Henry R. Nau

Henry R. Nau is professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He holds a B.S. degree in Economics, Politics, and Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His books include, among others, Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy Under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan (Princeton, 2015); At Home Abroad: Identity and Power in American Foreign Policy (Cornell, 2002); The Myth of America’s Decline: Leading the World Economy into the 1990s (Oxford, 1990); and Perspectives on International Affairs: Power, Institutions, and Ideas, 7th Edition (Sage/CQ Press, 2021). He served in government twice, in the State Department from 1975–77 and on Reagan’s National Security Council from 1981–84. He is currently a Distinguished Scholar with the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington, D.C. For more, see Nau’s personal website http://henryrnau.com.