My research combines novel theoretical insights with empirical analysis using methods like network analysis and survey experiments to address two distinct but complementary questions:
- How do countries achieve status? While existing studies traditionally assume that status depends on attributes like economic or military capabilities, my work reveals the underlying relational effects that drive status recognition in the international system.
- How does status motivate political behavior? While existing research treats status-motivated behavior at the state level as an attempt to achieve international recognition, my work disentangles the mechanisms driving status-motivated behavior at the domestic level.
BOOK
The Making of International Status. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming).
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Duque, Marina G. Forthcoming. The Case for an Expressive Logic of Action. Global Studies Quarterly.
- Winner of the 2019 Best Post-PhD Paper Award by the ISA Theory Section, for the best theoretical paper by a post-PhD scholar presented at ISA 2019
Duque, Marina G. 2018. Recognizing International Status: A Relational Approach. International Studies Quarterly 62(3): 577–592.
- Winner of the 2019 Political Ties Award by the American Political Science Association’s Political Networks Section, for the best article on political networks published over the previous two years
- Winner of the 2019 DPLST Article Award by the International Studies Association’s Diplomatic Studies Section, for the best article on diplomacy published in the previous year
- Article by Stacie Goddard and Dan Nexon on Foreign Policy
- Appendix & Replication Files
- Pre-Print PDF
Duque, Marina Guedes. 2009. “The Copenhagen School’s Contribution to International Security Studies” [in Portuguese]. Contexto Internacional 31(3): 459-501.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Duque, Marina. 2016. “The Rascals’ Paradise: Brazilian National Identity in 2010.” In Making Identity Count: Building a National Identity Database, edited by Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan, 47-62. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
BOOK REVIEWS
Duque, Marina G. 2021. Review of Lora Anne Viola’s “The Closure of the International System: How Institutions Create Political Equalities and Hierarchies.” Perspective on Politics 19(2): 687-689.