Thomas Oatley teaches international politics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published his scholarly work in many of the field's best journals, including International Organization, the American Journal of Political Science, and International Studies Quarterly. Dr Oatley has also written two market-leading textbooks on international political economy, edited a handbook on the political economy of the international monetary system, and written a number of commentaries on contemporary affairs that have been published in outlets such as Foreign Policy and the Washington Post.

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• 1. The political economy of imbalance; 2. National security shocks and military buildups; 3. Warfare, welfare, and the size of the American state; 4. Buildups and booms; 5. Deflecting the costs of adjustment; 6. The financial consequences of America's postwar booms; 7. The political economy of American hegemony.

Thomas Oatley teaches international politics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published his scholarly work in many of the field's best journals, including International Organization, the American Journal of Political Science, and International Studies Quarterly. Dr Oatley has also written two market-leading textbooks on international political economy, edited a handbook on the political economy of the international monetary system, and written a number of commentaries on contemporary affairs that have been published in outlets such as Foreign Policy and the Washington Post.

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• 1. The political economy of imbalance; 2. National security shocks and military buildups; 3. Warfare, welfare, and the size of the American state; 4. Buildups and booms; 5. Deflecting the costs of adjustment; 6. The financial consequences of America's postwar booms; 7. The political economy of American hegemony.

Thomas Oatley teaches international politics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published his scholarly work in many of the field's best journals, including International Organization, the American Journal of Political Science, and International Studies Quarterly. Dr Oatley has also written two market-leading textbooks on international political economy, edited a handbook on the political economy of the international monetary system, and written a number of commentaries on contemporary affairs that have been published in outlets such as Foreign Policy and the Washington Post.

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• 1. The political economy of imbalance; 2. National security shocks and military buildups; 3. Warfare, welfare, and the size of the American state; 4. Buildups and booms; 5. Deflecting the costs of adjustment; 6. The financial consequences of America's postwar booms; 7. The political economy of American hegemony.