Professor Charles L. Glaser

Professor Charles L. Glaser

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Director, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
George Washington University
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Dr. Charles L. Glaser is a Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at The George Washington University, and Director of the Elliott School’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies. He has previously taught at the University of Chicago and University of Michigan, and served in the Pentagon. His research focuses on international relations theory and international security policy.

Dr. Charles L. Glaser is a Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science at The George Washington University, and Director of the Elliott School’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies.

Before joining the George Washington University, Dr. Glaser was the Emmett Dedmon Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Dean at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He has also taught Political Science at the University of Michigan; was a visiting fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford; served on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon; was a Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace; and was a Research Associate at the Center of International Studies at MIT.   

His research focuses on international relations theory – particularly the security dilemma, defensive realism, the offense-defense balance, and arms races – and international security policy.   

Dr. Glaser’s book, Rational Theory of International Politics was published in 2010. He has written ‘When Are Arms Races Dangerous?’, ‘Counterforce Revisited’ (with Steve Fetter), and ‘National Missile Defense and the Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy’ in International Security. Dr. Glaser’s work on American Cold War nuclear weapons policy culminated in his book, Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy.

Dr. Glaser holds a Ph.D. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He received a B.S. in Physics from MIT, an M.A. in Physics and an M.P.P. from Harvard.