Stephen Krasner | |
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Director of Policy Planning | |
In office February 4, 2005 – April 20, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Mitchell B. Reiss |
Succeeded by | David F. Gordon |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen David Krasner February 15, 1942 |
Alma mater | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Stephen David Krasner (born February 15, 1942) is an American academic and former diplomat. Krasner has been a professor of international relations at Stanford University since 1981, and served as the Director of Policy Planning from 2005 to April 2007 while on leave from Stanford.[1]
A realist, he is known for his contributions to International Relations and International Political Economy.[2][3][4]
Krasner was born on February 15, 1942, in New York City.[5] He was raised in Manhattan.[6] He received his bachelor's degree from the Department of History at Cornell University in 1963, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He earned his master's degree from Columbia University. In 1972, he completed his PhD at Harvard University.[6] He did his PhD dissertation on the international coffee market.[6] At Harvard University, he was influenced by Albert Hirschman.[6]
Before coming to Stanford University in 1981, Krasner taught at Harvard University and University of California, Los Angeles. He was the editor of International Organization from 1986 to 1992.[7][6]
Krasner is the author of six books and over ninety articles. He has taught courses on international relations, international political economy, international relations theory, policy making, and state-building at Stanford University. He received a dean’s award for excellence in teaching in 1991. At Stanford University, Krasner has been an advisor to Daniel Drezner[8] and
Krasner was a key figure in establishing Regime theory as a prominent topic of study in IR, in part through the 1983 edited collection International Regimes.[9][10] Krasner is a key figure in the development of Hegemonic stability theory.[2][11] Krasner was influenced by Robert Gilpin.[6]
He has written extensively about statehood and sovereignty.
Krasner is credited with incorporating the idea of punctuated equilibrium into the social sciences and contributing to critical juncture theory.[12]
Krasner is a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
Krasner was named Director of Policy Planning in the State Department by his former Stanford University colleague Condoleezza Rice.[6]