Henry R. Nau

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Henry R. Nau

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty


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Professor Nau specializes in international relations and U.S. foreign policy. 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.


US foreign policy, international politics, US foreign economic policy; international political economy.

M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

B.S. degree in Economics, Politics and Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan (Princeton University Press, 2013, paperback with new preface, 2015)

Worldviews of Rising Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan, and Russia (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Co-editor and Contributor, Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan, and Russia (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions, and Ideas, (Sage/CQ Press, 2019; 6th Edition)