Jonathan Kirshner is Director of the Peace Studies Program and a Professor of Government at Cornell University. His primary field is International Relations (IR). His research follows two broad themes: 1) the political economy of Money and Monetary Politics and 2) the intersection of Political Economy and National Security (PENS). Kirshner's first book, Currency and Coercion: The Political Economy of International Monetary Power (Princeton University Press, 1995) integrated these two interests with an exploration of how states can and have manipulated international monetary relations to advance security-related goals. His second book,Appeasing Bankers: Financial Caution on the Road to War (Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2007), considers how financial interests and international financial markets can shape and constrain states' grand strategies. He has also edited the volumes Monetary Orders: Ambiguous Economics, Ubiquitous Politics(Cornell University Press, 2003) and Globalization and National Security (Routledge, 2006); and is the co-editor (with Eric Helleiner) of the multi-disciplinary book seriesCornell Studies in Money (Cornell University Press). Kirshner is currently the director of the International Political Economy Program at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University.