{"id":2982,"date":"2011-08-25T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.umw.edu\/cas\/polisci\/about\/jason_davidson.php"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:34:59","slug":"jason-davidson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/polisci\/about-the-faculty\/jason-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Davidson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">political science and international affairs<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Jason Davidson<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-professor\">Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor Program Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/polisci\/requirements-for-minor-in-security-and-conflict-studies\/\">Security and Conflict Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D., Georgetown University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonresident Senior Fellow, New American Engagement Initiative in the Atlantic Council&#8217;s Scowcroft Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/polisci\/files\/2011\/08\/jdavidso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"123\" height=\"149\" src=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/polisci\/files\/2011\/08\/jdavidso.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Professor Jason Davidson.\" class=\"wp-image-31481\" title=\"jdavidso\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-specialization\">Areas of Specialization:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Foreign and Security Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British, French, and Italian Foreign and Security Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scholarly-achievements\">Scholarly Achievements:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.georgetown.edu\/Book\/NATO-After-Russias-Invasion-of-Ukraine\">Nato After Russia&#8217;s Invasion of Ukraine<\/a> <\/em>(Georgetown University Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div class=\"book-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.georgetown.edu\/Book\/Americas-Entangling-Alliances\"><em>America&#8217;s Entangling Alliances: 1778 to the Present<\/em><\/a> (Davidson, 2020).<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With Fabrizio Coticchia: <em>Italian Foreign Policy During Matteo Renzi&#8217;s Government: A Domestically-Focused Outsider and the World<\/em>,&nbsp; (Lexington, 2019).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>America&#8217;s Allies and War: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq<\/em> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Origins of Revisionist and Status-quo States<\/em> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles in peer-reviewed journals such as <em>Contemporary Security Policy, Modern Italy, Security Studies, and The Nonproliferation Review<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapters in books such as <em>Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order, Sanctions as Economic Statecraft: Theory and Practice,&nbsp;<\/em>and<em> Italy in the Post-Cold War Order: Adaptation, Bipartisanship, Visibility.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-awards\">Awards:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Awarded Waple Professorship for the academic years 2022-2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient, Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Award (2007).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awarded Jepson Fellowship for 2005-6 for the project titled &#8220;Signaling Resolve in Contemporary American Foreign Policy.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient, Academic Affairs Council Professors&#8217; Appreciation Award (2002, 2003).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact-information\">Contact Information:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To contact Professor Davidson, send an e-mail at: <a href=\"mailto:jdavidso@umw.edu\">jdavidso@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Minor Program Director, Security and Conflict Studies Ph.D., Georgetown University Nonresident Senior Fellow, New American Engagement Initiative in the Atlantic Council&#8217;s Scowcroft Center Areas of Specialization: Scholarly Achievements: Awards: Contact Information: To contact Professor Davidson, send an e-mail at: 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