Joshua S. Goldstein Joshua S. Goldstein
Professor Emeritus, School of International Service, American University
Nonresident Sadat Senior Fellow, CIDCM, University of Maryland
and Research Scholar, Dept. of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
PO Box 3068, Amherst, MA 01004-3068
    (413) 256-6363          email: jg -at- joshuagoldstein -dot- com

         Biographical Sketch
         Curriculum Vitae


Prof. Goldstein's blog at InternationalRelations.com

Prof. Goldstein's recent news and activities



Winning the War on War:
The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

(Dutton, Sept. 2011).    ISBN: 978-0-525-95253-4

Op Ed: "War Really Is Going Out of Style" [with Steven Pinker], The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2011.
Radio: NPR "Talk of the Nation" [with Steven Pinker], Dec. 7, 2011 (30 minutes).
Article: "Think Again: War," Foreign Policy, Sept./Oct. 2011.
Article: "Intervention Comes of Age: Lessons from Somalia to Libya" [with Jon Western], Foreign Affairs, Nov./Dec. 2011.
Op Ed: "A U.N. Road Map to Peace" (with Shibley Telhami), Washington Post, 9/16/11: A11.
YouTube Video: "Peace Is Increasing" (3 minutes)
Op Ed: "The Worldwide Lull in War," Christian Science Monitor 5/14/02: 9.


Textbook: International Relations (Pearson Longman, coauthor Jon C. Pevehouse).
Tenth Edition (ISBN 0-205-05957-0)
Brief Sixth edition (ISBN 0-205-05958-9)
   Textbook companion website
Publisher's catalog:      10th edition          Brief, 6th edition
Podcasts: Link to podcasts on the textbook website          [Brief ed. podcasts]
Excerpt: "Core Principles of International Relations Theory," 2007
Short IR theory book: Principles of International Relations, ISBN 0-205-65266-2
Reader: Readings in International Relations (Pevehouse/Goldstein), ISBN 0-321-35619-5


Book: War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa
(Cambridge U. Press, 2001)

Winner, Book of the Decade Award (2000-2009), International Studies Association
Web page: The Women of World War I
Podcast: Prof. Goldstein on PBS "Wide Angle," Dec. 2010
Audio: Prof. Goldstein on women at war, Minnesota Public Radio, Oct. 2006
Op Ed: "John Wayne and G.I. Jane" (Christian Science Monitor 1/10/02: 11)
Paper: "The Importance of War in the Gendered Socialization of Aggression," presented at G. Stanley Hall Symposium on Gender and Aggression, Williams College, 2001.

Book: The Real Price of War: How You Pay for the War on Terror

Video: Prof. Goldstein on war costs, CSPAN2, 10/7/04 via You-Tube --   Part 1 (7:10)
Video: Prof. Goldstein on war costs, CSPAN2, 10/7/04 via You-Tube --   Part 2 (7:49)
Audio: Prof. Goldstein on war costs, KGO Radio, 6/19/11


Article: "War and Economic History" (Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History)

Book -- read online: Long Cycles: Prosperity and War in the Modern Age (Yale, 1988)

Chapter: "The Predictive Power of Long Waves, 1989-2004"

Other articles and chapters on war in Anthropology, Psychology, Gender Studies, Economic History, and International Relations.


Book: Three-Way Street: Strategic Reciprocity in World Politics (Chicago, 1990)

Article: "Reciprocity, Triangularity, ... in the Middle East" [JCR 2001]

Article: "Reciprocity, Bullying, and ... the Bosnia Conflict" [APSR, 1997]

Article: "Energy in the World Economy, 1950-92" [ISQ, 1997] - PDF


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Updated Sept. 16, 2011