FEATURED AUTHOR

James Strong

Fellow in Foreign Policy Analysis
London School of Economics

I am a foreign policy analyst interested in how public opinion, legislative politics and leadership personality affect foreign policy decision-making. My empirical work focuses on British foreign and security policy in the 'war on terrorism' era.

Biography

After a BA in Modern History at Oxford, I spent two years training as an international tax consultant with KPMG in London. I returned to academia at LSE in 2008, undertaking first an MRes in Political Science and then a PhD in International Relations. Between 2012 and 2013 I served as Executive Officer to the Director and President of LSE, Professor Craig Calhoun. In this role I headed up the Directorate support team and served as advisor and secretary to the Director's Management Team. I was appointed as a Fellow in the Department of International Relations in 2013, teaching International Politics and Foreign Policy Analysis on both our BSc and MSc programmes. I have won teaching prizes in each of my three years as a member of the IR Department faculty.

Education

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Foreign Policy Analysis, British Foreign Policy, British Politics, International Relations Theory, Higher Education Administration.

Personal Interests

In younger days I was a competitive rower, representing Oxford University in the Nephthys (lightweight reserve) boat that beat Granta of Cambridge in the 2004 Henley Boat Races.

Websites

Personal Website

Books

Featured Title

Articles

Why parliament now decides on war

Published: Jun 10, 2015 by British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Authors: James Strong

An analysis of how precedents set in votes on Iraq, Libya and Syria progressively established a new "parliamentary prerogative" that MPs should have the chance to veto major British military combat operations abroad.

Interpreting the Syria vote: Parliament and British foreign policy

Published: Jan 11, 2015 by International Affairs
Authors: James Strong

This article presents three distinct interpretations of how parliamentary war powers affect British foreign policy more generally, based on a detailed analysis of the debate preceding the vote in parliament in August 2013 on whether Britain should intervene in the Syrian civil war.