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Shale Horowitz

  • Professor, Political Science
  • Director, International Studies

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science
  • MA, University of California, Los Angeles, Economics
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley

Office Hours

Tuesday 4:40 - 5:40 pm, 8:10-9:10 pm & By Appt

Office Location:  BOL 636

Courses Taught

  • Global 101 - People and Politics
  • POL SCI 102 - Introduction to International Relations
  • POL SCI 314 - Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy
  • POL SCI 330 - The Politics of International Economic Relations
  • POL SCI 337 - International Organization and the United Nations
  • POL SCI 371 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • POL SCI 500 - Capstone Course in Political Science
  • POL SCI 702 - Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research
  • POL SCI 818 - International Political Economy
  • POL SCI 962 - Ethnic Conflict

Research Interests

Prof. Horowitz's research has examined international and ethnic conflict, with an emphasis on East and South Asia and on the post-communist world; the politics of international trade and finance; and the politics of market transition and institutional change in the post-communist countries and East Asia. His current research focuses on ethno-territorial conflicts, Chinese foreign policy, and Indo-Pacific security and political economy. He has taught for a year at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and has done research in many countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, in India, and in China, Taiwan, and Korea.

International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar in Washington, DC

Political science majors can also participate in the International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar. This is a yearly three-week program in Washington, DC, held each June. See the Program Brochure below. For the 2026 Program, see the information flyer and the contact information inside. 

Selected Publications

Horowitz, Shale and Liu, Jingnan. 2024. World Affairs 187(4): 404-20.
Horowitz, Shale. 2024. Conflict Resolution Quarterly 42(1): 72-91.
Horowitz, Shale. 2023. Terrorism and Political Violence 35(7): 1451-67.
Horowitz, Shale. 2023.  Middle East Quarterly 30(2): 1-13.
Horowitz, Shale. 2022. Indo-Pacific Defense Forum 47(1): 36-43.
Horowitz, Shale. 2021.  Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 27(3): 350-69.
Horowitz, Shale A., Redd, Steven B., and Ye, Min. 2020.   Asian Survey 60(5): 928-51.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. 2020. Indian Growth and Development Review 13(2): 353-89 .
Horowitz, Shale A., and Kim, Sunwoong. 2017. Chinese Journal of International Politics 10(4 (2017): 403-28.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Redd, Steven B. 2017. Foreign Policy Analysis 13(4): 950-67.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Tyburski, Michael. 2016.  Post-Soviet Affairs 32(2): 176-200.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. 2013.  Civil Wars 15(4): 508-30.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. 2013.  Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 36(5): 372-93.
Milanovic, Branko, Hoff, Karla, and Horowitz, Shale A. 2010.  Economics and Politics 22(3): 329-61.
Horowitz, Shale A., Milanovic, Branko, and Hoff, Karla. 2009.  European Journal of Political Research 48(1): 107-29.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Brown, Eric C. 2008. Comparative Politics 41(1): 21-40.
Horowitz, Shale A., and Kim, Sunwoong. 2008. ” International Interactions 34(3): 258-81.
Horowitz, Shale A. 2006.  Journal of Peace Research 43(1): 91-7.
Horowitz, Shale and Browne, Eric C. 2005. Party Politics 11(6): 689- 706.
Horowitz, Shale. 2004. International Studies Quarterly 48(4): 755-78.