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Over time, U.S. foreign policy has become increasingly activist, interventionist, and hostile despite facing fewer direct national security threats. These military interventions have also gradually become less connected to the national interest. Tufts University professor Monica Toft and Bridgewater State University assistant professor Sidita Kushi explain their quantitative research on US interventionism and explore alternative strategies. 

Show Notes

• Monica Toft bio
• Sidita Kushi bio
• Monic Duffy Toft and Sidita Kushi, Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy(New York City: Oxford University Press, 2023). Forthcoming.
• Sidita Kushi and Monica Duffy Toft, \u201cIntroducing the Military Intervention Project: A New Dataset on US Military Interventions, 1776\u20132019,\u201d Journal of Conflict Resolution (2022).
• Monica Duffy Toft and Sidita Kushi, \u201cThe Roots of Washington\u2019s Addiction to Military Force,\u201d Foreign Affairs, January 10, 2023.
• Monica Duffy Toft, \u201cGetting Religion Right in Civil Wars,\u201d Journal of Conflict Resolution 65, no. 9 (2021): pp. 1607-1634.
• Sidita Kushi, \u201cSelective Humanitarians: How Region and Conflict Perception Drive Military Interventions in Intrastate Crises,\u201d International Relations (2022).
• Sidita Kushi, \u201cRegional Bias Too Obvious in Western Response to Humanitarian Atrocities,\u201d EURACTIV, September 27, 2022.
• Monica Duffy Toft, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Modern Addiction to the Big Stick,\u201d Responsible Statecraft, June 21, 2022.

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