Colin S. Gray

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Colin Spencer Gray (born December 29, 1943 in Oxfordshire - † February 27, 2020 ) was a British - American political scientist and theorist of geopolitics . A dual citizen, he has served as a military advisor to both the US and UK governments. He taught as Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at Reading University . He was also a senior associate at the US think tank he founded National Institute for Public Policy and external researcher for the United States Army War College .

Life

Gray studied at Manchester University and Oxford University , where he received his doctorate in 1970 . Before taking up the professorship in Reading, he taught at Lancaster University in the UK , York University in Toronto in Canada and at the University of British Columbia . He has held senior positions for the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and the Hudson Institute . In 1981 he founded the National Institute for Public Policy . From 1982 to 1987, Gray was a member of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament under President Ronald Reagan .

Gray attracted international attention in 1980 with the thesis that a nuclear war can be fought and won. As the price for such a decisive war for a new world order, he named 20 million dead Americans, but ten times as many would experience the ideal post-atomic world, which is shaped by Western values.

Fonts (selection)

  • Strategy and politics . Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, London 2016, ISBN 978-0-415-71476-1 .
  • Strategy and defense planning. Meeting the challenge of uncertainty . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-198-70184-2 .
  • Perspectives on strategy . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-199-67427-5 .
  • National security dilemmas: challenges & opportunities . Potomac Books, Washington DC 2009, ISBN 978-1-597-97262-8 .
  • The sheriff. America's Defense of the New World Order. The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington KY 2004, ISBN 0-8131-2315-1 .
  • Geopolitics, geography, and strategy . Frank Cass, London; Portland (Oregon) 1999, ISBN 0-714-64990-2 .
  • The Geopolitics of Super Power. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington KY 1988, ISBN 0-8131-1627-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Colin S. Gray
  2. ↑ Unless otherwise documented, the biographical presentation is based on information on Colin S. Gray at the National Institute for Public Policy , accessed on October 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ According to information on personal page Colin S. Gray, University of Reading , accessed October 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Colin S. Gray and Keith Payne: Victory is Possible . Foreign Policy , Summer 1980, pp. 14-27, online , accessed October 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ USA: Can a nuclear war be feasible? In: Der Spiegel , 35/1982, online , accessed October 28, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Colin S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gray, Colin Spencer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American military strategist
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxfordshire , UK
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2020