Robert Jervis

Robert Jervis.

Robert Jervis (* 1940 ) is an American political scientist who teaches as a professor at Columbia University . He specializes in international relations . In 2000/2001 he was President of the American Political Science Association .

Life

After graduating from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in 1962, Jervis moved to the University of California, Berkeley , where he took his master’s degree in 1963 and obtained his Ph.D. received his doctorate . After that he was first assistant professor and then from 1972 to 1974 associate professor at Harvard University . At the same time, he was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in 1971/72 . In 1973/74 he was visiting associate professor at Yale University , and from 1974 to 1980 he was professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles . In spring 1977 he was visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Since 1980 he has been Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University.

In addition to international politics in general, Jervis deals with security policy , decision-making, and conflict and cooperation theories. In doing so, he uses psychological and game theory models.

In 1986, Jervis was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and in 1990 he received the Grawemeyer Award in the ideas improving world order category

Fonts (selection)

• Edited with Robert J. Art : International politics. Enduring concepts and contemporary issues . 13th edition, Pearson, Boston 2017, ISBN 978-0-134-48201-9 .
• How statesmen think. The psychology of international politics . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2017, ISBN 978-0-691-17505-8 .
• Why intelligence fails. Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 2010, ISBN 978-0-801-44785-3 .
• American foreign policy in a new era . Routledge, New York 2005, ISBN 0-415-95100-3 .
• System effects. Complexity in political and social life . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1997, ISBN 0-691-02624-6 .
• The meaning of the nuclear revolution. Statecraft and the prospect of Armageddon . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1989, ISBN 0-801-42304-X .
• Perception and misperception in international politics . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1976, ISBN 0-691-05656-0 .
• The logic of images in international relations . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1970, ISBN 0-691-07532-8 .

Web links

• Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs: Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Professional biography is based on: Curriculum Vitae: Robert Jervis
2. ^ Robert Jervis: Realism, Neoliberalism, and Cooperation. Understanding the Debate . In: International Security , Volume 24, No. 1 (Summer 1999), pp. 42–63
3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter J. (PDF; 354 ​​kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 14, 2020 (English).