Robert H. Donaldson

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Trustees Professor of Political ScienceChapman Hall 209
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Russian and Soviet foreign policy since World War II, with emphasis on post-Cold-War period; Russian and Soviet relations with India; history of the Cold War; contemporary international security issues (counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, cyber security); political system of Russia (leadership, legislative-executive relations); American foreign and defense policy.

Education and Degrees Earned

  • BA, Government, Harvard University, 1964
  • MA, Political Science, Harvard University, 1966
  • Ph.D., Political Science, Harvard University, 1969

Previous Teaching Experience

  • Harvard University , 1966-68
  • Vanderbilt University , 1968-81
  • Lehman College , CUNY, 1981-84
  • Fairleigh Dickinison University, 1984-90

Previous Relevant Work Experience

  • President, University of Tulsa, 1990-96
  • President, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1984-90
  • Provost, Lehman College, CUNY, 1981-84
  • Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt U., 1975-81

Professional Affiliations

  • International Studies Association
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations, Director
  • American Committee on Foreign Relations, past President, member
  • Executive Committee

Courses Taught at TU

  • American Foreign Policy (POL 3053)
  • American National Security Policy (POL 4093)
  • Global Threats to American Security (POL 2103)
  • Politics and Culture of Russia (POL 4053)
  • Russia Today (POL 2663/HIST 2663)
  • Russian Foreign Policy (POL 4023)
  • Word Politics in the 21st Century (POL 2033)

Awards & Recognition

  • Orden Andres Bello, presented by President of Venezuela, 1991
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honorary degree (Doctor of Political Science)Kyungnam University,Masan, South Kore
  • The Soviet Union and the Third World: Successes and Failures. (Editor and co-author) Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1981, 458 pp.

Publications


  • “Boris Yeltsin’s Foreign Policy Legacy,” Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, 7.2 (Spring 2000), 285-326.

  • “Russia.” Executive Leadership and Legislative Assemblies. Ed. Nicholas D.J. Baldwin. London and New York: Routledge, 2006, 230-249.

  • “Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Varying Assessments of the Threat. ”Post-Communist Countries in the Globalizing World. Ed. Konstantin Khudoley. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University Press, 2004, 33-54.

  • “Russian Policy in South Asia: Playing a Dynamic Five-Power Game.” Post-Communist Countries in the Search for Security and Stability. Ed. Konstantin Khudoley. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University Press, 2005, 19-37.

  • Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II, 4th ed. (With Joseph L. Nogee) New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992, 414 pp. (lst-3rd eds., 1981, 1984, l988)

  • Soviet Policy Toward India: Ideology and Strategy. Russian Research Center Studies 74 Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974, 338 pp.

  • Stasis and Change in Revolutionary Elites: A Comparative Analysis of the 1956 Party Central Committees in China and the USSR. (With Derek J. Waller) Sage Publications Comparative Politics Series Vol. 1, 11, 613-662.

  • Joseph L.Nogee) New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2005, 440 pp. (lst ed., 1998; 2nd Ed., 2002)

  • “The Arms Trade in Russian-Chinese Relations: Identity, Domestic Politics, and Geopolitical Positioning,” (With John A. Donaldson), International Studies Quarterly, 47 (2003), 709-732.

  • The Soviet-Indian Alignment: Quest for Influence. Monograph Series in World Affairs Vol. 16, Books 3-4. Denver, Colorado: University of Denver, 1979, 70 pp.