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Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Rachel Epstein

Education

PhD, Cornell University
MA, Cornell University
AB, Stanford University

Profile

Associate Professor of International Political Economy and European Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2002-present); Transatlantic Research Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (2004-2005); Expert Advisor on the Review of the Framework for Relations between the European Union and the United States (2005); Jean Monnet Post-Doctoral Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (2001-2002); Rapporteur, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, Carnegie Corporation of New York (1994-1997); Research Assistant, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (1993-1994). Recent publications include In Pursuit of Liberalism: International Institutions in Postcommunist Europe (2008) and International Influence Beyond Conditionality: postcommunist Europe after EU enlargement (2009).

Research and Expertise

International organizations and domestic compliance; postcommunist transition; enlargement of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; European integration; financial sector reform in transition societies; defense industry restructuring and national defense procurement policies.

Courses

INTS 4324: Introduction to International Political Economy
INTS 4327: Advanced Issues in International Political Economy
INTS 4401: The Historical Origins of the European East-West Divide
INTS 4403: The Politics of Postcommunist Transition and European Integration
INTS 3701: The Political Economy of the European Union

Professor Epstein
  • repstein@du.edu
  • 303.871.3843
  • 203 Ben M. Cherrington Hall
  • Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
    • 2201 S. Gaylord Street
    • Denver , CO 80208 USA
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