantir, C. & Kaarbo, J., 2025, Handbook of international relations. Thies, C. (ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 359鈥�373 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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Open access
Calvert, J. & Kaarbo, J., 28 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Review of International Political Economy. Latest Articles, p. 1-25 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Kaarbo, J. & Lantis, J. S., 1 Feb 2024, The Oxford handbook of foreign policy analysis. Kaarbo, J. & Thies, C. G. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 323-341 19 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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Kaarbo, J. & Thies, C. G., 1 Feb 2024, The Oxford handbook of foreign policy analysis. Kaarbo, J. & Thies, C. G. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1-21 21 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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Kaarbo, J. (Editor) & Thies, C. G. (Editor), 1 Feb 2024, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 770 p.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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Open access
Kaarbo, J., Oppermann, K. & Beasley, R. K., 6 Mar 2023, In: International Affairs. 99, 2, p. 605-624 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Turner, O. & Kaarbo, J., 10 Nov 2022, A Trump doctrine?: unpredictability and foreign policy. Bentley, M. & Lerner, A. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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Open access
Beasley, R., Donnelly, F., Hom, A. R., Kaarbo, J., Neal, A. W. & Solomon, T., 15 Sept 2022, In: Contemporary Voices: The 58吃瓜 Journal of International Relations. 4, 1, p. 2-4 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Editorial 鈥� peer-review
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Beasley, R. (Editor), Donnelly, F. (Editor), Hom, A. R. (Editor), Kaarbo, J. (Editor), Neal, A. W. (Editor) & Solomon, T. (Editor), 6 Sept 2022, In: Contemporary Voices: The 58吃瓜 Journal of International Relations. 4, 1, p. 2-232 231 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Special issue 鈥� peer-review
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