Peter D. Feaver

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Peter D. Feaver

Peter Douglas Feaver (born December 17, 1961 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ) is an American political scientist and theorist of geopolitics . He teaches as a professor at Duke University and served under two presidents for the American government.

Life

Feaver took his bachelor's degree from Lehigh University in 1983 and his master's degree from Harvard University in 1986 , where he earned his Ph.D. received his doctorate. He has been with Duke University since 1991, first as an assistant professor , then as an associate professor, and since 2003 as a full professor of political science. Since 1999 he has been the director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies at Duke University. In 2011 he was visiting professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore .

In 1993/1994 Feaver took a leave of absence from the university and served as director of defense policy and arms control at the United States National Security Council . From 2005 to 2007 he took another leave of absence and again worked for the National Security Council, this time as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform. He is an advisor to the Institute for Defense Analyzes .

Feaver has published numerous monographs, book chapters, and essays on American foreign policy, public opinion, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, civil-military relations, information warfare, and US national security.

Fonts (selection)

  • Guarding the guardians. Civilian control of nuclear weapons in the United States . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1992, ISBN 0801426758 .
  • Armed servants. Agency, oversight, and civil-military relations . Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 2003, ISBN 0674010515 .
  • Strategic retrenchment and renewal in the American experience . Strategic Studies Institute and US Army War College Press, Carlisle 2014, ISBN 9781584876250 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Professional biography is based on: Curriculum Vitae: Peter Douglas Feaver, Duke University
personal data
SURNAME Feaver, Peter D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kennan, Peter Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethlehem, Pennsylvania