Publications - Ron E. Hassner
1. Books
Religion on the Battlefield (Cornell University Press, 2016).
War on Sacred Grounds (Cornell University Press, 2009, 2012).
2. Edited Volumes
Der Herr Karl, by Helmut Qualtinger and Karl Merz, ed. and trans. (Ariadne Press, 2017).
International Relations and Religion, Vol.I-IV., with Isak Svensson, ed. and intro (Sage, 2016).
Religion in the Military Worldwide, ed. and intro. (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
3. Peer-Reviewed Articles
“What Do We Know about Interrogational Torture?” International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence, forthcoming.
“Hypotheses on Religion in the Military,” International Studies Review (March 2016).
“Barriers to Entry: Who Builds Fortified Boundaries and Why?” with Jason Wittenberg,
International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp.157-190. Reprinted as a Washington Post blog post, “Trump’s not the only one who wants a wall. Border walls are trending,” March 8, 2016, on-line at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/08/trumps-not-the-only-one-who-wants-a-wall-border-walls-are-trending/
“How to Cite a Sacred Text,” Politics and Religion, Vol.6 (2013), pp.844-861.
“Religious Violence in Judaism: Past and Present,” with Gideon Aran, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol.25, No.3 (2013), pp.355-405 and “Rejoinder”, pp.416-418.
“Sacred Time and Conflict Initiation,” Security Studies, Vol.20, No.4 (2011), pp.491-520.
“Religious Intelligence,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol.23, No.5 (2011), pp.684-710.
“Blasphemy and Violence,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol.55, No.1 (March 2011), pp.23-45. Reprinted in Christopher S. Grenda, Chris Beneke, and David Nash, eds., Profane: Sacrilegious Expression in a Multicultural Age (University of California Press, 2014), pp.189-222.
“Trial by Fire: Surviving the Job Talk Q&A,” PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol.41, No.4 (October 2008), pp. 803-808.
“At the Horns of the Altar: Counterinsurgency and the Religious Roots of the Sanctuary Practice,” Civil Wars, Vol.10, No.1 (March 2008), pp.22-39.
“Islamic Just War Theory and the Challenge of Sacred Space in Iraq,” Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 61, No.1 (Fall/Winter 2007), pp.131-152.
“The Path to Intractability: Time and the Entrenchment of Territorial Disputes,” International Security, Vol.31, No.3 (Winter 2006-7), pp.107-138.
“Sliding into Home Plate: How to Use Slideware to Improve Your Presentation (While Dodging the Bullets),” PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol.38, No.2 (July 2005), pp.393-397.
“To Halve and to Hold: Conflicts over Sacred Space and the Problem of Indivisibility,” Security Studies, Vol. 12, No.4 (Summer 2003), pp.1-33.
“The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus: A Modest Proposal,” Theory and Decision, Vol. 54, No.1 (February 2003), pp.1-32. Reprinted in Jens Meierhenrich and Devin O. Pendas (eds.), Political Trials in Theory and History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), pp.88-112.
4. Articles and Book Chapters
“Religion and War: An Overview,” with Jason Klocek, in Paul Djupe, ed., Oxford
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (Oxford, forthcoming).
“The Myth of the Ticking Bomb,” Washington Quarterly, Vol.41, No.1 (March 2018), pp.83-94.
“Contemporary Challenges and Future Opportunities for U.S. Chaplains”, with
Jason Klocek, in Eric Patterson, ed., U.S. Military Chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond: Advisement and Leader Engagement in Highly Religious Environments (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
“Religion as a Variable,” in Michael C. Desch and Daniel Philpott (eds.), “Religion and International Relations: A Primer for Research,” Report of the Working Group on International Relations and Religion of the Mellon Initiative on Religion Across the Disciplines (University of Notre Dame, 2013).
“An Overview of Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition,” with Gideon Aran, in Margot Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer and Michael Jerryson (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp.78-99. Reprinter in Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson (eds.), Violence and the World’s Religious Traditions(Oxford University Press, pp.83-108).
“Conflicts over Sacred Ground,” in Margot Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer and Michael Jerryson (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp.324-331.
“Terrorism,” in Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof (eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Religion (New York: Sage, 2012), pp.1273-1275.
“Religion and International Affairs: The State of the Art” in Steven Lamy and Patrick James (eds.), Religion, Identity and Global Governance: Ideas, Evidence and Practice (University of Toronto Press, 2011), pp.37-56.
“Debating the Role of Religion in War,” correspondence with Michael Horowitz, International Security, Vol.35, No.1 (Summer 2010), pp.201-108.
“The Pessimist’s Guide to Religious Cooperation,” in Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter and Leonard Hammer (eds.), Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-Existence (London: Routledge, 2010), pp.145-157.
“Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Sacred Space,” in Sumit Ganguly and C. Christine Fair (eds.), Treading on Sacred Ground (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp.13-36.
“Time and the Intractability of Territorial Disputes,” correspondence with Stacie Goddard and Jeremy Pressman, International Security, Vol.32, No.3 (Winter 2007-8), pp.191-201.
“Military Necessity,” in Mark Bevir (ed.), Encyclopedia of Governance, (New York: Sage, 2006).
“Temples,” in Daniel Stout (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication and the Media (New York: Routledge, 2006).
“Fighting Insurgency on Sacred Ground,” Washington Quarterly, Vol.29, No.2 (Spring 2006), pp.149-166.
“Names Without Places: How Pilgrims and Mapmakers Invent Sacred Places,” in Zsolt Torok (ed.), Sacred Places on Maps (Hungary: Pannonhalma Press, 2005), pp.155-176.
“Sacred Space and Conflict”, in Catherine Cookson (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom (New York: Routledge, 2003), pp.422-426.
“Sacred Space” and “Native American Sacred Grounds”, in Paul A. Djupe and Laura R. Olson (eds.), Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics (New York: Facts on File, 2003), pp.301-2 and 399-400.
“God for Harry! England and Saint George! The Evolution of the Sacred Flag and the Modern Nation-State,” monograph, special Issue of The Flag Bulletin, No.191, Vol.39, No.1 (January-February 2000).
“Cyprus: Two Lands Divided,” The Journal of the School of International and Public Affairs 7/2, Columbia University, spring 1996.
4. Reviews
Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites, eds. Elazar Barkan and Karen Barkey, Perspectives on Politics, Vol.13, No.3 (September 2015), pp.876-878.
Securing the Sacred: Religion, National Security, and the Western State, by Robert M. Bosco, Critical Research on Religion, Vol.3, No.3 (December 2015), pp.330-333.
Divine Service? Judaism and Israel’s Armed Forces, by Stuart Cohen, Middle East Journal, Vol.68, No.3 (Summer 2014), pp.478-479.
Militant Christianity: An Anthropological History, by Alice Beck Kehoe, Anthropos, Vol. 109, No.1 (February 2014), pp.296-298.
Rethinking Religion and World Affairs. Edited by Timothy Samuel Shah, Alfred Stepan and Monica Duffy Toft, in Politics and Religion, Vol.6, No.3 (2013), pp.689-692.
Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars by Monica Duffy Toft, in Perspectives on Politics, Vol.8, No.4 (November 2010), pp.1277-179
Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy by Stacie N. Goddard, in Journal of Politics, Vol.72, No.4 (2010), pp.1256-1258.
Faith and Force: A Christian Debate About War, by David L. Clough and Brian Stiltner, in Religion and Politics, Vol.1, No.1 (April 2008), pp.155-157.
Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia: Islam, Christianity and Politics Entwined by Haggai Erlich, in History: Reviews of New Books, Vol.36, No.1 (Fall 2007), pp.32-33.
Genocide, War and Human Survival by Charles B. Strozier and Michael Flynn, eds., Journal of International Affairs, Vol.50, No.2 (Winter 1997).
Marxism, China and Development by James A. Gregor, Journal of International Affairs, Vol.49, No.2 (Winter 1996).