Robert Jervis

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Robert Jervis
Born(1940-04-30)April 30, 1940
DiedDecember 9, 2021(2021-12-09) (aged 81)
Academic background
Education
Influences
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Institutions
Doctoral students
InfluencedShiping Tang

Robert Jervis (April 30, 1940 – December 9, 2021) was an American political scientist who was the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Jervis was co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, a series published by Cornell University Press.

He is known for his contributions to political psychology, international relations theory, nuclear strategy, and intelligence studies.[1][2] According to the Open Syllabus Project, Jervis is one of the most-frequently cited authors on college syllabi for political science courses.[3]

Early life and education

Robert Jervis was born in 1940.[4][5] He earned a BA from Oberlin College in 1962. At Oberlin, he developed an interest in nuclear strategy, and was influenced by Thomas Schelling’s Strategy of Conflict and Glenn Snyder’s Deterrence and Defense.[5][6] In 1962, he began graduate work at University of California, Berkeley, where he studied under Glenn Snyder. He received a PhD from UC Berkeley in 1968. [7]

Career

From 1968 to 1972, he was an assistant professor of government at

School of International and Public Affairs. He was president of the American Political Science Association in 2000–2001.[7]

Jervis consulted for the CIA.[5]

He worked on perceptions and misperceptions in foreign policy decision making. Jervis played a key role in introducing insights from psychology to International Relations scholarship.[9] Charles Glaser described Jervis's work on the security dilemma as "among the most important works in international relations of the past few decades."[10]

According to Jack Snyder, "Jervis's body of thought can be categorized in terms of five interrelated themes: communication in strategic bargaining, perception and misperception in international politics, cooperation in anarchy, the nuclear revolution, and complex system effects and unintended consequences."[11] According to Thomas J. Christensen and Keren Yarhi-Milo, "in seeking to understand both behavior and outcomes in world affairs, Jervis championed the role of individuals’ perceptions and formative experiences rather than just broad political, social, and economic forces... [His] work was always rooted in the complexities of actual decision-making by real people with quirks and flaws."[12]

Jervis was a member of the

National Academy of Sciences.[14] He participated in the 2010 Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, a high-level research program on nuclear proliferation.[15]

In 2021, he was elected member of the U.S.

Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.[17]

Personal life and death

Jervis met his wife Kathe (née Weil) Jervis in 1961 on a student trip to the Soviet Union.[18] Together they had two daughters, Alexa and Lisa.[18] Lisa Jervis is a co-founder of Bitch magazine.[19]

In the early 1960s, while studying for his PhD in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley, Jervis participated in the Free Speech Movement.[18]

Jervis died of lung cancer on December 9, 2021, at the age of 81.[20]

Selected publications

Books

Articles

References

  1. S2CID 247901751
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  2. ^ "Remembering Robert Jervis". Texas National Security Review. 2022.
  3. ^ "Open Syllabus: Explorer". Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  4. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-090617-115035
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  5. ^ a b c d e Jervis, Robert (March 4, 2020). "H-Diplo Essay 198- Robert Jervis on Learning the Scholar's Craft". H-Diplo | ISSF. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Jervis, Robert (December 28, 2016). "Thomas C. Schelling: A Reminiscence". War on the Rocks. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "The Institute Mourns the Passing of Robert Jervis". Columbia SIPA. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Gov Dept. Fails to Fill Kissinger Chair". The Harvard Crimson. 1974.
  9. ISBN 978-0-691-13569-4
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  10. S2CID 41736348
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  11. S2CID 155198741
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  12. ISSN 0015-7120
    . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  15. ^ "Hertog Strategy Institute Summer Program | Center for Strategic and International Studies". Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  16. ^ "News from the National Academy of Sciences". April 26, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021. Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: … Jervis, Robert; Adlai Stevenson Professor of Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York City, entry in member directory:"Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  17. ^ "1990– Robert Jervis". Archived from the original on September 5, 2014.
  18. ^ a b c "Robert Jervis Obituary". H-Diplo. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  19. ^ Bitch, Lisa Jervis profile.
  20. ^ "Robert Jervis, 1940-2021 | Political Science". polisci.columbia.edu. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

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External links

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