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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 Security Policy - Balancing, but Hedging," in America's Allies and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony, eds. Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin (London: Routledge).


Published 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 few years listed; over 40 total):

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2022). "Book Review - Prelude to Pearl Harbor," Choice.

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2022). "Book Review - Postrevolutionary Iran: The Leader, the People, and the Three Powers, Choice (July).

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. (2019). "Book Review - Volatile State: Iran in the Nuclear Age," H-Net Reviews, https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54057

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2019). "Book Review - Security in Asia Pacific: The Dynamics of Alignment," Choice (July).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2019). "Book Review - Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation," Choice (April).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2018). "Book Review - When Proliferation Causes Peace," Choice (July).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2018). "Book Review - The Iran Nuclear Deal: Bombs, Billionaires, and Bureaucrats," Choice (June).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2018). "Book Review - The Art of Creating Power: Freedman on Strategy," Choice (March).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2017). "Book Review - Migrant Returns," Choice (December).

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).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2015). "Book Review - The Challenges of Nuclear Non-proliferation," Choice (November).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2015). "Book Review - The Indian Ocean and U.S. Grand Strategy: Ensuring Access and Promoting Security," Choice (August).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2015). "Book Review - American Biodefense: How Dangerous Ideas about Biological Weapons Shape National Security," Choice (June).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2014). "Book Review - American Foreign Policy: Alliance Politics in a Century of War, 1914-2014," Choice (December).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2014). "Book Review - No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security," Choice (September).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2014). "Book Review - Flawed Logics: Strategic Nuclear Arms Control from Truman to Obama," Choice (July).

Sherrill, Clifton W. (2014). "Book Review - The Syria - Iran Axis: Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations in the Middle East," Choice (April).
Dr. Clifton W. Sherrill

Professor
Troy University
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