Stacie E. Goddard

Professor Goddard's research engages with core issues in international security, and in particular the study of the causes and conduct of war. Her book, Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy: Jerusalem and Northern Ireland, asks how territory becomes indivisible: Why is it politicians appear unable to divide territory through negotiation, leading to violence and war? Currently, she is researching whether concerns about legitimacy affect states' decisions to balance power—for example, if the United States' position as the lone superpower depends on whether or not the international community sees its foreign policy as legitimate.

Outside of Wellesley, she is a member of the Governing Council of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association, the primary organizational body for international relations scholars.