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Research Interest(s): History of international relations, History of the United States, Political History, Evangelicalism
Discipline(s): History
Biography
Tom Meinderts joined Sciences Po in 2020 as a PhD candidate at the Center for History.
His thesis is concerned with the political influence of the Christian Right on US foreign policy during the Reagan administration (1981-1989). His research shows that Christian Right leaders had a significant impact on the formulation of US foreign policy under Reagan on issues such as abortion, AIDS, and apartheid.
Tom holds an MA in North American Studies and an MA in International Relations, both from Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on US foreign policy, particularly during the Reagan administration (1981-1989).
LATEST publication
MEINDERTS, Tom. “The Power of Section 301: The Reagan Tariffs in an Age of Economic Globalization.” Globalizations 17, no.4 (2020): 746-758.
Thesis Supervision
Mario Del Pero (Sciences Po, CHSP)
