Professor Ty Solomon

  • Professor of International Relations (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 8406
email: Ty.Solomon@glasgow.ac.uk

School of Social & Political Sciences, Adam Smith Building, Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RT

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-3305

Research interests

Biography

Ty Solomon is Professor of International Relations at the University of Glasgow.  Before coming to Glasgow, he lectured in international relations at the University of Florida and the University of South Florida.  He also earned his PhD from the University of Florida. He has taught a variety of courses, including American Foreign Policy, Emotions, War & Peace, International Terrorism, International Security, and International Relations Theory.

Much of his research has explored the overlapping influences of language, identity, and emotion in the politics of security and foreign policy. His book, The Politics of Subjectivity in American Foreign Policy Discourses (University of Michigan Press), analyzes how foreign policy narratives emotionally appeal to audiences. In pursuing this question, the book develops a theoretical and empirical account of how some narratives become solidified as political "commonsense" while marginalizing alternative narrative possibilities.  The book applies this framework to the politics of the war on terror and the shifting influences of neoconservatism in debates over US foreign policy.  Other earlier work focused on developing a genealogy of the concept "weapons of mass destruction," discursive processes of securitization in US foreign policy debates, and logics of identity in post-9/11 US foreign policy.  

His current work and interests include conceptualizing international relations through micropolitical and everyday frameworks, emotions and power, the politics of space and place, and the role of time/temporality in politics. He has published in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, Cooperation and Conflict, Millennium, International Studies Review, and New Political Science.

Research Interests

  • International Relations theory
  • American foreign relations
  • Critical security studies
  • Interpretive methods

Publications

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Number of items: 29.

2024

Solomon, T. (2024) Collective emotions beyond the state in global politics. In: Ross, A. A.G. and Koschut, S. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations. Oxford University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Solomon, T. (2023) Up in the air: ritualized atmospheres and the global Black Lives Matter movement. European Journal of International Relations, 29(3), pp. 576-601. (doi: 10.1177/13540661231181989)

Almeida Resende, E. S., Sandrin, P. and Solomon, T. (2023) Forum: Foreign policy, emotions and ontological security. Contexto Internacional, 45(2), e20220026. (doi: 10.1590/S0102-8529.20234502e20220026)

2022

Beasley, R., Donnelly, F., Hom, A. R., Kaarbo, J., Neal, A. W. and Solomon, T. (Eds.) (2022) STAGES in Security. Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations. 1(1) [Edited Journal]

Beasley, R., Donnelly, F., Hom, A. R., Kaarbo, J., Neal, A. W. and Solomon, T. (2022) STAGES introduction. Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations, 1(1), pp. 2-4. (doi: 10.15664/jtr.1698)

2020

Solomon, T. (2020) Status, emotions, and US-Iran nuclear politics. In: Koschut, S. (ed.) The Power of Emotions in World Politics. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 130-148. ISBN 9780367347222 (doi: 10.4324/9780429331220-10)

2019

Solomon, T. (2019) Rhythm and mobilization in international relations. International Studies Quarterly, 63(4), pp. 1001-1013. (doi: 10.1093/isq/sqz074)

Van Rythoven, E. and Solomon, T. (2019) Encounters between affect and emotion: studying order and disorder in international politics. In: Van Rythoven, E. and Sucharov, M. (eds.) Methodology and Emotion in International Relations: Parsing the Passions. Series: Interventions. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 133-151. ISBN 9781138335196

2018

Solomon, T. (2018) Ontological security, circulations of affect, and the Arab Spring. Journal of International Relations and Development, 21(4), pp. 934-958. (doi: 10.1057/s41268-017-0089-x)

Solomon, T. (2018) Review Essay: Diplomatic Material: Affect, Assemblage, and Foreign Policy by Jason Dittmer, and The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politics by Stefanie R. Fishel. Perspectives on Politics, 16(3), pp. 891-893. (doi: 10.1017/S1537592718001561)[Book Review]

2017

Koschut, S., Hall, T. H., Wolf, R., Solomon, T. , Hutchison, E. and Bleiker, R. (2017) Discourse and emotions in international relations. International Studies Review, 19(3), pp. 481-508. (doi: 10.1093/isr/vix033)

Solomon, T. and Steele, B. J. (2017) Micro-moves in international relations theory. European Journal of International Relations, 23(2), pp. 267-291. (doi: 10.1177/1354066116634442)

Solomon, T. (2017) Identity, affective attachments, and US-Iranian nuclear politics. In: Bentley, M. and Holland, J. (eds.) The Obama Doctrine: A Legacy of Continuity in US Foreign Policy. Routledge. ISBN 9781138831223

2016

Solomon, T. (2016) Psychoanalytic theory and textual interpretation. In: Walsh, S. and Fatovic, C. (eds.) Interpretation in Political Theory. Routledge, pp. 205-228. ISBN 9781138201651

Solomon, T. (2016) Time and practices in global politics. In: Agathangelou, A. M. and Killian, K. (eds.) Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations: (De)Fatalizing the Present, Forging Radical Alternatives. Series: Interventions. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415712712

2015

Solomon, T. (2015) Embodiment, emotions, and materialism in international relations. In: Åhäll, L. and Gregory, T. (eds.) Emotions, Politics, and War. Series: Interventions (4). Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138789050

Oren, I. and Solomon, T. (2015) WMD, WMD, WMD: securitisation through ritualized incantation of ambiguous phrases. Review of International Studies, 41(2), pp. 313-336. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210514000205)

Solomon, T. (2015) The Politics of Subjectivity in American Foreign Policy Discourses. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI. ISBN 9780472119462

2014

Solomon, T. (2014) Time and subjectivity in world politics. International Studies Quarterly, 58(4), pp. 671-681. (doi: 10.1111/isqu.12091)

Solomon, T. (2014) The affective underpinnings of soft power. European Journal of International Relations, 20(3), pp. 720-741. (doi: 10.1177/1354066113503479)

Holland, J. and Solomon, T. (2014) Affect is what states make of it: articulating everyday experiences of 9/11. Critical Studies on Security, 2(3), pp. 262-267. (doi: 10.1080/21624887.2014.921454)

Solomon, T. (2014) Affective investment in the War on Terror. In: Bently, M. and Holland, J. (eds.) Obama's Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror. Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy. Routledge, pp. 108-123. ISBN 9780415662604

2013

Solomon, T. (2013) Resonances of neoconservatism. Cooperation and Conflict, 48(1), pp. 100-121. (doi: 10.1177/0010836712461622)

Oren, I. and Solomon, T. (2013) Weapons of mass destruction: the career of a concept. New Political Science, 35(1), pp. 109-135. (doi: 10.1080/07393148.2012.754683)

Solomon, T. (2013) Attachment, tautology, and ontological security. Critical Studies on Security, 1(1), pp. 130-132. (doi: 10.1080/21624887.2013.790228)

2012

Solomon, T. (2012) Human nature and the limits of the self: Hans Morgenthau on love and power. International Studies Review, 14(2), pp. 201-224. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01109.x)

Solomon, T. (2012) 'I wasn't angry, because I couldn't believe it was happening': affect and discourse in responses to 9/11. Review of International Studies, 38(4), pp. 907-928. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210511000519)

2009

Solomon, T. (2009) Social logics and normalisation in the war on terror. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 38(2), pp. 269-294. (doi: 10.1177/0305829809347513)

2006

Solomon, T. (2006) Norms and human rights in international relations. Political Studies Review, 4(1), pp. 36-47. (doi: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2006.00038.x)

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Number of items: 29.

Articles

Solomon, T. (2023) Up in the air: ritualized atmospheres and the global Black Lives Matter movement. European Journal of International Relations, 29(3), pp. 576-601. (doi: 10.1177/13540661231181989)

Almeida Resende, E. S., Sandrin, P. and Solomon, T. (2023) Forum: Foreign policy, emotions and ontological security. Contexto Internacional, 45(2), e20220026. (doi: 10.1590/S0102-8529.20234502e20220026)

Beasley, R., Donnelly, F., Hom, A. R., Kaarbo, J., Neal, A. W. and Solomon, T. (2022) STAGES introduction. Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations, 1(1), pp. 2-4. (doi: 10.15664/jtr.1698)

Solomon, T. (2019) Rhythm and mobilization in international relations. International Studies Quarterly, 63(4), pp. 1001-1013. (doi: 10.1093/isq/sqz074)

Solomon, T. (2018) Ontological security, circulations of affect, and the Arab Spring. Journal of International Relations and Development, 21(4), pp. 934-958. (doi: 10.1057/s41268-017-0089-x)

Koschut, S., Hall, T. H., Wolf, R., Solomon, T. , Hutchison, E. and Bleiker, R. (2017) Discourse and emotions in international relations. International Studies Review, 19(3), pp. 481-508. (doi: 10.1093/isr/vix033)

Solomon, T. and Steele, B. J. (2017) Micro-moves in international relations theory. European Journal of International Relations, 23(2), pp. 267-291. (doi: 10.1177/1354066116634442)

Oren, I. and Solomon, T. (2015) WMD, WMD, WMD: securitisation through ritualized incantation of ambiguous phrases. Review of International Studies, 41(2), pp. 313-336. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210514000205)

Solomon, T. (2014) Time and subjectivity in world politics. International Studies Quarterly, 58(4), pp. 671-681. (doi: 10.1111/isqu.12091)

Solomon, T. (2014) The affective underpinnings of soft power. European Journal of International Relations, 20(3), pp. 720-741. (doi: 10.1177/1354066113503479)

Holland, J. and Solomon, T. (2014) Affect is what states make of it: articulating everyday experiences of 9/11. Critical Studies on Security, 2(3), pp. 262-267. (doi: 10.1080/21624887.2014.921454)

Solomon, T. (2013) Resonances of neoconservatism. Cooperation and Conflict, 48(1), pp. 100-121. (doi: 10.1177/0010836712461622)

Oren, I. and Solomon, T. (2013) Weapons of mass destruction: the career of a concept. New Political Science, 35(1), pp. 109-135. (doi: 10.1080/07393148.2012.754683)

Solomon, T. (2013) Attachment, tautology, and ontological security. Critical Studies on Security, 1(1), pp. 130-132. (doi: 10.1080/21624887.2013.790228)

Solomon, T. (2012) Human nature and the limits of the self: Hans Morgenthau on love and power. International Studies Review, 14(2), pp. 201-224. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01109.x)

Solomon, T. (2012) 'I wasn't angry, because I couldn't believe it was happening': affect and discourse in responses to 9/11. Review of International Studies, 38(4), pp. 907-928. (doi: 10.1017/S0260210511000519)

Solomon, T. (2009) Social logics and normalisation in the war on terror. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 38(2), pp. 269-294. (doi: 10.1177/0305829809347513)

Solomon, T. (2006) Norms and human rights in international relations. Political Studies Review, 4(1), pp. 36-47. (doi: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2006.00038.x)

Books

Solomon, T. (2015) The Politics of Subjectivity in American Foreign Policy Discourses. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI. ISBN 9780472119462

Book Sections

Solomon, T. (2024) Collective emotions beyond the state in global politics. In: Ross, A. A.G. and Koschut, S. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations. Oxford University Press. (Accepted for Publication)

Solomon, T. (2020) Status, emotions, and US-Iran nuclear politics. In: Koschut, S. (ed.) The Power of Emotions in World Politics. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 130-148. ISBN 9780367347222 (doi: 10.4324/9780429331220-10)

Van Rythoven, E. and Solomon, T. (2019) Encounters between affect and emotion: studying order and disorder in international politics. In: Van Rythoven, E. and Sucharov, M. (eds.) Methodology and Emotion in International Relations: Parsing the Passions. Series: Interventions. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 133-151. ISBN 9781138335196

Solomon, T. (2017) Identity, affective attachments, and US-Iranian nuclear politics. In: Bentley, M. and Holland, J. (eds.) The Obama Doctrine: A Legacy of Continuity in US Foreign Policy. Routledge. ISBN 9781138831223

Solomon, T. (2016) Psychoanalytic theory and textual interpretation. In: Walsh, S. and Fatovic, C. (eds.) Interpretation in Political Theory. Routledge, pp. 205-228. ISBN 9781138201651

Solomon, T. (2016) Time and practices in global politics. In: Agathangelou, A. M. and Killian, K. (eds.) Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations: (De)Fatalizing the Present, Forging Radical Alternatives. Series: Interventions. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415712712

Solomon, T. (2015) Embodiment, emotions, and materialism in international relations. In: Åhäll, L. and Gregory, T. (eds.) Emotions, Politics, and War. Series: Interventions (4). Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138789050

Solomon, T. (2014) Affective investment in the War on Terror. In: Bently, M. and Holland, J. (eds.) Obama's Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror. Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy. Routledge, pp. 108-123. ISBN 9780415662604

Book Reviews

Solomon, T. (2018) Review Essay: Diplomatic Material: Affect, Assemblage, and Foreign Policy by Jason Dittmer, and The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politics by Stefanie R. Fishel. Perspectives on Politics, 16(3), pp. 891-893. (doi: 10.1017/S1537592718001561)[Book Review]

Edited Journals

Beasley, R., Donnelly, F., Hom, A. R., Kaarbo, J., Neal, A. W. and Solomon, T. (Eds.) (2022) STAGES in Security. Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations. 1(1) [Edited Journal]

This list was generated on Sun Dec 8 12:50:24 2024 GMT.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising students in any of my areas of research, including: 

  • International relations theory
  • American foreign policy
  • Critical security studies
  • Emotions in world politics
  • Politics of discourse, narrative, rhetoric

Teaching

Undergraduate (Honours) Teaching

  • Introduction to International Relations
  • Issues in International Relations
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Emotions, War, and Peace in International Relations
  • International Relations Concepts          

 Postgraduate Teaching

  • Foreign Policy Analysis

Additional information

Other Roles:

  • Postgraduate Taught Director, School of Social and Political Sciences
  • Politics Honours (undergraduate, 3rd-4th years) coordinator
  • IR Research Cluster Convener
  • Advisor of Studies