Robert J. Art
Encyclopedia
Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations
at Brandeis University
, and Fellow at MIT Center for International Studies
.
He subscribes to the theory of "neo-realism," which argues that force still underlies the power structure in the modern world.
in 1968.
Professor Art is a former member of the Secretary of Defense’s Long Range Planning Staff (1982) and a former Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis, and has consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a member of the editorial boards of the scholarly journals International Security, Political Science Quarterly, and Security Studies. Since 1982, he has also co-edited Cornell University’s “Series in Security Studies.”
He has lectured at numerous American universities and research institutes and at the following U.S. military and foreign institutions: the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. National War College, West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Marine Command and Staff College, the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College, the U.S. Air University, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, the U.S. Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the National War College (Beijing), the People’s University (Beijing), the Institute for War Studies (King’s College, London), the Free University of Berlin, the Konrad Adenauer Institute (Berlin), the NATO School (Oberammergau), and the Fuhrungsakademie (Hamburg).
(International Affairs Fellow), the Guggenheim Foundation
, the Ford Foundation
, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Century Foundation.
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
, and Fellow at MIT Center for International Studies
MIT Center for International Studies
MIT Center for International Studies , founded in 1952, conducts research and teaching in a wide range of international subjects, among them international relations, international migration, human rights and justice, and political economy and technology policy...
.
He subscribes to the theory of "neo-realism," which argues that force still underlies the power structure in the modern world.
Life
Professor Art received his B.A. from Columbia College in 1964 and his Ph.D. from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1968.
Professor Art is a former member of the Secretary of Defense’s Long Range Planning Staff (1982) and a former Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis, and has consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a member of the editorial boards of the scholarly journals International Security, Political Science Quarterly, and Security Studies. Since 1982, he has also co-edited Cornell University’s “Series in Security Studies.”
He has lectured at numerous American universities and research institutes and at the following U.S. military and foreign institutions: the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. National War College, West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Marine Command and Staff College, the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College, the U.S. Air University, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, the U.S. Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the National War College (Beijing), the People’s University (Beijing), the Institute for War Studies (King’s College, London), the Free University of Berlin, the Konrad Adenauer Institute (Berlin), the NATO School (Oberammergau), and the Fuhrungsakademie (Hamburg).
Awards
He has received grants from the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, the Council on Foreign RelationsCouncil on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
(International Affairs Fellow), the Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
, the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Century Foundation.
Works
- The TFX Decision: McNamara and the Military (1968)
- A Grand Strategy for America (2003) – a finalist for the Arthur B. Ross Award of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Reorganizing America’s Defense (1985) -- contributor and co-editor, with Samuel P. Huntington and Vincent Davis)
- U.S. Foreign Policy: the Search for a New Role (1993) -- contributor and co-editor with Seyom Brown
- The United States and Coercive Diplomacy (2003) -- contributor and co-editor with Patrick Cronin
- Democracy and Counterterrorism (2007) -- contributor and co-editor with Louise Richardson
- America’s Grand Strategy and World Politics (2009)