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Richard K. Herrmann is professor of political science and Director
of the Mershon Center at The Ohio State University. He has written
widely on politics in the Middle East, international security, and
American foreign policy. From 1989 to 1991 Dr. Herrmann served on
Secretary of State James Baker's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S.
Department of State and from 1991-1996, he served as co-editor of
International Studies Quarterly, the flagship journal of the International
Studies Association. Dr. Herrmann has been a frequent visitor to
the Middle East, lecturing and conducting research in Israel and
the West Bank, as well as in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. In 1996-97 he was a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations of New York task force
that produced the book Differentiated Containment: Rethinking U.S.
Policy in the Gulf. Dr. Herrmann has served on the governing council
of the International Society of Political Psychology and in his
academic career has advanced the study of images and stereotypes
as they affect decision-making in international relations. His research
has appeared in leading academic journals such at the American Political
Science Review, International Organization, World Politics. International
Security, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Applying the insights
of the academic world to the policy realm has been a special interest
of Herrmann's and after serving at the State Department he served
as the director of USIA's sponsored project entitled "Conflict
Resolution, Arms Control, and Regional Security in the Middle East
and South Asia." More recently has drawn on the practical lessons
from that project to lead a new endeavor for the U.S. Institute
for peace entitled "Forecasting the Future on the Korean Peninsula:
Avenues to Reconciliation. Dr. Herrmann holds a Ph.D. and MPIA from
the University of Pittsburgh (1981) and a BA from Miami University
(1974) in Oxford, Ohio. In 1980-81 Dr. Herrmann was a Ford Foundation
fellow in security studies and in 1985-86 he was a senior fellow
at the Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union
at Columbia University. He is the author of Perceptions and Behavior
in Soviet Foreign Policy (1985).
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