Ben Goldsmith is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia. His research and teaching are in the areas of international relations, comparative foreign policy, and political psychology. Articles by him have appeared in leading academic journals including the" Journal of Conflict Resolution and International Interactions," He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (Michigan 2001) and an M.A. in Russian Area Studies (Georgetown 1995), and speaks Ukrainian and Russian. He has previously taught at universities in the United States and S...