Henry R. Nau
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1972
Office: 1957 E. Street, Suite 501
Phone: (202) 994-3167
Fax: (202) 994-5477
Email: nau@gwu.edu
Expertise
US foreign policy, international politics, US foreign economic policy; international political economy
Background
Professor Nau specializes in international relations and U.S. foreign policy. His books include, among others, Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions, and Ideas (CQ Press, 2007, 2 nd edition 2009); At Home Abroad: Identity and Power in American Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press, 2002), Trade and Security (American Enterprise Institute Press, 1995), The Myth of America's Decline (Oxford University Press, 1990), and National Politics and International Technology: Nuclear Reactor Developments in Western Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.) From 1981 to 1983, he served as senior staff member of the National Security Council, responsible for international economic affairs. He also served, between 1975 and 1977, as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Department of State. He is currently completing a book on the topic of a recent essay "Conservative Internationalism: From Jefferson to Reagan," Policy Review (August/September 2008).
