Senior Lecturer in Diplomatic and International Studies
Fields of Expertise
Biography
J. Simon Rofe is Senior Lecturer in Diplomatic and International Studies in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His research interests lie in the field of US diplomacy and foreign relations in the twentieth century with a focus on the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and more specifically on international organization and post-war planning. His books include: International History and International Relations, with Andrew Williams and Amelia Hadfield (2012); and Franklin Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy and the Welles Mission (2007).
Bibliography
Rofe, Simon and Holmes, Alison R. (2012) The Embassy in Grosvenor Square – American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom 1938-2008. Palgrave.
Rofe, Simon (2007) Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy and the Welles mission. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Edited BooksRofe, Simon and Stewart, Andrew, eds. (2013) Diplomats at war. The American experience. Dordrecht: Republic of Letters.
Book ChaptersRofe, Simon (2015) 'Franklin D. Roosevelt – 4th Time is a Charm: the 1944 Presidential Election.' In:Johnstone, Andrew and Priest, Andrew, (eds.), US Foreign Policy and American Presidential Elections.Lexington: University of Kentucky Press. (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2015) 'Pre-war and Wartime Planning.' In: Plesch, Dan and Weiss, Thomas G., (eds.), Past as Prelude? Wartime History and the Future United Nations. New York: Routledge. (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2014) 'Presidential Peacemaking: President George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War.'In: Morgan, Iwan and Cullinane, Michael and Elliot, Clare, (eds.), Ranking the Presidents. Oxford: Routledge. (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2014) 'End and Ends: the Cold War in International History at systemic and sub-systemic levels.' In: Luthi, Lorenz, (ed.), Nexus Years in the Cold War, Crucial Periods and Turning Points. Woodrow Wilson Centre & Stanford University Press. (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2014) 'Trust between Adversaries and Allies: President George H.W. Bush, Trust and the End of the Cold War.' In: Klimke, M., (ed.), Trust, but Verify: Transformation of the Cold War Order. Woodrow Wilson Centre & Stanford University Press. (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2012) 'Diplomatic Milestones, 1918 to 1945: History and Analysis of the Shift from Isolationism to Internationalism.' In: McMahon, Robert J. and Zeiler, Thomas W., (eds.), Guide to U.S. foreign policy a diplomatic history. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: CQ Press.
Rofe, Simon (2012) 'Europe As the Nexus for Roosevelt's International Strategy.' In: Thompson, John andKrabbendam, Hans, (eds.), America's Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the "Discovery" of Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rofe, Simon (2011) 'The IR Model and E-moderating.' In: Salmon, Gilly, (ed.), E-moderating: the key to teaching and learning online. 3rd edition. London: Routledge Falmer.
Rofe, Simon (2011) 'Preparedness and Defense: The Origins of Theodore Roosevelt's Strategy for the United States on the International Stage.' In: Ricard, Serge, (ed.), A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt.Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 78-93.
Rofe, Simon (2011) 'Something that works: the IR Model’s approach to technology.' In: Curtis , Steven andRofe, Simon, (eds.), Does the Medium Matter? IT-Assisted Learning and Teaching in International Relations and Politics, C-SAP Why Social Science Matters, Issue 5. Birmingham: C-SAP.
Rofe, Simon (2010) 'Lord Lothian’s Ambassadorship in Washington August 1939-December 1940.' In:Roberts, Priscilla, (ed.), Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940. Republic of Letters.
Rofe, Simon and Marshall, Alex (2009) 'An Abortive Special Relationship? - US-Russian Relations in the Post Cold War World.' In: Dumbrell, John and Schafer , Axel, (eds.), America's 'special relationships': foreign and domestic aspects of the politics of alliance. London; New York: Routledge.
Rofe, Simon (2009) 'Lord Lothian, 1939-40.' In: Hopkins, Michael and Kelly, Saul and Young, John, (eds.),The Washington Embassy: British ambassadors to the United States, 1939-77. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rofe, Simon (2007) 'The United States Security Dilemma – a Nation at War.' In: Radoi, Mireille and Rofe, Simon, (eds.), My USA: views on American national security and foreign policy. Bucharest: Tritonic.
ArticlesRofe, Simon (2014) '"Strenuous Competition on the field of play, Diplomacy off it" – The 1908 London Olympics, Theodore Roosevelt, Arthur Balfour, and Transatlantic Relations.' Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 13 . (Forthcoming)
Rofe, Simon (2014) 'It is a squad game: Manchester United as a diplomatic non-state actor in international affairs.' Sport in Society .
Rofe, Simon (2012) 'Pre-war Post-war Planning: The Phoney War, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Case of the Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 23 (2). pp. 254-279.
Rofe, Simon (2011) 'Isolationism and internationalism in transatlantic affairs.' Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 9 (1). pp. 1-6.
Rofe, Simon and Thompson, John (2011) ''Internationalists in Isolationist times' - Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and a Rooseveltian Maxim.' Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 9 (1). pp. 46-62.
Rofe, Simon (2011) 'The ‘IR Model’: A Schema for Pedagogic Design and Development in International Relations Distance Learning Programmes.' European Political Science, 10 (1). pp. 103-117.
Rofe, Simon (2008) '“Under the Influence of Mahan”: Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and their Understanding of American National Interest.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 19 (4). pp. 732-745.
Rofe, Simon (2007) 'Prescription and Remedy: Lothian’s influence upon Anglo-American relations during the Phony War in The Round Table.' The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 96 (389). pp. 151-171.