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Henry R. Nau

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director, U.S-Japan-South Korea Legislative Exchange Program

1957 E Street, NW Suite 501

Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-3167
Fax: (202) 994-5477
E-mail: nau@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Expertise:

US foreign policy, international politics, US foreign economic policy; international political economy

Background:

Professor Nau holds a B.S. degree in Economics, Politics, and Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

He has taught at Williams College and as Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Stanford, and Columbia Universities. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, National Science Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations, the Smith-Richardson Foundation, the Century Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. He currently directs the US-Japan-South Korea Legislative Exchange Program sponsored by the Japan-US Friendship Commission, which brings together on a semiannual basis Members of the U.S. Congress, Japanese Diet, and South Korean National Assembly to discuss informally core issues in domestic and foreign affairs.

From 1975-1977, he served as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Department of State and, from 1981 to 1983, as a senior staff member of the National Security Council in the White House responsible for international economic affairs. Among other duties, he was the White House Sherpa for annual G-7 economic summits at Ottawa, Versailles, and Williamsburg and a special developing country summit at Cancun, Mexico.

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Council on Foreign Relations and a recipient of the Superior Honor Award from the Department of State. He has served on the Board of Editors of the journal, International Organization, and is a former member of the U.N. Committee for Development Planning and the U.S. Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Investment. He served two years as a Lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Dr. Nau is the author of numerous books and articles. His books include, among others, Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions, and Ideas (Washington: CQ Press, Second Edition, 2009); At Home Abroad: Identity and Power in American Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press, 2002; Japanese translation by Yuhikaku Press, 2006); Trade and Security: US Policies at Cross- Purposes (Washington: American Enterprise Institute Press, 1995); The Myth of America's Decline: Leading the World Economy into the 1990's (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990, Japanese translation by TBS Britannica, 2004, also published in Portuguese and Chinese); and National Politics and International Technology: Nuclear Reactor Development in Western Europe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1974). His most recent articles and monographs include "Conservative Internationalism: Jefferson to Polk to Truman to Reagan", Policy Review, No. 150 (August/September 2008); "No Enemies on the Right: Conservative Foreign Policy Factions Beyond Iraq," The National Interest, No. 78 (Winter 2004/05), pp. 19-29; and Divided Diplomacy and the Next Administration: Conservative and Liberal Alternatives, (164 pp.) co-edited with David Shambaugh and published by the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, October 2004.

Courses Taught:

IAff 5 Intro to International Affairs: A Washington Perspective
PSc 247 US Foreign Policy after the Cold War
Psc 289 Identity and the Origin of Major Wars

Last update: 08.13.08