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Ken Stiles

Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Website: Ken Stiles
Email: ken_stiles@byu.edu
801-422-1352

Biography

Ken Stiles received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) in 1987 and has been teaching full-time ever since. He has taught at Bowling Green State University (1987-1993), Loyola University Chicago (1993-2003) and BYU (2003-). His fields of expertise include international relations, international institutions, international law, and international ethics. Notable publications include International Norms and Cycles of Change (Oxford 2009, with Wayne Sandholtz), State Responses to International Law (Routledge 2014 - winner, ISA best book in international law 2016), Trust and Hedging in International Relations (Michigan 2018), and The Domestic Sources of International Institutions: Making Up the Rules (Routledge 2023). He is married to Rebecca Stiles and has five children.

Honors and Awards

· Best Book Award, International Law Section - International Studies Association (2016)

Memberships

  • Academic Council on the UN System (1990 - Present)
  • International Studies Association (1984 - Present)
  • American Political Science Association (1984 - 2010)

Professional Citizenship

  • Editor, Associate Editor, Global Governance/Academic Council on the UN System (2017 - 2022)
  • Committee/Council Member, Utah Debate Commission (2019 - 2022)
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of International Organizations Studies (2014 - 2017)
  • Committee/Council Chair, International Law Section, ISA (2016 - 2017)
  • Officer (specify in Other), International Studies Association - International Organization Section (2010 - 2012)

Courses Taught

2025

  • POLI 170
  • POLI 370
  • POLI 373
  • POLI 374
  • UNIV 101

2024

  • POLI 373
  • POLI 375

Publications

Books, Scholarly

  • Stiles KW. 2026. Understanding Global Institutions. London: Edward Elgar.
  • Stiles KW. (with multiple student co-authors). 2025. Supplanting Empires: Power Transitions Across Human History. New York: Bloomsbury.
  • Stiles KW. 2023. The Domestic Sources of International Institutions: Making Up the Rules. London: Routledge.
  • Stiles K. 2018. Trust and Hedging in International Relations. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. [Website]
  • Stiles KW. 2014. State Responses to International Law. London: Routledge. Winner - Best Book of 2014-15 from the International Law Section of the International Studies Association.
  • Stiles KW, Sandholtz W. 2009. International Norms and Cycles of Change. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Stiles KW. 2002. Civil Society by Design: Donors, NGOs and Intermestic Development Circles in Bangladesh. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
  • Stiles KW. 1991. Negotiating Debt: The IMF Lending Process. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Books, Edited

  • Stiles KW, Mills K. 2021. Understanding Global Cooperation: Twenty-Five Years of Research on Global Governance. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill.
  • Stiles KW, Oestreich JE. 2023. Global Institutions in a Time of Power Transitions. London: Edward Elgar, 2023.
  • Stiles KW, Labonte M. 2010. International Organization Section, International Studies Association Compendium. International Organization Section, International Studies Association Compendium. London: Wiley Blackwell.
  • Brem S, Stiles KW. 2009. Cooperating Without America: Theories and Case Studies of Non-Hegemonic Regimes. Cooperating Without America: Theories and Case Studies of Non-Hegemonic Regimes. London: Routledge.

Book, Chapter or Section

  • Stiles KW. 2026. The Book of Mormon and the Rules of Warfare, in David D. Palkki and Kerry M. Kartchner, eds. Latter-day Saint National Security Perspectives in an Era of Global Upheaval. Provo, Utah: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.
  • Stiles KW. 2025. Teaching International Organizations: Topics and Theoretical Perspectives, in Kent Kille, ed., Teaching International Organizations. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. pp. 26-40.
  • Stiles, KW. 2023.“Power and International Organizations” in Alistair Edgar, ed. Handbook on Governance in International Organizations. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. pp. 25-41.
  • Stiles KW. 2012. Disaggregating delegation: multiplying agents in the international maritime safety regime. Joel Ostreich, editor. International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors: A framework for analysis. London: Routledge. p. 168-194
  • Stiles KW. 2010. International Organizations and Respect for Law. Kendall W. Stiles, Melissa Labonte, editors. International Organization Section, International Studies Association Compendium. Kendall W. Stiles, Melissa Labonte, editors. London: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 4352-4374
  • Stiles KW, Labonte M. 2010. Introduction. International Organization Section, International Studies Association Compendium. London: Wiley/Blackwell. p. cxxix-cxlvi
  • Stiles KW. 2004. Refugees and Civil Society in the Developing World. Nitza Nachmias & Rami Goldstein, editor. The Politics of Forced Migration: Conceptual, Operational and Legal Analysis. Nitza Nachmias & Rami Goldstein, editor. Baltimore: Publish America. p. 29
  • Stiles KW. 2003. The United Nations and the Law on Terrorism. Nancy Matuszak, editor. The United Nations and the Law on Terrorism. Nancy Matuszak, editor. Detroit: Gale Group:. vol. 5 p. 24

Books, Textbook

  • Stiles KW, Karns M, Mingst K. 2015. International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. 3rd ed. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Reinner.
  • Stiles KW. 2012. Case Histories in International Politics, 7th edition. Case Histories in International Politics. 7th ed. New York: Pearson.
  • Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entry Stiles KW. 2016. Jacques De Larosiere. Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit. [Website]
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Cooper S, Stiles KW. 2021. Who Commits the Most to NATO? It Depends on How We Measure Commitment. Journal of Peace Research. 58(6):1194-1206.
  • Stiles KW. 2019. International Organizations and Respect for International Law. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. 2019:24.
  • Stiles KW. 2017. International Organizations and International Law. Encyclopedia of International Studies. 2017(on-line). [Website]
  • Stiles KW. 2014. Trust and International Organization. Encyclopedia of International Studies. 2014.
  • Stiles KW. 2010. Who Is Keeping the Sea Safe? Testing theories of international law compliance. Cooperation and Conflict. 45:139-161.
  • Stiles KW, Wells D. 2007. On the Crossing of Rubicons: Norm Dissemination and Policy Idiosyncrasy in the UK. Political Science Quarterly. 3:461-480.
  • Stiles KW, Thayne A. 2006. Compliance with International Law of Terrorism at the United Nations. Cooperation and Conflict. 41:153-76. [Website]
  • Stiles KW. 2006. Transnational Norms, International Institutions and Attitude Shifts: The Case of the ECHR and the UK. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 39:1-24.
  • Stiles KW. 2006. Power of Procedure and the Procedures of the Powerful: Anti-Terror Law in the United Nations. Journal of Peace Research. 43:37-54.