Research

Research by Paul Max Love III on European strategic culture, digital sovereignty, Arctic security, and international relations.

Dissertation

• Emergent Strategic Culture: Post-Cold War Europe Navigating Great Power Relations with the U.S., Russia, and China — UC Irvine doctoral dissertation, on eScholarship.
  • Multidimensional Plot of European Strategic Culture

Papers

• Blair, S., Janoska-Bedi, S., Love, P., Toscano, P. Integrating the EU Approach to Counterterrorism — Published in Review of European & Transatlantic Affairs Volume III Issue 1 Spring 2017.
• Bell, N., Love, P., Markakis, M., Oringer, E., Stern, K. Ensuring the Accountability of the Eurozone Treasury — Published in Review of European & Transatlantic Affairs Volume II Issue 1 Spring 2016.
• Love, P. Institutional Tensions in the EU’s Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Management: A New Institutionalism Approach — Nominated, NCSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences Graduate Capstone Project Award, Spring 2013.
• Love, P. The Importance of Legality Over Legitimacy in Maintaining Global Order: A Spotlight on Humanitarian Intervention — Published in the NCSU Journal of International Studies Volume 2, Spring 2013.
• Love, P. European Union & NATO Security Cooperation after the Cold War: A Security Community — Presented at the Eighth Annual NCSU Graduate Student Research Symposium, Spring, 2013.
• Love, P. Slow to Reform: Accountability and the Dual Nature of the IMF — Published in the NCSU Journal of International Studies Volume 1, Spring 2012. Presented at the Seventh Annual NCSU Graduate Student Research Symposium, March 2012.

Conference presentations

• Enacting Digital Sovereignty: Strategic Culture and the European Technology Stack. 68th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, March 2027 (forthcoming).
• The EU as an Arctic Security Actor: An Emergent Strategic Culture Approach. International Studies Association Virtual Conference, August 2025.
• European Strategic Culture and European Digital Regulation: The Case of DMA and DSA. International Studies Association Virtual Conference, August 2024.
• European Digital Sovereignty: An Emergent Strategic Cultural Analysis. International Studies Association Virtual Conference, August 2023.
• Emergent European Strategic Culture Inside the China-Europe-U.S. Triangle. 28th Annual International Conference of Europeanists, June 2022.
• European Strategic Culture: Entangled Emergence. 63rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, March 2022.
• Reconceptualizing the Nation: European Union Civil Religion. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2021.
• Competitive European Strategic Subcultures: The EU’s Emerging Shared Strategic Culture. 27th Annual International Conference of Europeanists, June 2021.
• Russian Strategic Culture in the Arctic. 62nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, April 2021.
• How Should National Sovereignty Evolve as the European Project Progresses? With Guillaume Pailhoux and M. van der Werf. European Horizons European Student Conference at Yale University, April 2018.
• European Union and NATO Security Cooperation after the Cold War: A Security Community. Eighth Annual North Carolina State University Graduate Student Research Symposium, 2013.

PhD advancement exam

Oral Exam

Date: 4 June 2020

Reading List