Jen Spindel
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
twitter: @JenSpindel
email: Jennifer [dot] spindel [at] unh [dot] edu
phone: (802) 391-4319
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
twitter: @JenSpindel
email: Jennifer [dot] spindel [at] unh [dot] edu
phone: (802) 391-4319
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Jen Spindel is an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of New Hampshire. Her research interests include international security, foreign policy, and the conventional arms trade. She previously served on the governing board of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association.
Spindel's dissertation, Beyond Military Power: Signaling and the Conventional Weapons Trade, won the 2018 Kenneth Waltz Award for Best Dissertation in International Security from APSA’s International Security Section. Her research has appeared in Security Studies, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Armed Forces & Society, and Environmental Communication. Her work as also appeared in the European Leadership Network, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.
Spindel received her BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Colgate University and her PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. She previously held fellowship positions at Dartmouth College and George Washington University.
Jen Spindel is an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of New Hampshire. Her research interests include international security, foreign policy, and the conventional arms trade. She previously served on the governing board of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association.
Spindel's dissertation, Beyond Military Power: Signaling and the Conventional Weapons Trade, won the 2018 Kenneth Waltz Award for Best Dissertation in International Security from APSA’s International Security Section. Her research has appeared in Security Studies, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Armed Forces & Society, and Environmental Communication. Her work as also appeared in the European Leadership Network, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.
Spindel received her BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Colgate University and her PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. She previously held fellowship positions at Dartmouth College and George Washington University.
Recent Publications:
- "Arms for influence? The limits of Great Power leverage," European Journal of International Security, January 17, 2023.
- "Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade like a Business," Policy Series 2021-38, H-Diplo, ISSF, June 10, 2021.
- “The Case for Suspending American Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia,” War on the Rocks. May 14, 2019.
- “What Turkey’s Purchase of a Russian Air Defense System Means for the U.S. And NATO,” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, July 23, 2019.
- “Yes, Trump can override Congress and sell weapons to Saudi Arabia — even over Republican objections,” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, May 30, 2019.