Prof. Harvey Starr (January, 2014)
Harvey Starr is the Dag Hammarskjöld Professor in International Affairs at the University of South Carolina, the 2013-2014 President of the International Studies Association, and a former President of the Peace Science Society (International). He has also served as President of the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association, Vice-President of the APSA, Vice-President of ISA, Program Chair of the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, Editor of International Interactions, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Politics. He was the 1998 recipient of the University of South Carolina's Russell Award for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences in recognition of outstanding research and scholarship. He also received the first Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Political Science, University at Buffalo, in 2009. He served as department chair at the University of South Carolina from 1998 to 2006, and previously at Indiana University from 1984 to 1989.
Professor Starr’s research and teaching interests include the theories, methods, and logic of inquiry in the study of international relations and foreign policy, international conflict, geopolitics, and most recently the causes and consequences of failed states. A pioneer in bringing spatiality, geography, and geopolitics into the study of international conflict and security, he is the author or co-author of 15 books and monographs (with three more in progress), and over ninety scholarly articles and chapters. His most recent books are World Politics: the Menu for Choice, 10th edition (Cengage, 2013), co-authored with Bruce Russett and David Kinsella, along with the edited volumes: Dealing with Failed States (Routledge, 2009) and Approaches, Levels and Methods of Analysis in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). His newest book is On Geopolitics (Paradigm: 2013).
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Professor Starr’s research and teaching interests include the theories, methods, and logic of inquiry in the study of international relations and foreign policy, international conflict, geopolitics, and most recently the causes and consequences of failed states. A pioneer in bringing spatiality, geography, and geopolitics into the study of international conflict and security, he is the author or co-author of 15 books and monographs (with three more in progress), and over ninety scholarly articles and chapters. His most recent books are World Politics: the Menu for Choice, 10th edition (Cengage, 2013), co-authored with Bruce Russett and David Kinsella, along with the edited volumes: Dealing with Failed States (Routledge, 2009) and Approaches, Levels and Methods of Analysis in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). His newest book is On Geopolitics (Paradigm: 2013).
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