Dr. David Holloway

Biography

David Holloway is the Raymond Spruance Professor of International History and a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. His research primarily focuses on the history of nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union, as well as international relations theory. Holloway has published extensively, including his notable book 'Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956' which received several honors including the Shulman and Vucinich Prizes from the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Before joining Stanford in 1986, Holloway taught at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Lancaster. He has held various administrative and academic positions including director of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford and co-director of the Center for International Security and Arms Control. In addition to his scholarly work, Holloway has contributed to journals such as 'Foreign Affairs' and 'Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.' He received his PhD in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University.

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