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Richard Ned Lebow

James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government
217 Silsby
richard.ned.lebow@dartmouth.edu

B.A., University of Chicago
M.A., Yale University
Ph.D., City University of New York

Recent publications

  • A Cultural Theory of International Relations, Cambridge, September 2008.
  • Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations,  (Princeton, Winter 2008).
  • The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests and Orders, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Awarded the Alexander L. George Prize for the best book in political psychology.
  • Learning from the Cold War, co-edited with Richard K. Herrmann, New York: Palgrave, 2004.
  • The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe, co-edited with Claudio Fogu and Wulf Kansteiner, Durham: Duke University Press, 2006.
  • Unmaking the West: "What-If" Scenarios that Rewrite World History, co-edited with Phil Tetlock and Geoffrey Parker, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, forthcoming.
  • Conflict, Cooperation and Ethics, New York: Routledge, 2006.
  • Social Inquiry and Political Knowledge, Co-edited with Mark Lichbach, New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007.
  • "If Mozart had Died at Your Age: Psychologic vs. Statistical Inference," Political Psychology 27, (June 2006).
  • "Fear, Interest and Honour: Outlines of a Theory of International Relations," International Affairs 82 (May 2006), pp. 539-66.
  • "Robert S. McNamara: Max Weber's Nightmare," International Relations 20 (June 2006), pp.211-24.
  • "Tragedy, Politics and Political Science," International Relations 19 (Spring 2005), pp. 329-36.
  • "Power and Ethics," Millenium 33, no 3: (2005), pp. 551-82.
  • "Deterrence: Then and Now," Journal of Strategic Studies 28 (October 2005), pp. 765-73.

Professional affiliations

  • ex-President of the International Society of Political Psychology
  • Onassis Foundation Fellow in Ancient Greek History and Culture
  • Overseas Fellow at St. Johns College, University of Cambridge

Research interests

  • Theory: international relations, conflict management, psychological models of learning, philosophy of social science
  • Policy: conflict prevention, regional conflict, bargaining and negotiation
  • Methods: case studies, psychological experiments, scenario generation

Teaches

 

Last Updated: 5/16/08