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Philip B. K. Potter

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Ph.D., UCLA

3309 Weill Hall
(734) 615-6905
pbkp@umich.edu

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Philip B. K. Potter is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science. His primary research interests are in international security, political economy, and methods of political analysis. His current research explores the relationship between interdependence and international conflict, the impact of media on foreign policy, and the role of networks in transnational terrorism. Philip holds a B.A. from McGill University, a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles and has been a fellow at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Publications

  • “Does Experience Matter? American Presidential Experience, Age, and International Conflict" Journal of Conflict Resolution (2007), vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 351-78.
  • “The Relationship Between Mass Media, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis" Annual Review of Political Science (2008), vol. 11, pp. 39-65 (with Matthew Baum).
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