Jack Thompson is Lecturer in the American Studies department. He is interested in modern US history, foreign policy, democratic norms, rightwing politics, political culture, populism, and grand strategy. His first monograph, Great Power Rising: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press), won the 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Association Book Prize. He also co-edited three books, including Progressivism in America: Past, Present, and Future (Oxford University Press). His current research projects examine (1) anti-Europeanism in U.S. strategic culture from 1776 to the present, and (2) the erosion of democratic norms in U.S. politics during the 1990s. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Cambridge and a M.A. in American Foreign Policy and International Economics from The Johns Hopkins University SAIS. He previously worked as a Team Head and Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Senior Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, and Lecturer at The Clinton Institute, University College Dublin.

2024

• “The Origins and Nature of Nationalism in American Foreign Policy,” October 2024, Atlantische Commissie, https://www.atlcom.nl/artikel-atlantisch-perspectief/the-origins-and-nature-of-u-s-foreign-policy-nationalism/

2023

• “Inconsistent Power: US Strategy in the Ukraine War and Beyond,” in László Andor and Uwe Optenhögel, eds., Ukraine and Europe: From Russian Aggression to a New Eastern Policy (London Publishing Partnership, 2023).
• “Erratic Ally: the US Midterm Elections and the Consequences of Political Dysfunction,” in László Andor, Hedwig Giusto, and Ania Skrzypek eds., Progressive Yearbook 2023 (Foundation for European Progressive Studies), 2023.
• “US-EU relations: Back on Track, But for How Long?” The Progressive Post, November 14, 2023, https://feps-europe.eu/us-eu-relations-back-on-track-but-for-how-long/

2022

• “Hanging Together: Partners and Policies for the Netherlands and EU in Turbulent Times.” The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, March 2022, with Danny Pronk

2021

• The Future of EU Strategy in a Changing Geopolitical Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, co-edited with Dr Michiel Foulon. The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, December 2021.
• “The US Role in NATO: Past, Present, and Future,” Michele Testoni, ed., NATO and Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century: Foreign and Security Policy Perspectives, London: Routledge, 2021.
• “An Ambidextrous EU Approach to Transatlantic Relations,” The Future of EU Strategy in a Changing Geopolitical Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, December 2021.
• “China’s Military Rise and the Implications for European Security,” with Joris Teer, Tim Sweijs, Paul van Hooft, Lotje Boswinkel, Juliëtte Eijkelkamp. The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, November 2021
• “Taming Techno-Nationalism: A Policy Agenda,” with Hugo van Manen and Tim Sweijs. The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, September 2021.
• “An Ambidextrous EU Approach to Transatlantic Relations.” The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, August 2021.
• “Geopolitical Genesis: Dutch Foreign and Security Policy in a Post-COVID World,” with Danny Pronk and Hugo van Manen. The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, March 2021.

2020

• Not Even Past: How the United States Ends Wars, ed., with David Ryan and David Fitzgerald, New York: Berghahn Books, 2020.
• “Trumpism and the Future of US Grand Strategy,” Liam Kennedy, ed., Trump's America: Political Culture and National Identity, Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
• “Adjusting the Multilateral System to Preserve Dutch Interests,” with Rob de Wijk and Esther Chavannes, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, September 2020.
• “China, the US, and World Order.” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, March 2020.

2019

• Great Power Rising: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of US Foreign Policy, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Association 2020 Book Prize
• “America and the Changing Global Order,” Michael T. Oswald, ed., Mobilization, Representation and Responsiveness in the American Democracy, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• “Theodore Roosevelt and US Foreign Relations,” Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Foreign Relations, Oxford University Press, February 2019.
• “European Strategic Autonomy and the US,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, September 2019.
• “Trump and the Weaponization of International Trade,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, March 2019.

2018

• “Trump’s Middle East Policy,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, October 2018.
• “Superpower Constrained,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, March 2018.

2017

• „Den Trumpismus verstehen: Die Außenpolitik des neuen amerikanischen Präsidenten“), Sirius 1 (June 2017): 109-115.
• “Donald Trump and the Emergent Dominant Narrative in US Foreign Policy,” E-International Relations, February 4, 2017.
• “Trump and the future of US Grand Strategy”, The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, September 2017.
• “Trump Preparing to End Iran Nuke Deal”, with Oliver Thränert, The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, August 2017.
• “American Affairs and US Foreign Policy,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, June 2017.
• “Looking beyond Trump: How Changes at Home are Shaping US Policy toward Europe,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, March 2017.

2016

• Progressivism in America: Past, Present and Future, ed., with David Woolner, New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
• “Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: McCarthyism as a Cautionary Tale,” The Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, December 2016.
• “Trump, China, and the History of Hawkish Republican Campaign Rhetoric,” E-International Relations, December 21, 2016.
• “A ‘Polygonal’ Relationship: Theodore Roosevelt, the United States, and Europe,” Journal of Gilded Age Politics and Economics 15 (January 2016): 102-106.
• “Progressive Politics and the Rise of the Modern Right,” Progressivism in America: Past, Present and Future, David Woolner and John M. Thompson eds., New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 47-62.

2015

• “Rethinking the Roosevelt Corollary: TR and the Politics of Foreign Policy,” Diplomacy and Statecraft 26 (December 2015): 571-590.

2012

• America’s Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the “Discovery” of Europe, ed., with Hans Krabbendam, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
• “Constraint and Opportunity: Theodore Roosevelt, Domestic Politics and Transatlantic Relations,” Hans Krabbendam and John M. Thompson, eds., America’s Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the “Discovery” of Europe, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 51-64.

2011

• “‘Internationalists in Isolationist times’: Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and a Rooseveltian Maxim,” with J. Simon Rofe, Journal of Transatlantic Studies 9 (March 2011): 46-62.
• “‘Panic-Struck Senators, Businessmen and Everybody Else’: Theodore Roosevelt, Public Opinion and the Intervention in Panama,” Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal 32 (Winter/Spring 2011): 7-28.
• “Theodore Roosevelt and the Press,” in Serge Ricard, ed., A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt, New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 216-236.