William C. Wohlforth

|Professor
Academic Appointments
  • Professor of Government

  • Daniel Webster Professor

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A member of the Government Department's faculty since 2000, I teach and conduct research on international relations, with an emphasis on international security and foreign policy. Before coming here, I taught at Princeton and Georgetown. I graduated with a degree in international relations from Beloit College, worked as a legislative aide in the U.S. House of Representatives and did my graduate work at Yale University, earning an MA in international relations and PhD in Political Science. My personal website has all the details on current research and teaching.

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Contact

6-3460
Silsby, Room 207
HB 6108

Education

  • B.A. Beloit College
  • M.A. Yale University
  • M.Phil. Yale University
  • Ph.D. Yale University

Selected Publications

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Speaking Engagements

The 14th Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations: "American Power and the Short Peace" with William C. Wohlforth. February 1, 2024

Works In Progress

  • Kastner, J., Wohlforth,  W.C.,  A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion (Oxford U. Press, forthcoming January 2025)

  • Norrlöf, C.,  Wohlforth,  W.C.,   "American Power and the Short Peace," working paper.

  • Andersen, M. ., & Wohlforth,  W.C.,    "The Balance of Power," forthcoming in Leira and de Carvalho, eds,  Routledge Handbook of Historical IR

  • Sushentsov, A. A,m & William C Wohlforth, "The Tragedy of US-Russian Relations: NATO Centrality and the Revisionists' Spiral," International Politics.