Randall Schweller
Randall L. Schweller is Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University, where he has taught since 1994. He is a current member of the International Security editorial board and former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Security Studies.
He earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1993 and was as an Olin Fellow at Harvard University in 1993-94. His primary teaching and research interests include international security and international relations theory, and he is perhaps best known for his Balance of Interests theory, a revision to Kenneth Waltz's Balance of Power theory and Stephen Walt's Balance of Threat theory. His work on this subject includes: Randall Schweller, "Tripolarity and the Second World War", International Studies Quarterly 37:1 and Randall Schweller, Deadly Imbalances: Tripolarity and Hitler's Strategy of World Conquest.
Often associated with Structural Realists like Kenneth Waltz and Stephen Walt, he may more accurately be portrayed as a Neoclassical Realist because of his willingness to consider non-structural explanations of state behavior. For instance: Randall Schweller and David Priess, "A Tale of Two Realisms: Expanding the Institutions Debate," Mershon International Studies Review 41:2
He is also credited with reemphasizing the distinction between status-quo and revisionist states and incorporating that difference into realist theories of state behavior. Randall Schweller, "Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back in", International Security 19:1 and Randall Schweller, "Neorealism's Status-Quo Bias: What Security Dilemma?" Security Studies 5:3.
Schweller is an avid guitarist and fronted a cover band of the Grateful Dead named "Timberwolf."
Books
Unanswered Threats: Political Constraints on the Balance of Power- ''Broken Cycle: World Politics in the Age of Dissent''
Articles
, ''International Security 19:1 ' Security Studies 5:3 ; collected in Benjamin Frankel, ed., Realism: Restatements and Renewal- ' in Ethan Kapstein and Michael Mastanduno, eds., Unipolar Politics: Realism and State Strategies After the Cold War ' in Alastair Iain Johnston and Robert Ross, eds., Engaging China: Managing a Rising Power.
- ' in Takashi Inoguchi, G. John Ikenberry, and Michael Cox, eds., American Democracy Promotion: Impulses, Strategies and Impacts.' Security Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, co-authored with William Wohlforth
- ' reprinted in John Vasquez and Colin Elman, eds., Realism and the Balancing of Power: The New Debate.' in Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman, eds., Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field.
- ' The National Interest, No. 105 ' Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 23, No. 1
- ' International Theory, Vol. 2, Issue 3 ' Security Studies Program Seminar,
- ' Security Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, co-authored with Jennifer Mitzen' Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 2
- ' Security Studies, Vol. 20 ' Global Governance, Vol. 17, No. 3
- ' International Security, Vol. 36, No. 1, co-authored with Xiaoyu Pu', Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, ipg-journal
- ' International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 ' Paper #16, Valdai Institute Publication, Russia
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Politics, Oxford University Press
- ' in Victor D. Cha and Marie Dumond, eds., The Korean Pivot: The Study of South Korea as a Global Power ' in Chaos in the Liberal Order: The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century., edited by Robert Jervis, Francis Gavin, Joshua Rovner, and Diane Labrosse
- ' The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 11, Issue 1 ' The British Journal of International Relations, Vol. 20, Issue 3
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