Democracy and Economic Openness in an Interconnected System

Quan Li is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International Conflict and Cooperation (PICC) at Texas A&M University, which he joined in 2008. Previously, he was a faculty member at the Pennsylvania State University, where he co-directed the Multidisciplinary Seminar Series on Globalization in the College of Liberal Arts and served on the inaugural Faculty Governing Council of the School of International Affairs. Professor Li served on the editorial board of the Journal of Politics and is serving on the editorial boards of International Studies Quarterly and International Interactions. Professor Li holds a Ph.D. in political science and international relations. His research interests focus on the causes and consequences of economic globalization (international trade, foreign direct investment, financial openness, and capital account liberalization), democratic governance, political violence (interstate military conflict, civil conflict, transnational terrorism), and macroeconomic policymaking and cooperation. His research has appeared in numerous journals, including British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly. Professor Li was the co-recipient of the 2003 Best Article on Democratization Award from the American Political Science Association. Rafael Reuveny is Professor of International Political Economy at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington. His research focuses on the causes and effects of economic globalization, democracy, international military conflict, and sustainable development. He is the author and co-author of numerous articles and book chapters. Professor Reuveny's work has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ecological Economics, and Environmental and Resource Economics. He is the coauthor or coeditor of five books, the most recent of which is North and South in the World Political Economy (2008). He was also a guest coeditor of a special issue of International Studies Review (2007). Rafael Reuveny was program chair of the 2006 meeting of the International Studies Association and the North America program chair of the 2008 meetings of the Global International Studies Conference. Reuveny has won two teaching awards at Indiana University and was the 2007 co-recipient of the Award of Excellence in World Society Research, First Place, given by the World Society Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Reuveny was also the co-recipient of the 2003 Best Article on Democratization Award from the American Political Science Association. He holds a double-major Ph.D. in business economics and political science.