Alumnus Spotlight: Daryl G. Press
Degree: PhD in Political Science, 2001
Dissertation: “What Causes Credibility? Reputation, Power and Assessments of Credibility During Crises.”
Current Position: Associate Professor of Government, Department of Government, Dartmouth College
Recent Publications: "The End of MAD? The Nuclear Dimension of U.S. Primacy," International Security , Vol. 30, No. 4, Spring 2006, with Keir Lieber.
"The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006, with Keir Lieber.
"Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats," Cornell Studies in Security Affairs (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005).
“The Effects of Wars on Neutral Countries: Why It Doesn't Pay to Preserve the Peace,” Security Studies vol. 10, 2002, with Eugene Gholz.
On 23 April 2008, SSP interviewed alumnus Daryl Press. Daryl's research projects at Dartmouth College include a study of economic globalization and an exploration of the relationships between nuclear weapons and U.S. primacy. He teaches courses on international politics, nuclear weapons, U.S. foreign policy, and military statecraft in international politics.
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Testimony
On July 15, 2008, Barry Posen testified before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee
on a new U.S. Grand Strategy. Click here for audio, video webcast, and written statements.
Publications and Media Appearances
Stephen Van Evera, "A Farewell to Geopolitics," In Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro, eds., To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine, (Oxford, 2008) pp. 11-35.
Caitlin Talmadge, "Closing Time: Assessing the Iranian Threat to the Strait of Hormuz," International Security, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 82-117 (Summer 2008).
Professor Richard J. Samuels provided assistance to a film titled "Japan's About Face," which aired for the first time on PBS on July 8, 2008. He also provided commentary about the film.
Richard J. Samuels, "Awaiting Japan's global vision," Op-Ed, Boston Globe, June 21, 2008.
Barry R. Posen, "What's next for Iraq?" Op-Ed, Boston Globe, June 19, 2008.
Paul Staniland, "Explaining Civil-Military Relations in Complex Political Environments: India and Pakistan in Comparative Perspective," Security Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2: 322-362.
Austin Long, "Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence: The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006," RAND Occasional Paper, 2008.
Jim Walsh was on WBUR's "Here and Now" on June 12, 2008, discussing Iran. Click here to listen to the show.
Jim Walsh was featured in a front-page Boston Globe article on June 10, 2008, titled "Interest grows for international Iran atom plant."
Barry R. Posen, "A Grand Strategy of Restraint," and Robert J. Art, "Selective Engagement After Bush," in Finding Our Way: Debating American Grand Strategy, Michele A. Flournoy and Shawn Brimley, Eds., Center for a New American Security, Solarium Strategy Series, June 2008.
M. Taylor Fravel, "China's Search for Military Power," The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Summer 2008).
Alumni News
Matthew Bunn
is now Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His new position started July 1, 2008.
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