Kenneth N. Waltz

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international relations scholar person political scientist

Kenneth N. Waltz was a leading American political scientist and founder of neorealism in international relations theory, known for his influential structural analysis of the international system.

Aliases (2)

Kenneth Neal Waltz ×1
Kenneth Waltz ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international relations scholar → person → political scientist →
academicDegree	PhD in political science →
awardReceived	James Madison Award of the American Political Science Association →
coAuthor	Scott D. Sagan →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1924-06-08 →
dateOfDeath	2013-05-12 →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Oberlin College →
employer	Brandeis University → Columbia University → Swarthmore College → United States Army War College → University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	Waltz →
fieldOfWork	international relations theory → international security → political science → security studies →
fullName	Kenneth Neal Waltz →
givenName	Kenneth →
influenced	John J. Mearsheimer → Stephen M. Walt → structural realist scholars →
influencedBy	Hans Morgenthau → Reinhold Niebuhr →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainInterest	causes of war → nuclear proliferation → structure of the international system →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
movement	neorealism → structural realism →
notableFor	founding neorealism in international relations → structural realism → theory of international politics →
notableWork	Man, the State, and War → The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate → Theory of International Politics →
occupation	political scientist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States of America →
positionHeld	Adjutant Professor at University of California, Berkeley → Professor of Political Science at Columbia University →
sexOrGender	male →
theoreticalApproach	realism in international relations →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kenneth N. Waltz ("Kenneth Neal Waltz") →	fullName
Hans Morgenthau ("Kenneth Waltz") →	influenced
Robert O. Keohane →	influencedBy