Richard Newton Rosecrance (born 1930) is an American

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

. His research and teaching is focused on

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

, in particular the link between economics and international relations. His research and writing has also touched upon the study of history. Rosecrance is considered an adherent of

liberal international relations theory Liberalism is a school of thought within international relations theory which revolves around three interrelated principles: * Rejection of power politics as the only possible outcome of international relations; it questions security/warfare pr ...

Education

Rosecrance received his BA from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

, his MA from

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...

, and his PhD under

William Yandell Elliott William Yandell Elliott (1896–1979) was an American historian and a political advisor to six US presidents. Biography Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he served as an artillery battery commander in World War I. He attended Vanderbilt Universi ...

from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Career

During the 1960s, Rosecrance taught at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. He was Director of what later became known as the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. During the 1970s, Rosecrance was on the faculty of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, where he was the Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International and Comparative Politics. He served on the Policy Planning Council of the

U.S. Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the country's fore ...

and has received Guggenheim, Fulbright, Rockefeller, Ford, and many other fellowships. Rosecrance has held visiting positions at the

International Institute for Strategic Studies The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute or think tank in the area of international affairs. Since 1997, its headquarters have been Arundel House in London, England. The 2017 Global Go To Think T ...

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

, the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, the

European University Institute The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...

(Florence), and the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. Rosecrance currently is Adjunct Professor in Public Policy at the

John F. Kennedy School of Government The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...

. In addition he is Research Professor of Political Science at the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...

and Senior Fellow in the

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs The Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, also known as the Belfer Center, is a research center located within the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, in the United States. From 2017 until his death in Oc ...

at the

Publications

Rosecrance has written widely on international topics including: *''Australian diplomacy and Japan, 1945-1951 '' (1962) *''Action and Reaction in World Politics'' (1963) *
The dispersion of nuclear weapons : strategy and politics
' (1964) * ''Defense of the Realm: British Strategy in the Nuclear Epoch'' (1968) * ''International Relations: Peace or War?'' (1973) * ''The Rise of the Trading State'' (1986) * ''The Rise of the Virtual State'' (1999, translated into Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and German) *
America's Economic Resurgence
' (1990) * ''The Costs of Conflict'' (1999, coeditor) * ''The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy'' (1993) * ''The New Great Power Coalition'' (2001, editor) * ''No More States?'' (2006, editor). * ''The Resurgence of the West: How a Transatlantic Union Can Prevent War and Restore the United States and Europe'' (2013) * ''Mergers and International Politics'' (in progress?) * ''The Next Great War? The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict'' (2014, co-editor) * ''International Politics: How History Modifies Theory'' (2018, co-editor).

References

Richard Rosecrance's bio at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
1930 births Living people Harvard Kennedy School faculty Cornell University faculty American political scientists International relations scholars Harvard University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Swarthmore College alumni {{US-polisci-bio-stub

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