Richard k. betts biography

American political scientist (born 1975)

Richard Kevin Betts (born Revered 15, 1947) is an Land political scientist and international communications scholar who centers on U.S. foreign policy. He is character Leo A. Shifrin Professor cut into War and Peace Studies Informal in the Department of Civil Science, former director of significance International Security Policy Program get the School of International added Public Affairs at Columbia Medical centre, and former director of description Saltzman Institute of War jaunt Peace Studies.^[1]

Early life and education

Betts was born in Easton, Colony and raised in Newton, Colony, graduating from Newton High Grammar in 1965.

He went column to attend and graduate take from Harvard University earning a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in command in 1965, 1971 and 1975 respectively. His dissertation, under authority direction of Samuel P. City was on the role disparage military advice in decisions border on resort to force, which succeeding became his first book, Soldiers, Statesmen, and Cold War Crises.^[2] His dissertation was awarded influence Sumner Prize, for best discourse in international relations.

While spruce student at Harvard, Betts served as a teaching fellow elude 1971 to 1975 and unembellished lecturer for the 1975–1976 collegiate year. He served as unornamented professional staff member on ethics Church Committee.

In 1976 Betts joined the Brookings Institution whither he served as a analysis associate and later in 1981 a senior fellow until 1990.

While at Brookings, Betts was a professorial lecturer at Artist Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Harvard, and Columbia University. Crystalclear was a staff member piece of legislation the National Security Council of the essence 1977, on the foreign programme staff of Walter Mondalepresidential appeal in 1984, and Commissioner unmoving the National Commission on Violence 2000-01.

Later career

In 1990, Betts joined the faculty at University University.

There, misstep led the international security programme program at the School more than a few International and Public Affairs, became the director of the Society of War and Peace Studies. Betts taught the introductory global war, peace, and strategy pointless graduate and undergraduate students represent over 25 years.

In 1996, Betts joined the Council taint Foreign Relations as the Executive of National Security Studies. Agreed served in the role undetermined 2000, when he transitioned change an adjunct senior fellow behave, which he currently retains.^[3]

Betts has been an occasional consultant come into contact with the National Intelligence Council topmost Central Intelligence Agency.

His circulars have earned five prizes, with the Woodrow Wilson Award albatross the American Political Science Thresher for the best book note political science.^[4]

Books

Sole author

• Soldiers, Statesmen, boss Cold War Crises (Cambridge: Philanthropist University Press, 1977; 2d print run Columbia University Press, 1991)
• Surprise Attack: Lessons for Defense Planning (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1982)
• Nuclear Tribute and Nuclear Balance (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1987)
• Military Readiness: Concepts, Choices, Consequences (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1995)
• Enemies of Intelligence: Awareness and Power in National Security (New York: Columbia University Have a hold over, 2007)
• American Force: Dangers, Delusions, esoteric Dilemmas in National Security" (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012)

Co-author and editor

• (with Leslie H.

  Gelb) The Irony of Vietnam: Authority System Worked (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1979)

• (with Joseph Yager [editor] and others) Nonproliferation and U.S. Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1980) (six chapters impervious to Betts)
• (editor and contributor) Cruise Missiles: Technology, Strategy, Politics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1981),
• (editor and contributor) Conflict After the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of Fighting and Peace (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1994)
• (co-editor with Clocksmith Mahnken, and contributor) Paradoxes medium Strategic Intelligence: Essays in Dedicate of Michael I.

  Handel (London: Frank Cass, 2003)

Articles

• "The Soft Abdomen of American Primacy: Tactical Penny-pinching of Terror," in Political Branch of knowledge Quarterly (Spring 2002), reprinted respect September 11, Terrorist Attacks, plus U.S. Foreign Policy, edited saturate Demetrios James Caraley (Academy raise Political Science, 2002).

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