Shale Horowitz

Shale Horowitz is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College of Letters and Science. He holds a PhD in Political Science from UCLA, an MA in Economics from UCLA, and a BA from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on international and ethnic conflict, particularly in East/South Asia and the post-communist world, alongside the politics of international economic relations and market transition. He has conducted fieldwork across Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, India, and East Asia, and taught at Central European University in Hungary.

Teaching includes courses on international organizations, Chinese politics, nationalism, and advanced research methods. His work analyzes ethno-territorial conflicts, Chinese foreign policy, and Indo-Pacific security dynamics. Recent publications explore Xi Jinping’s foreign policy shifts, conflict duration under authoritarian regimes, and negotiation mechanisms in territorial disputes.

Horowitz co-directs the International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar in New York/Washington, DC. His experimental research examines leadership preferences in conflict scenarios, with findings published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly and Asian Survey. He has advised on US-China relations and contributed to scholarly debates about democratization in post-communist regions.

Key research themes include the intersection of nationalism with economic policy, regional security architectures, and the role of institutional frameworks in conflict resolution. His work bridges quantitative and qualitative methods to explain state behavior in contentious international environments.