Stephen Francis Szabo is an American political scientist and educator who specializes in foreign policy. He was executive director of the German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Academy and a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and the National Defense University.

Stephen Szabo
Born
Stephen Szabo
NationalityAmerican
EducationAmerican University (BA, MA)
Georgetown University (PhD)
Known forFaculty member at Johns Hopkins University
Scientific career
FieldsForeign Policy
Political science
InstitutionsForeign Service Institute
National Defense University
Johns Hopkins University

Education

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Szabo received a BA and MA from the School of International Service at the American University, and his PhD from Georgetown University in political science.[1] He completed his PhD in 1977, with a dissertation titled Party Recruitment in the Federal Republic of Germany: Candidate Selection in a West German state.[2]

Career

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Szabo is a political scientist and educator specialized in foreign policy.[1] In 2011, he was executive director of the Transatlantic Academy (TAA), as part of the German Marshall Fund (GMF). Before joining the GMF, Szabo had been professor of European Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, where he also served as academic and interim dean. Before that, he was professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University and chairman of West European Studies at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State.[3]

Selected publications

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  • Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-economics (2015) London [etc.] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.[4]
  • Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations (2004),Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004.the book is about the deterioration of the relationship between Washington and Berlin in the run-up to the second Iraq War[5][6][7]
  • Research Support for Political Scientists: A Guide to Sources of Funds for Research Fellowships, Grants, and Contracts.[8]
  • The Diplomacy of German Reunification (1992), New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994. The book attributes German reunification to skillful political leadership and adept negotiations by well-positioned German and American political elites.[9][10]
  • The Changing Politics of German Security (1990) London : Pinter, 1990.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Szabo, Stephen F." Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ Szabo, Stephen Francis (1977). Party Recruitment in the Federal Republic of Germany: Candidate Selection in a West German state (PhD thesis). Georgetown University. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Stephen Szabo". The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  4. ^ Heiser-Duron, Meredith (2017). "Review of Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-economics". German Politics & Society. 35 (1): 88–90. ISSN 1045-0300. JSTOR 44630988.
  5. ^ Mauer, Victor (2005). "Review of Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations". International Affairs. 81 (2): 444–445. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 3568900.
  6. ^ Daum, Andreas (2007). "Review of Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations". German Studies Review. 30 (2): 470–471. ISSN 0149-7952. JSTOR 27668355.
  7. ^ Heisenberg, Dorothee (2005). "Review of Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations". Political Science Quarterly. 120 (3): 531–532. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2005.tb01407.x. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 20202580.
  8. ^ Szabo, Stephen F. (1977). Research support for political scientists : a guide to sources of funds for research fellowships, grants, and contracts. Washington: Departmental Services Program, American Political Science Association. ISBN 978-0915654222.
  9. ^ Clingan, C. Edmund (1996). "Review of The Diplomacy of German Unification". German Studies Review. 19 (1): 199–200. doi:10.2307/1431757. ISSN 0149-7952. JSTOR 1431757.
  10. ^ Ninkovich, Frank (1994). "Review of The Diplomacy of German Unification". The International History Review. 16 (1): 221–222. ISSN 0707-5332. JSTOR 40106907.
  11. ^ Wagner, Jay (1991). "Review of The Changing Politics of German Security". International Affairs. 67 (2): 354. doi:10.2307/2620889. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 2620889.