Paul Richard Viotti, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Globalization & Security
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
Other Positions
Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Denver Council on Foreign Relations
President, Professional Ethics, Inc.
Formal Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1978
Principal Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, and
Methodology (Statistical and Behavioral)
(Advisor: Kenneth N. Waltz)
Dissertation: "Politics and Money—The Construction, Maintenance, and
Transformation of International Monetary Regimes"
(Committee: Ernst B. Haas, Chair; John G. Ruggie, Richard Norgaard)
M.S., Administration (Government and International Business), The George
Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1972
M.A., Government (International Relations and Political Theory), Georgetown
University, 1967
Thesis: "Dominican Republic: The United States Decision to
Intervene in 1965" (Advisor: William Manger)
Awarded Distinction (following oral examination and thesis defense)
Fulbright Selectee to Mexico (declined due to military service)
B.S., International Affairs (Political Science), U.S. Air Force Academy, 1966
Academic Positions Held
• Associate Professor with tenure (previously Senior Lecturer & Research
Fellow), University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
(1992-present), Awards: Outstanding Professor (2000-01), Undergraduate
(1999-2000)
• Professor of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1984-92
(chair, 1991-92; completed 30 years total service in the
U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1992 as a Colonel)
• Associate Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1978-84
(tenure conferred: 1980; sabbatical leave: 1981-83)
• Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1972-78
Outstanding Instructor in Political Science & Philosophy (1976-77)
• Instructor, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1972-74
Publications
Books
Arms Control: History, Theory, Policy [Anthology] 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio/Praeger
Publishers, forthcoming February 2012. Coeditor with Robert Williams, Pepperdine.
American Foreign Policy. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2010. Single author.
Arms Control and Global Security. [Annotated arms control documents] 2 vols. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio/Praeger Publishers, forthcoming February 2010. Editor.
International Relations Theory (five editions) New York: Pearson, 2012 (5th ed.); Longman,
2009 (4th ed.); Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall and Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999 (3rd
ed.); and New York: Macmillan, 1987 and 1993 (first two editions). Coauthor with Mark
Kauppi, Georgetown.
International Edition in English by Collier Macmillan (1990). Also published in PRC in
Chinese translation (1993) and in Japan by Sairusha Publishers in Japanese translation
(1993). Coauthor and coeditor with Mark V. Kauppi, Georgetown.
International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy, Identity. (five editions) New
York: Pearson, 2012 (5th ed.); Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, four editions 2009,
2007, 2001, and 1997. Coauthor with Mark V. Kauppi, Georgetown.
Homeland Security: The Strategic Quest (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008). Coeditor with
Michael Opheim and Nicholas Bowen.
American Foreign Policy and National Security: A Documentary Record. Upper Saddle River,
N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2005. Editor.
The Defense Policies of Nations: A Comparative Study (three editions) Baltimore: The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1982, 1989, 1994. Coauthor and coeditor with Douglas J. Murray.
The Global Philosophers: World Politics in Western Thought. New York: Lexington Books,
1992. Coauthor with Mark V. Kauppi.
Conflict and Arms Control: An Uncertain Agenda. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986. Editor.
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Articles
“A Template for Understanding Arms Control” in Robert Williams and Paul R. Viotti (eds.),
Arms Control: History, Theory, Policy, Vol. I (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio/Praeger, 2012), pp.
7-14.
“Arms Control and European Security during the Cold War” in Robert Williams and Paul R.
Viotti (eds.), Arms Control: History, Theory, Policy, Vol. I (Santa Barbara, CA: ABCClio/Praeger, 2012), Vol. II, pp. 130-60.
“Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Homeland Security” in Homeland Security: The
Strategic Quest (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008).
L'influenza del pensiero di Machiavelli nella scienza politica Americana" in Riccardo Caporali
(ed.), Machiavelli e le Romagne (Cesena, Italy: Societa Editrice "Il Ponte Vecchio", 1998):
127-39.
“Dilemmas of Transportation Security” in Transportation Quarterly. Vol. 51, No. 2
(Spring 1997): 79-95. Coauthor with Joseph Szyliowicz.
"Asia and International Relations Theory: Hobbes Meets Cobden and Grotius," The Journal
of International Studies (Sophia University, Tokyo), No. 39 (January 1997): 1-27. Coauthor
with Mark Kauppi.
"Civil-Military Relations After the Cold War: Integrating the Armed Forces and American
Society" in Stephen J. Cimbala, Ed. Clinton and Post-Cold War Defense. Westport, Conn.:
Praeger, 1996: 139-52.
"Arms Control and Security in Europe" in Edward N. Wright and Schuyler Foerster, Eds.
American Defense Policy. 6th ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990: 382400.
"Comparative Neutrality in Europe," Defense Analysis (U.K.). Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 1990): 315.
"Soviet-American Conflict Rules: Constructing and Maintaining International Security
Regimes" in Donald M. Snow, Ed. Soviet-American Security Relations in the 1990s.
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989: 21-39.
"European Peace Movements and Missile Deployments," Armed Forces and Society. Vol. 11,
No. 4 (1985): 505-21.
"Berlin and Conflict Management with the USSR," Orbis. Vol. 28, No. 3 (1984): 575-91.
"Politics in the Yemens and the Horn of Africa: Constraints on a Superpower in Mark V.
Kauppi and R. Craig Nation, Eds. The Soviet Union and the Middle East in the 1980s.
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Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1983: 211-26.
"Iraq: The Kurdish Rebellion" in Bard E. O'Neill, William R. Heaton, and Donald J. Alberts,
Eds. Insurgency in the Modern World. Boulder: Westview Press, 1980: 190-210.
"Iran and Security Policy in the Middle East." Naval War College Review, January-February
1975: 54-63. Coauthor with Bard O’Neill.
"Kurdish Insurgency in Iraq" in Bard E. O'Neill, Donald J. Alberts, and Stephan J. Rossetti,
Eds. Political Violence and Insurgency: A Comparative Approach. Arvada, CO.: Phoenix Press,
1974: 327-57.
Other
Review, Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. Zbigniw Brzezinski,
author (New York: Basic Books, 2012) in International Affairs, Vol. 88 (May 2012).
Review, Soft power and US foreign policy: Theoretical, Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives. Edited by Inderjeet Parmar and Michael Cox (London and New York:
Routledge, 2010) in International Affairs (London, Chatham House), Vol. 86, No. 6
(November 2010): 55-56.
Articles on "Use of Force" and "NATO" in Joel Krieger Ed., The Oxford Companion to World
Politics (Cambridge, MA: Oxford University Press, 1993 and 2001): respectively 306-07 &
650-51 in 1st ed. and 605-07 & 285-87 in the 2nd ed.
Article on “Professional versus Citizen Soldiery” in Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and
Conflict. Vol. 3 (1999): 123-29. (updated for 2nd ed., 2009)
Review of Michael W. Doyle, Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism in
Armed Forces and Society. Vol. 25, No. 1 (Fall 1998): 174-78.
Commentary on “Regional Security Systems” in Richard Shultz, Roy Godson, and Ted
Greenwood, Eds. Security Studies for the 1990s. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s/Maxwell
Macmillan, 1993: 394-401.
Review of Joseph F. Bouchard, Command in Crisis in The American Political Science Review.
Vol. 86, No. 3 (September 1992): 836-37.
Review of Frank L. Gertcher and William J. Weida, Beyond Deterrence: The Political Economy
of Nuclear Weapons in The American Political Science Review. Vol 85, No. 1 (March 1991):
335-36.
Essay as designated Evaluator of Lecture Series “Issues on War and Peace” (April 9, 16, 23,
30 and May 7, 14, 21, 1984) at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs by the Colorado
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Humanities Program (1836 Blake St., Denver, CO 80202), June 12, 1984.
"Nuclear Deterrence—Its Moral and Political Implications: A Response," U.S. Air Force
Academy Journal of Professional Military Ethics. Vol. 4, No. 1 (1983): 13-15.
"Briefer Notice" on Agatha S. Y. Wong-Fraser, Symmetry and Selectivity in U.S. Defense
Policy: A Grand Design or a Major Mistake in Journal of Politics. Vol. 44, No. 1 (1982): 316.
Editor, The Great Frontier: Military Space Doctrine. Final Report (published) of The U.S. Air
Force Academy Military Space Doctrine Symposium, April 1- 3, 1981.
"SALT II: An Overview." Checkpoints. (U.S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates)
Winter 1980.
"Briefer Notice" on Sheldon W. Simon, The Military and Security in the Third World:
Domestic and International Impacts in Journal of Politics, Vol. 42, No. 3 (1980): 915.
"Overhauling Retirement and Compensation Systems," Checkpoints. (U.S. Air Force
Academy Association of Graduates) Winter 1979.
"Military Doctrine (An Introduction)" and editor, Military Doctrine section in Frank B.
Horton, Anthony C. Rogerson, and Edward L. Warner, editors. Comparative Defense Policy.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974: 190-289.
Papers, Lectures, and Presentations: A Partial List
“The All-Volunteer Force at Middle Age,” Paper for the Biannual Conference of the InterUniversity Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS), Palmer House, Chicago, October
21-23, 2011.
Chair, Panel on “Terrorists, Insurgents, and Rogues: Prospects for Negotiation and
Coexistence,” Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, Chicago,
September 1, 2007.
“Enhanced Engagement: Thinking Strategically About the PRC and Taiwan.” Presented
to the Seventh Annual Conference, International Security Sections of American Political
Science and International Studies Associations, Tucson, Arizona, October 27, 2006.
Chair, Panel on “The Security Dilemma and War,” Annual Meeting, American Political
Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31, 2006.
“Thinking Strategically About the PRC and Taiwan.” Presented to the International
Symposium on Political China in 21st Century hosted by Renmin (People’s) University,
Beijing, June 11, 2006.
“Ideas and Power: The Construction, Maintenance, Adaptation and Transformation of
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International Monetary Regimes.” Presented on panel chaired by Henry Nau on “Social
Constructivism Applied,” Annual Meeting, International Studies Association, San Diego,
March 24, 2006.
“Civil-Military Relations and Arms Control: Thinking Strategically About Taiwan and the
PRC.” Presented to senior defense officials conference hosted by Taiwan’s National Defense
University, Taipei, September 29, 2005.
Co-Director (with David Goldfischer), Conference on Globalization and Security, Sixth Annual
Conference, International Security Sections of American Political Science and International
Studies Associations, Denver, October 27-29, 2005.
Discussant, “Is Grand Theory Dead?” Roundtable chaired by Robert Rauchhaus (other
participants: Robert Keohane, Kenneth Waltz, Alexander Wendt, and co- discussant Barry
Posen) and attended by some 250 colleagues at Annual Meeting, American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., September 2, 2005.
Chair, Roundtable on Arms Control in the New Administration, Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 4, 2005.
“Enlightenment Values and the Globalization Project,” paper presented to the Annual
Conference, Association for Political Theory, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, October
29, 2004.
Chair, Panels on “New Perspectives on Terrorism” and “Crisis Behavior and War: New
Theoretical Insights,” Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, Chicago,
September 3 and 5 respectively, 2004.
Director, Sondermann Summer Seminar, Homeland Security, Institute on Globalization and
Security, University of Denver, August 8-15, 2004.
Chair, “Homeland Security Roundtable: Issues and Struggles,” Annual Conference,
International Security Sections of American Political Science and International Studies
Associations, Richmond, October 18, 2002.
Co-Chair (with David Goldfischer), “Roundtable on Homeland Security and the Political
Milieu” and Chair, panel on “Learning Norms, and Arms Control,” Annual Meeting, American
Political Science Association, Boston, August 31, 2002.
Chair and Discussant, “New Conceptions of Security,” Annual Conference, International
Security Sections of American Political Science and International Studies Associations,
Whittier College, Whittier CA, October 26, 2001.
Panel Participant, “Aspects of Fighting Terrorism”, Institute for the Study of Israel in the
Middle East (ISIME), University of Denver, October 23, 2001.
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Chair, Panel on “Psychological Aspects of Military Service,” Biannual Meeting,
Interuniversity Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society, Baltimore, October 20, 2001.
“Assessing Structural Realism and Security in Global Society,” paper presented
to the Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 2001.
Co-Director (with David Goldfischer), Conference on Globalization and Security, First Annual
Conference, International Security Sections of American Political Science and International
Studies Associations, Denver, November 9-11, 2000.
Discussant, “Theme Panel: Governance in a Turbulent World,” Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., February 20, 1999.
"Toward a Structuralist-Constructivist Synthesis: Insights from Machiavelli, Hobbes, and
Rousseau," paper presented to International Studies Association and Pan-European
International Relations Conference, Vienna, Austria, September 1998.
"L'influenza del pensiero di Machiavelli nella scienza politica Americana," paper presented
to University of Bologna conference on Machiavelli and the Romagna, Cesena, Italy,
November 1997.
"Asia and International Relations Theory: Hobbes Meets Cobden and Grotius," paper
presented to International Studies Association (ISA) and Japan Association on International
Relations (JAIR), Tokyo (Makuhari), Japan, September 1996. Coauthor.
Presentation in panel on “Teaching National Security in the Post-Cold War Period,” Annual
Meeting, International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., April 1, 1994.
Chair of panel on Turbulence in Post-Cold War International Security Politics and copresenter with James Rosenau of “Military Establishments in the Aftermath of the Cold War:
A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis,” Annual Meeting, American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., September 1, 1993.
Chair of panel on "Changes in International Systemic Structure" and presenter of paper on
"The Security of Small States in East-Central Europe: A Comparative Analysis," Annual
Meeting, American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C., August 29, 1991.
"The European Security Problem in the 1990s," lecture delivered to senior defense
universities and service academies in Hungary, Romania. Czechoslovakia (Brno, Bratislava,
and Kosice), Poland (Warsaw and Deblin), June 1991.
"Conceptual Foundations of European Security," paper presented to the Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Vancouver, March 22, 1991.
"Toward a New Gesamptkonzept of Security in Europe," paper presented to panel on
"Restructuring European Security Relations," Annual Meeting, American Political Science
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Association. San Francisco, September 1, 1990.
Chair, "A Round Table on the Future of European Security," Annual Meeting, American
Political Science Association. San Francisco, August 31, 1990.
Chair and Presenter, "Round Table on the Future of European Security," Annual Meeting,
Colorado-Wyoming Political Science Association. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO,
April 20, 1990.
"Medieval and Renaissance Roots of Contemporary International Relations Theory," paper
presented to the Annual Meeting, International Studies Association. Washington D.C., April
14, 1990. Also participated in Roundtable on "International Studies and Global Security
Education," April 13, 1990.
Lecture on "Arms Control and European Security" to 200 senior officers of the Hungarian
People's Army, Zrinyi Miklos Military Academy, Budapest, November 15, 1989.
Presenter/Discussant, Panel on "Technology and Security," Biannual Meeting of the InterUniversity Seminar (IUS), Baltimore, October 1989.
Chair, Panel on International Security: Alternative Perspectives and Approaches and
presenter of revised paper on "Comparative Neutrality in Europe," Annual Meeting,
American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 1, 1989.
Chair, Panel on Comparative Neutrality in Europe, Annual Meeting, International Studies
Association, London, England, March 31,1989.
Chair, Roundtable on "Europe After the Dismantling of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces,"
Annual Meeting, International Studies Association, St. Louis, April 2, 1988.
Coauthor, "Service Academy Education," paper presented to the Biannual Meeting, InterUniversity Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS), Chicago, October 1987.
Chair, Roundtable on "Alternative Security Policies in Europe," Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., March-April 1987.
"Soviet-American Conflict Rules: Constructing and Maintaining International Security
Regimes," paper presented to the Annual Meeting, Section on Military Studies, International
Studies Association, Harvard University, November 1986.
"Neutrality in Europe: A Comparative Study," paper presented to the Annual Meeting,
American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 30, 1986. Panel chair on
same topic.
"Armed and Unarmed Neutrals in Europe: A Comparative Study," paper presented to the
Annual Meeting, International Studies Association, Anaheim, CA, March 28, 1986. Panel
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chair on Comparative Neutrality in Europe.
"Alliance Alternatives and the Continuing Political Costs of INF," paper presented to the
Annual Meeting, International Studies Association's Section on Military Studies, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 1985. Chaired panel on European Views of
National Security Issues.
"Conventional Defense and Arms Control," paper presented to the Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1985.
Chair, Panel on “Arms Control,” Annual Meeting, International Studies Association's Section
on Military Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, October 1984.
"Berlin and Conflict Management with the USSR," paper presented to the Annual Meeting,
International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1984.
"European Peace Movements and the NATO Two-Track Decision," paper presented to the
Annual Meeting, International Studies Association's Section on Military Studies, Monterey,
California, December 1983.
"Soviet and American Doctrinal Asymmetry and the Future of SALT," paper presented to the
Spring Meeting, Colorado-Wyoming Political Science Association, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, April 17, 1981.
"Strategic Arms Limitation and the Construction of an International Security Regime," paper
presented to the Annual Meeting, International Studies Association-West and the Western
Political Science Association, Denver, March 1981.
Coauthor with Douglas J. Murray, "Constructing International Security Regimes: The
Strategic Arms Limitation and Canadian-American Cases," paper presented to the Annual
Meeting, International Studies Association, Philadelphia, March 1981.
Coauthor with Douglas J. Murray, "International Security Regimes: On the Applicability
of a Concept," paper presented to the Annual Meeting, American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., August 1980.
Coauthor with Douglas J. Murray, "Realism or Transnationalism? The Politics of North
American Defense and International Monetary Relations," paper presented to the
Annual Meeting, International Studies Association, Los Angeles, March 1980.
Teaching Experience (1972-present)
University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies (1992-present)
Graduate Seminars
Current Courses
U.S. Foreign Policy: regularly since 1993
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U.S. National Security Policy: regularly since 1994
Security and Strategy: regularly since 1999
Other Courses
The Military, State and Society: first offerings 2008 and 2009
Third-World Foreign Defense Policies: regularly 1994-2000 and occasionally since 2003
Arms Control: regularly 2000 to 2004
Homeland Security, Civil Society & Human Rights: regularly 2003-10
Comparative Politics Theory: regularly 2003-07
European Foreign and Defense Policies: regularly 1996 -2001 and 2003
East Asian Foreign & Security Policies: 2000 and 2001
International Relations Theory: regularly 1994-97
Comparative Politics (graduate): regularly 1993-97
Epistemology (graduate): regularly 1993-95
International and National Security Issues (capstone course): Summer 1996
Diplomacy and Stability (graduate): Fall 1992
Arms Control and Disarmament (graduate): Fall 1992
Undergraduate Courses
University of Denver
Global Issues: regularly, 1994-2000
International Politics: 1994
Comparative Politics: 1997
Current Issues in International Security: regularly 1998 -2002
Global Arms Trade: regularly 1999-2003
American Foreign Policy (World War I to Korea): 2000-01
International Terrorism (and Transnational Crime): 2001-02
U.S. Air Force Academy, Department of Political Science (1972-92)
International Relations, Foreign Policy and National Security
International Politics, 1973 and regularly 1979-80 and 1983-84
Senior Seminar in International Relations, regularly 1977-80 and 1985-91
Comparative Defense Policy: regularly 1980-81 and 1986-87
Senior Social Science Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar:
Peace and the Future of War: 1984
American National Security (and Defense) Policy: 1984 and 1988 (Honors)
Seminar on Strategy and Arms Control: 1987
Alliance Politics and NATO (as an International Organization): Spring 1988
Comparative Politics & Area Studies
Comparative Politics, 1974 and regularly 1977-79
West European Politics, 1989
Middle East Politics: 1974
Other Courses
American National Government: 1972, 1978 and 1983-84
Political Analysis (Statistical Methodology): 1973 and 1976
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Introduction to Political Science: 1978 and 1983-84
Classical & Modern Political Theory/Philosophy: 1985
Comparative/Contemporary Political Ideologies: 1986
Other Institutions
Junior State of America at Stanford University
AP Comparative Government: regularly Summers 2005-08
International Relations and World Politics: 2009-10
Colorado College, Department of Political Science (Visiting Professor, 2002 and 2003)
Conduct of American Foreign Policy (in Block IV, November-December, both years)
Renmin (People’s) University (Summer 2006)
U.S. Foreign Policy (graduate)
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (1979-81 and 1992-95)
(Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science)
International Relations & Foreign Policy and National Security
International Politics: 1980 and regularly1992-95
American Foreign Policy: 1980 and regularly1992-94
Politics of National and Ethnic Strife: Winter term, 1992-93
International Organization: 1993
The Politics of North American Free Trade, Europe, and Japan: 1993
American National Security (and Defense) Policy: 1993
International Law (graduate and undergraduate): 1993 and 1994
The Politics and Ethics of War: 1994
Comparative Politics & Area Studies
Asian Politics: 1979
Emerging Nations: 1993 and 1994
West European Politics: 1992-93
East European Politics: 1993
Russian Foreign Policy, Spring 1994
Other Courses
Comparative/Contemporary Political Ideologies: 1980 and 1992-93
Fundamentals of Public Administration (graduate): 1980, Graduate School of
Public Affairs
Introduction to Political Science: 1978-79 and 1992-93
Machiavelli, Politics and Ethics: Winter Term 1994-95
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Sabbatical Leave (1981-83) in Stuttgart, Germany
University of Southern California, Stuttgart, Germany (Graduate)
International Security Affairs: 1982
Alliance Politics and NATO: 1982
International Relations Theory: 1983
University of Maryland in Stuttgart, Germany (Undergraduate)
Middle East Politics: 1982
American Government and Politics: 1982
Professional Associations and Service
Institute on Globalization and Security (IGLOS), University of Denver, since 2000. Executive
Director since 2006. [du.edu/korbel/iglos]
Denver Council on Foreign Relations (formerly an affiliated committee of the New York
Council on Foreign Relations) since 1980; member of governing board, since 1990; President
since 1993-2003; Vice-Chair of Board of Directors and Director of Foreign Policy Research
2003-Present. [DenverCFR.org]
Pacific Council on International Policy, since 2007.
American Political Science Association, since 1966. Organizing Chair, International Security
and Arms Control Section, 1988-90. Secretary-Treasurer, 1990-2009. [intlsecurity.org]
American Society for Public Administration, Colorado Springs Chapter, 1980-82 and 198386.
Colorado-Wyoming Political Science Association, 1980-94.
International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, since 1982.
International Studies Association, since 1979; member of governing board, International
Security Studies Section, 1985-88.
Inter-University Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society, University of Chicago, since
1977. Organizing co-chair, IUS Rocky Mountain Region and Director (since 1988). Elected
2001 by general membership to IUS Council (Board), subsequently reelected for two
additional terms to 2013.
Foreign Languages
Spanish and French, reading and limited conversation
German, limited reading and limited conversation
Latin, limited reading
Administrative and Other Professional Experience
Executive Director, Institute on Globalization & Security, 2000-present
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Co-founder with David Goldfischer in November 2000
Executive Director, 2006-present
President, Professional Ethics, Inc., 1994-present
Conduct ethics education, training, and consulting to assist interested
corporate and government clients
President, Denver Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003
Run speaker, scholarship, and other programs of 125-member non-profit
corporation, now affiliated with the American Committees on Foreign
Relations, but originally formed in 1938 as a committee of the Council on
Foreign Relations, New York, New York
Co-Director, University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies in
Colorado Springs, 1994-97
Organized and managed a graduate extension program in Colorado
Springs
Department Chair, Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1990-91 (Deputy Head, 198390)
Managed faculty department of 36 members and an undergraduate
curriculum of more than 30 courses; awarded three Air Force Meritorious
Service medals
Appointed by the President of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for
Academic Year 1987-88 to Committee for Selection of Best Dissertation in International
Relations and World Politics (Helen Dwight Reid Award) presented at the APSA Annual
Meeting, Washington, D.C., August-September 1988 to Aaron L. Friedberg for his work on
"Change, Assessment and Adaptation: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 18951905"
Member of Board of Directors since 1990 and Scholarship Selection Committee (1987),
Denver Committee on Foreign Relations
Elected to Executive Committee, Colorado Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) to the
Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE), 1986-88 reelected to Executive
Committee, 1988-92 and 1992-96
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President, Tenure Faculty Council, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1985-86
Elected by peers to serve as President and coordinate joint activities of
tenured faculty.
Elected Member, Board of Directors, International Studies Association, Section on Military
Studies—later the International Security Studies Section (ISSS), 1985-88
Member, Admissions Committee, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1983-85
Reviewed applications and participated in admissions decisions
concerning student applications.
Director of International Relations and Defense Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1981 and
1983-84
Sabbatical as a political adviser, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of
Germany, 1981-1983.
Deputy to Ambassador assigned as principal Political Adviser (POLAD); established
liaison with more than 30 visits to American embassies, diplomatic missions, and senior
military headquarters in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa; conducted research
leading to several publications; offered guidance on diplomatic and other policy implications
of alternatives under consideration by the senior headquarters staff; awarded Defense
Meritorious Service Medal
Director of Research, Department of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy,
1980-81
Elected Member, Executive Committee, Colorado Springs Chapter, American Society for
Public Administration, 1980-81
Consultant, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President,
Washington, D.C., Summer 1978
Developed a legislative strategy for a program under consideration by the senior staff,
Office of Management and Budget
Faculty Adviser and Assistant Executive for Professional Ethics, U.S. Air Force Academy,
1977-81
Worked closely with students to develop an ethics education program, administering their
honor code, and coordinating with faculty and staff members
Personnel Director, Department of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy,
1977-80
Reviewed applications and interviewed applicants for faculty hiring of 7 to 10
members each year
Fellow, National Security Education Seminar, Colorado College, June and July, 1977
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Elected Member, Board of Directors, Association of Graduates, U.S. Air Force Academy,
1973-77
Other Military Service
Analyst, Latin America and Middle East, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969-72
Analyst, Regional Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Air Force in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam,
1968-69
Analyst, Foreign Technology, U.S. Space and Missile Systems Organization, 1967-68
Cadet, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1962-66
Military Service Awards Include:
Defense Meritorious Service Award (1983): Stuttgart, Germany
Air Force Meritorious Service Awards (1992, 1986, 1979): U.S.A.F.
Academy
Air Force Commendation Medal (1968): Saigon, Republic of Vietnam
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