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Authored Books

Holmes, Alison R. and Rofe, J. Simon (2016) Global Diplomacy: Theories, Types and Models. Colorado: Westview.

Rofe, J. Simon and Holmes, Alison R. (2012) The Embassy in Grosvenor Square – American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom 1938-2008. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Williams, Andrew J., Hadfield, Amelia and Rofe, J. Simon (2012) International History and International Relations. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Rofe, J. Simon (2007) Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy and the Welles mission. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Rofe, J. Simon, ed. (2018) Sport and diplomacy: Games within games. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (Key Studies in Diplomacy)

Scott-Smith, Giles and Rofe, J. Simon, eds. (2017) Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. (The World of the Roosevelts)

Rofe, J. Simon and Stewart, Andrew, eds. (2013) Diplomats at war. The American experience. Dordrecht: Republic of Letters.

Book Chapters

Rofe, J. Simon (2021) 'The soft power of the Olympics in the age of Covid 19.' In: Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2020: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport. United Kingdom: The Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research, pp. 24-25.

Rofe, J. Simon (2019) 'Politics of Sports.' In: Maguire, Joseph, Falcous, Mark and Liston, Katie, (eds.), The Business and Culture of Sports. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, pp. 93-113.

Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2018) 'Barnstorming Frenchmen: the impact of Paris Université Club's U.S. tours and the role of the individual in sports diplomacy.' In: Rofe, J. Simon, (ed.), Sport and diplomacy: Games within games. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, pp. 130-146. (Key Studies in Diplomacy)

Rofe, J. Simon (2017) '“Prelude to the Future”: The Antecedents of the Bretton Woods Architecture.' In: Scott-Smith, Giles and Rofe, J. Simon, (eds.), Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 35-50. (The World of the Roosevelts)

Sherman, Sarah and Rofe, J. Simon (2017) 'Using Forums in Moodle to Provide Peer Feedback.' In: Havemann, Leo and Sherman, Sarah, (eds.), Assessment, Feedback and Technology: Context and Case Studies in Bloomsbury. London: Bloomsbury Learning Enviroment, pp. 61-62.

Rofe, J. Simon (2017) 'FDR's Closest Contender: Thomas E. Dewey and the 1944 election.' In: Johnstone, Andrew and Priest, Andrew, (eds.), US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press. (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace)

Rofe, J. Simon (2017) 'The Cold War in Western Europe.' In: Masur, Matthew, (ed.), Understanding and Teaching the Cold War. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. (The Harvey Goldberg Series for Understanding and Teaching History)

Scott-Smith, Giles and Rofe, J. Simon (2017) 'Bretton Woods: A Global Perspective.' In: Scott-Smith, Giles and Rofe, J. Simon, (eds.), Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-13. (The World of the Roosevelts)

Rofe, J. Simon (2016) 'Trust between Adversaries and Allies: President George H.W. Bush, Trust and the End of the Cold War.' In: Klimke, Martin, Kreis, Reinhild and Ostermann, Christian, (eds.), Trust, but Verify: Transformation of the Cold War Order. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 63-84. (Cold War International History Project)

Rofe, J. Simon (2015) 'End and Ends: the Cold War in International History at systemic and sub-systemic levels.' In: Luthi, Lorenz, (ed.), The Regional Cold Wars in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East: Crucial Periods and Turning Points. Washington D. C.: Woodrow Wilson Centre and Stanford University Press.

Rofe, J. Simon (2015) 'Online and Distance Learning.' In: Ishiyama, John, Miller, William J. and Eszter, Simon, (eds.), Handbook On Teaching And Learning In Political Science And International Relations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Rofe, J. Simon (2015) 'Prewar and wartime postwar planning: antecedents to the UN moment in San Francisco, 1945.' In: Plesch, Dan and Weiss, Thomas G., (eds.), Past as Prelude? Wartime History and the Future United Nations. New York: Routledge.

Rofe, J. Simon (2014) 'Presidential Peacemaking: President George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War.' In: Cullinane, Michael and Elliot, Clare, (eds.), Perspectives on Presidential Leadership: An International View of the White House. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Rofe, J. 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, J. Simon (2012) 'Europe As the Nexus for Roosevelt's International Strategy.' In: Thompson, John and Krabbendam, Hans, (eds.), America's Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the "Discovery" of Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rofe, J. 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, J. 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, J. Simon (2011) 'Something that works: the IR Model’s approach to technology.' In: Curtis, Steven and Rofe, J. 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, J. Simon (2010) 'Lord Lothian’s Ambassadorship in Washington August 1939-December 1940.' In: Roberts, Priscilla, (ed.), Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940. Dordrecht: Republic of Letters.

Rofe, J. 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, J. Simon (2009) 'Lord Lothian, 1939-40.' In: Hopkins, Michael, Kelly, Saul and Young, John, (eds.), The Washington Embassy: British ambassadors to the United States, 1939-77. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rofe, J. Simon (2007) 'The United States Security Dilemma – a Nation at War.' In: Radoi, Mireille, (ed.), My USA: views on American national security and foreign policy. Bucharest: Tritonic.

Journal Article

Nisbett, Melissa and Rofe, J. Simon (2022) 'Soft Power Polls and the Fate of Liberal Democracy.' Global Perspectives, 3 (1).

Rofe, J. Simon and Postlethwaite, Verity (2021) 'Scholarship and Sports Diplomacy: the Case of Japan and the United Kingdom.' Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society, 3 (2). pp. 332-354.

Rofe, J. Simon (2021) 'Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity.' Journal of Global Sport Management. pp. 1-15. (Forthcoming)

Rofe, J. Simon and Tomlinson, Alan (2020) 'The Untold Story of FIFA’s Diplomacy and the 1966 World Cup: North Korea, Africa and Sir Stanley Rous.' The International History Review, 42 (3). pp. 505-525.

Rofe, J. Simon (2019) 'The UN and the Postwar Global Order: Dumbarton Oaks in Historical Perspective after 75 Years.' Journal of Contemporary History, 54 (2). pp. 256-264.

Lee, Yenn and Rofe, J. Simon (2016) 'Paragogy and flipped assessment: Experience of designing and running a MOOC on research methods.' Open Learning: the Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 31 (2). pp. 116-129.

Rofe, J. Simon (2016) 'Prologue: Diplomacy and Sport.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 27 (2). pp. 207-211.

Rofe, J. Simon (2016) 'Sport and Diplomacy: A Global Diplomacy Framework.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 27 (2). pp. 212-230.

Rofe, J. Simon and Tomlinson, Alan (2016) '"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, 15 (1). pp. 60-79.

Rofe, J. Simon (2014) 'It is a squad game: Manchester United as a diplomatic non-state actor in international affairs.' Sport in Society, 17 (9). pp. 1136-1154.

Rofe, J. Simon and Pigman, Geoffrey Allen (2014) 'Sport and Diplomacy: an introduction.' Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 17 (9). pp. 1095-1097.

Rofe, J. 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, J. 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, J. 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, J. Simon (2011) 'Isolationism and internationalism in transatlantic affairs.' Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 9 (1). pp. 1-6.

Rofe, J. 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, J. Simon (2007) 'Prescription and remedy: Lord Lothian's influence upon the tensions in Anglo-American relations in early 1940.' The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 96 (389). pp. 155-175.

Monographs and Working Papers

Parrish, Richard, Duval, Antoine, Mitevska, Silvija, Perez-Gonzalez, Carmen, Smokvina, Vanja, Sonntag, Albrecht, Zintz, Thierry, Cattaneo, Andrea, Murray, Stuart and Rofe, J. Simon (2021) Promoting a Strategic Approach to EU Sport Diplomacy. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law ; European Commission Representation in Croatia.

Rofe, J. Simon (2019) All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights: Interim Report, July 2019.

Rofe, J. Simon (2018) Putin Already Won in Hosting Russia 2018: The FIFA World Cup and Sport Diplomacy. London: RUSI Newsbrief Vol. 38 No.7.

Rofe, J. Simon (2018) ‘And the Gold Medal Goes to’: Sport Diplomacy in Action at the Winter Olympics. London: RUSI Newsbrief Vol. 38 No.1.

Rofe, J. Simon (2018) Diplomacy to mobilise momentum for girls’ education. Wilton Park; Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Other

Rofe, J. Simon and Brobbery, Nancy (2021) 'Anonymised. Identifier X+1.' In: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project: Oral History Interview. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon, Mishra, Saurabh and X, X (2021) 'Anonymised. Identifier X+2.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon, Doshi, Aashika and X, X (2021) 'Anonymised. Identifier X+3.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2021) 'Issac Robert Kwapong Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History. London: J Simon Rofe.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2021) 'Kevin Bahun-Wilson Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History. London: J Simon Rofe.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2021) 'Petrina Aron and Ramah Mumba Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History. London: J Simon Rofe.

Rofe, J. Simon, Mishra, Saurabh and Buhari, Abdul (2021) 'Transcript: Abdul Buhari.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon, Doshi, Aashika and Hewitt, Ashton (2021) 'Transcript: Ashton Hewitt.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon, Brobbery, Nancy and Pritchard, Bradley (2021) 'Transcript: Bradley Pritchard.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon, Mishra, Saurabh and Volante, Ricky (2021) 'Transcript: Ricky Volante.' In: Law in Sport Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Race and Ethnicity in Sport Oral History Project. London: SOAS Law in Sport.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Bakary Sakho and Paul Odonnat Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Astou N’Diaye Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Amadou Gallo Fall transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Chris Dial Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Will Voigt Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Alphonse Bilé Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Carmine Calzonetti and Kenny Grant Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Clarisse Machanguana Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Cynthia Mumbo Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Karabani Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Kim Bohuny Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Stevy Worah-Ozimo Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Sylvère-Henry Cissé Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah, eds. (2020) 'Syra Sylla Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Will Mbiakop Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.

Rofe, J. Simon and Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah (2020) 'Youcef Ouldyassia Transcript.' In: Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL). London: Self-Published Research Output.