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Fred Chernoff

Harvey Picker Professor of International Relations

Department/Office Information

Political Science, International Relations
125 Persson Hall
  • MW 4:00pm - 5:00pm (125 Persson Hall)
  • R 2:00pm - 3:00pm (125 Persson Hall)

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Fred Chernoff is Harvey Picker Professor of International Relations at Colgate University. His academic interests include: National Security, Strategic Studies, IR Theory, and the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences.

He is author of Explanation and Progress in Security Studies (Stanford 2014), Theory and Metatheory in International Relations (Palgrave 2007), The Power of International Theory (Routledge 2005), and After Bipolarity: The vanishing threat, theories of cooperation, and the future of the Atlantic alliance (Michigan: 1995) and several dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Johns Hopkins and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale.

For more information, see his personal webpage.

AB, Rutgers University, 1973; MA (1981),

MPhil (1982), Yale University;

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1983;

PhD, Yale University, 1987

Wesleyan University, Brown University, Yale University

International relations theory, strategic studies, national security

European security, alliance theory, proliferation studies, arms control

Most Recent papers

  • 2024. "The Pragmatics of Contrastive Explanation and Causal Mechanisms in IR." In, Mechanisms in the Study of International Relations. R. N. Lebow and S. Guzzini (eds.) under review.
  • 2022. “‘Truth,” ‘Justice,’ and the American Wave Function: Comments on Alex Wendt’s Quantum Mind.” International Theory (Nov) Vol 14. No. 1.
  • 2022. “Pragmatism and Progress in International Politics: The democratic peace debate.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Political Science. H. Kincaid and J.Van Bouwel (eds.).  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Books

  • Explanation and Progress in Security Studies: Bridging Theoretical Divides in International Relations (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014)
  • Theory and Meta Theory in International Relations (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007)
  • The Power of International Theory (London: Routedge, 2005)
  • After Bipolarity: Theories of Cooperation, The Diminishing Threat, and The Future of the Atlantic Alliance (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press,1995)
  • Arms Control and the Arms Race, coedited with Bruce Russett (San Francisco:WH Freeman, 1985)
  • Articles in International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Studies, Millenium, International Affairs, Journal of Conflict Resolution, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Review, Strategic Review, International Studies Perspectives, Defence Analysis, International Relations; philosophical articles in Analysis, Mind, and Philosophical Quarterly

Rand Corporation; International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

Visit Fred Chernoff's personal webpage.