Dr. Francis Gavin

Biography

Francis J. Gavin is the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He previously held positions as the Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies at MIT and the Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security Law at the University of Texas. Gavin earned his PhD and MA in history from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in modern European history from Oxford University, and a BA in political science from the University of Chicago. He has been instrumental in directing the Nuclear Studies Research Initiative and has also managed the American Assembly's multi-year initiative titled the Generation Project: U.S. Global Policy Future. Gavin serves on various boards, including as Chairman of the Board of Editors for the Texas National Security Review and is affiliated with MIT's Security Studies Program. He is also a distinguished scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Gavin has written on topics of international relations and U.S. national security, with notable publications including 'Gold, Dollars, Power: Politics International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971', and 'Nuclear Statecraft: History Strategy America’s Atomic Age.' His latest book, 'Taming Scarcity Problems Plenty: Rethinking International Relations American Grand Strategy New Era,' is part of a series from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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