Political science major Sam Hoffman ’27 presented his paper “Truman’s Recognition of Israel: Strategic Interests or Domestic Politics?” on the panel “U.S. Foreign Policy and Public Opinion” at the Southwest Social Science’s annual conference in Nashville, TN on April 2. The work uses famed political scientist Robert Putnam’s two-level game theory to help explain the impact of international and domestic factors on President Harry Truman’s decision to recognize the newly-created state of Israel in 1948. The paper grew out of Hoffman’s work in Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder’s 2025 “U.S. Foreign Policy” class.

Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder’s article “Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not Transactional. It Is Tributary.” appeared in the online magazine Open Canada, which is published by the Canadian International Council.

Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder had his paper “The Myth of Trump’s Transactional Foreign Policy” accepted for publication in the International Journal. It shows that Trump’s foreign policy has been more tributary than, as often characterized, transactional.

Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder presented his paper “The US and Iran: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations” at the International Studies Association’s conference at the University of Rijeka in Rijeka, Croatia in June.

Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder had his paper titled “Realist or Just Anti-Liberal? Trump’s Foreign Policy in Retrospect” accepted for publication in the journal International Journal. It demonstrates that the Trump administration’s foreign policy of retrenchment was motivated less by the purported goal of reducing costs than by the desire to weaken liberal international practices, which had similar domestic ramifications.