Tom Long
Professor in International Relations
Twitter: @tomlongphd
Office: E1.09 (PAIS)
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I am a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies, having joined the department in September 2017 as an Assistant Professor in New Rising World Powers. From 2021-2026, I was Principal Investigator on an AHRC Standard Grant (Early Career) investigating Latin America's engagements with and contributions to the formation of international order in the late nineteenth century. I'm currently finishing a book entitled Republican Internationalism: Latin America and the Making of the Modern International Order with Carsten-Andreas Schulz.
I am the co-coordinator of the Latin America at Warwick NetworkLink opens in a new window (LAWN) and steering committee member of the Warwick Global History and Culture Centre. I have been an affiliated professor or visiting researcher at several of Latin America's top universities, including the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City, Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, and at El Colegio de México. In 2018, I was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile. Prior to joining PAIS, I taught at the University of Reading, CIDE, and American University’s School of International Service, where I completed my doctorate in 2013.
Research
Theoretically, my research focuses on the dynamics of asymmetrical relationships in International Relations, especially focused on the agency of relatively weaker states. Empirically, much of my work involves Latin America and inter-American relations, as well as topics related to international organizations, North America, and small states. I am interested in Historical International Relations and collaborate closely with historians. Along those lines, I directed the AHRC-funded project "Latin America and the peripheral origins of nineteenth-century international order" (funded at £249,996 over four years), with Carsten-Andreas Schulz of the University of Cambridge. I have done fieldwork in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and the United States, supported by grants from the Fulbright Program, Tinker Foundation, British Council, the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust, and the Truman Library Institute.
Publications
My most recent book, A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics,Link opens in a new window was published in 2022 by Oxford University Press, as part of the Bridging the Gap Series. My first book, Latin America Confronts the United StatesLink opens in a new window: Asymmetry and Influence, was first published by Cambridge University Press in 2015 (paperback 2017). It was named one of the best books of 2016 by Foreign Affairs. My articles have appeared across the top journals in Politics and International Relations, including the American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, International Security, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Quarterly, International Affairs, International Studies Review, and Perspectives on Politics; in top history journals including Past & Present, Journal of Global History, and Diplomatic History; and in regional studies journals such as Bulletin of Latin American Research, Latin American Research Review, and Foro Internacional.
I chaired the Robert A. Pastor North American Research InitiativeLink opens in a new window and co-edited the volume, North American Regionalism: Stagnation, Decline, or Renewal?Link opens in a new window, with Eric Hershberg, as a result of that collaboration (University of New Mexico Press, December 2023). That book has been published in Spanish by El Colegio de México (July 2024). I also co-edited a policy-focused volume with Alan Bersin, North America 2.0: Forging a Continental FutureLink opens in a new window, which was released by the North American Institutes at the Woodrow Wilson Center in November 2022 and in Spanish by Institute of the Americas in 2023.
More information about my research can be found on my publications page.
Doctoral supervision
I am interested in supervising a small group of exceptional PhD students, especially on the following topics:
- Latin America and the Caribbean in the world, historically and today, particularly in relation to the formation of international order, participation in international organizations, traditions of Latin American diplomacy, and Latin American international political thought
- Inter-American relations, historically and today, including foreign and security policies of Latin American states and US foreign policy towards Latin America
- Small states and asymmetry in International Relations theory, as well as small states in international organizations
Teaching
In 2026-27, I will be teaching third-year modules “Latin America: Democratisation and Development” and “International Relations of the Americas” (PO396 and PO397).
During my time at Warwick, in addition to those two modules, I have directed the MA modules, “Examining Rising World Powers” (PO9B7) and "Comparing Rising Powers" (PO9A9). I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. Before joining Warwick, I taught classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels on U.S.-Latin American relations, U.S. foreign policy, Latin American politics, international organizations and global governance, International Relations theory (English and Spanish), and small states.
Since joining PAIS, I have been nominated for several University Awards, including "Brilliant Newcomer," "Student Experience" (highly commended), and "Research Contribution" (short-listed), and for the Warwick SU Transforming Education Awards.