William Wohlforth
William Curti Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor of Government in the Dartmouth College Department of Government, of which he was chair for three academic years. He is the author of Elusive Balance: Power and Perceptions during the Cold War and editor of Witnesses to the End of the Cold War and Cold War Endgame: Oral History, Analysis, and Debates.
Wohlforth published a seminal article in 1999, challenging the common knowledge at the time that US supremacy following the end of the Cold War is expected to be short-lived.
He is linked to the Neoclassical realism-school and known for his work on American unipolarity, especially in collaboration with Stephen Brooks. Together they have published several articles and a book, World Out of Balance: International Relations Theory and the Challenge of American Primacy.
Wohlforth was Editor-in-chief of Security Studies during 2008–2011.Education
Wohlforth received his bachelor's degree in International Relations from Beloit College. He went on to receive his Master's and PhD from Yale University in International Relations as well.
