Cameron G. Thies is Professor and Director of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He conducts research in the areas of state building in the developing world, interstate and civil conflict, international trade, foreign policy analysis, and international relations theory. He is the former founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Political Science Research and Methods, and currently Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy Analysis. He recently completed a term as Vice-President of the International Studies Association and was the recipient of the ISA's Ladd Hollist Service Award in 2013, the Foreign Policy Analysis Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016, and the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award in 2017. For The Oxford Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis, Professor Thies was joined by an editorial board: Atsushi Tago, Kobe University; Juliet Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh; Kai Oppermann, University of Sussex; Patrick Haney, Miami University; and Sebastian Harnisch, University of Heidelberg.