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My research interests include defense policy, nuclear strategy, and modern warfare. I am particularly interested in how great powers handle asymmetric threats, including weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, insurgency, gray-war, and cyber attacks. The "strategic deficit" of democratic states makes domestic politics a key limiting feature for United States policy-makers dealing with unconventional threats. Accordingly, my theoretical interest falls within the classical realist tradition and the neoclassical realist revival thereof. Geographically, my interest covers both Middle East, with a primary focus on Iran, as well as the Asian-Pacific theater.
Books:
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2018). Losing Legitimacy: The End of Khomeini's Charismatic Shadow and Regional Security (Lexington).
Book Chapters:
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2019). "Japanese National Security Policy - Balancing, but Hedging," in America's Allies and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony, eds. Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin (London: Routledge).
Articles:
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2017). "The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo," Asian International Studies Review 18, no. 1 (June): 1-21.
Sherrill, Clifton W. and Richard Hough. (2015). "Current Japanese Security Policy towards China and Neoclassical Realism: Testing IR Theories," Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 2, no. 3 (December): 237-265.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2015) "Neoclassical Realism and South Korea's Nuclear Weapons Policy," Asian International Studies Review 16, no. 1 (June): 1-23.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2014). "Why Hassan Rouhani Won Iran's 2013 Presidential Election," Middle East Policy 21, no. 2 (Summer): 64-75.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2012). "Why Iran Wants the Bomb and What It Means for U.S. Policy," The Nonproliferation Review 19, no. 1 (March): 31-49.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2011). "After Khomeini: Who Will Succeed Iran's Supreme Leader?" Orbis 55, no. 4 (Fall): 631-647.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2006). "Promoting Democracy: Results of Democratization Efforts in the Philippines," Asian Affairs: An American Review 32, no.4 (Winter): 211-30.
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2004). "Thinking About Deterrence: Credibility and Warfighting," Strategic Insights 3: 5 (May).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2001). "The Need for a Japanese Nuclear Deterrent," Comparative Strategy 20: 259-71.
Sherrill, Cliff (1997). "Tobacco Litigation: Medicaid Third Party Liability and Claims for Restitution," University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal 19, 3 (Spring): 497-518.
Book Reviews (last 5 years listed; over 30 total):
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2021). "Book Review - Iran's Experiment with Parliamentary Governance: The Second Majles, 1909-1911," Choice (upcoming)
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2021). "Book Review - Defense Management Reform: How to Make the Pentagon Work Better and Cost Less," Choice (June).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2020). "Book Review - The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War," Choice (October).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2020). "Book Review - Trump and Iran: From Containment to Confrontation," Choice (September).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2017). "Book Review - Does Torture Work?" Choice (October).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2017). "Book Review - Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics in Transforming China's Weapons Buildup and Modernization," Choice (February).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2017). "Book Review - High Table Diplomacy: The Reshaping of International Security Institutions," Choice (January).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2016). "Book Review - The Case of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century," Choice (July).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2016). "Book Review - Iran's Political Economy since the Revolution," Choice (April).
Sherrill, Clifton W. (2016). "Book Review - Regional Risk and Security in Japan: Whither the Everyday," Choice (February).
Recent Conference Presentations:
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Japanese National Security Policy," Paper presented at workshop on Allies Dealing with POwer Transition, University of Quebec at Montreal. August 28, 2019.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Iraqi Foreign Policy and Iran: Bandwagoning or Balancing?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 4-6, 2018.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Losing Legitimacy: What the End of Khomeini's Charismatic Shadow Means for Regional Security," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12-14, 2017.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo," Paper presented at the Korea International Studies Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3-4, 2016.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "The Age of ISIS: The Threat to Southeast Asia," Paper presented at the annual congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 11-12, 2015.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Modern Japanese Security Policy and Neoclassical Realism," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 15-17, 2015.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Conflict Management in the South China Sea," Paper presented at the annual congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association, Chiang-Mai, Thailand, Sept. 19-20, 2014.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "Iranian Foreign Policy: A Neoclassical Realist View," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 9-11, 2014.
Sherrill, Clifton W. "U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa: Evaluating International Relations Theories," Paper presented at the Asian Political and International Studies Association, "Rethinking Human Security in the Asian Century" conference, Taichung, Taiwan, Dec. 5-6, 2013.
