Stacie Goddard

Stacie Goddard is the Betty Freyhof Johnson ‘44 Professor of Political Science and associate provost of Wellesley in the World at Wellesley College. She studies great power politics, with a specific interest in revisionist powers and the politics of legitimacy. She is author of When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order (Cornell University Press, 2018).


Unpacking Israel’s deterrence strategy after Iran’s missile attack

A conversation with Boaz Aztili on Israel’s deterrence moves – and Iran's calculations

Will the deadly drone attack draw the U.S. into a major war?

The spiral vs. deterrence model, explained, as violence surges in the Middle East.

Good to Know: Collective security

An explainer on collective security agreements like NATO.

UK’s refugees-to-Rwanda plan could undermine Northern Ireland peace

A contested policy to send asylum seekers who arrive in the U.K. to Rwanda could rattle the Good Friday agreement.

Negotiations over Ukraine are likely to fail. Here’s why.

Several factors can foil conflict negotiations. The Russian war in Ukraine has them all.