Thomas Bruneau is a Distinguished
Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. He has
researched and written extensively on Latin America, especially Brazil, and
Portugal. Dr. Bruneau has published more than fifteen books in English and
Portuguese as well as articles in journals including Latin American Research
Review, Comparative Politics, Third World Quarterly, Encyclopedia of Democracy,
South European Society and Politics, Journal of Democracy, International
Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Democratization, and Military
Affairs.
In addition to his
position as Professor in the NSA Department, Professor Bruneau was the Academic
Associate for the curriculum in International Security and Civil-Military
Relations from its founding in 1996 until 2002. Between 1998 and 2001 he served
as rapporteur of the Defense Policy Board that provides the Secretary of
Defense and his staff with independent and informed advice on questions of
national security and defense policy.
He has three
recently published books. He is co-editor, with Scott Tollefson, of Who Guards
the Guardians and How: Democratic Civil - Military Relations (Austin:
University of Texas Press, 2006). His second book, also published by University
of Texas Press, with CDR Steve Boraz, is Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to
Democratic Control and Effectiveness. His co-edited book with Harold Trinkunas,
Global Politics of Defense Reform, was published by Palgrave-Macmillan in
February 2008.
A native of
California, Professor Bruneau received his BA from California State University
at San Jose and his MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley
Stephen Krasner is a former director of CDDRL, former deputy director of FSI, an FSI senior
fellow, and the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University.
From February 2005 to April 2007 he served as the Director
of Policy Planning at the US State Department. While at the State Department,
Krasner was a driving force behind foreign assistance reform designed to more
effectively target American foreign aid. He was also involved in activities
related to the promotion of good governance and democratic institutions around
the world
At CDDRL, Krasner was the
coordinator of the Program on Sovereignty. His work has dealt primarily with
sovereignty, American foreign policy, and the political determinants of
international economic relations. Before coming to Stanford in 1981 he taught
at Harvard University and UCLA. At Stanford, he was
chair of the political science department from 1984 to 1991, and he served as
the editor of International Organization from
1986 to 1992.
He has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in
the Behavioral Sciences (1987-88) and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2000-2001). In 2002
he served as director for governance and development at the National Security
Council. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and
Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
He
received a BA in history from Cornell University, an MA in international affairs from Columbia University and a PhD in political
science from Harvard.
If you would like to be added to the email
announcement list, please visit https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/socialscienceseminar
