Bruce Russett

Bruce Martin Russett (26 January 1935 – September 22, 2023) was an American political scientist who was most well-known for his work on the democratic peace. He was Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Professor in International and Area Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University, and edited the Journal of Conflict Resolution from 1972 to 2009. Economic Theories of International Politics (editor and contributor; Chicago, IL: Markham, 1968). What Price Vigilance? The Burdens of National Defense (1970). Gladys Kammerer Award from APSA for best book on U.S. public policy, 1971. No Clear and Present Danger: A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II (1972; 25th anniversary edition, 1997). Peace, War, and Numbers (editor and contributor; 1972). Military Force and American Society (editor and contributor, with Alfred Stepan, 1973). Power and Community in World Politics (1974). Interest and Ideology: The Foreign Policy Beliefs of American Businessmen (with Elizabeth Hanson, 1975). Progress in Arms Control? Readings from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (editor and contributor, with Bruce Blair, 1979). From National Development to Global Community (editor and contributor, with Richard Merritt, 1981). World Politics: The Menu for Choice (with Harvey Starr, 1981; later editions 1985; 1989, 1992, 1996; also 2000, 2003, 2006 with David Kinsella as third author). Also Indian, Italian, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese versions of various editions. The Prisoners of Insecurity: Nuclear Deterrence, the Arms Race, and Arms Control (1983; Japanese edition 1984). Arms Control and the Arms Race: Readings from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (editor and contributor, with Fred Chernoff; 1985). Choices in World Politics: Sovereignty and Interdependence (editor and contributor, with Harvey Starr and Richard Stoll, 1989). Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (1990). Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World (1993; Japanese edition 1996). The Once and Future Security Council (editor and contributor, 1997). The Kantian Peace: The Pacific Benefits of Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, 1885-1992 (with John R. Oneal, 1999). Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations (with John R. Oneal, 2001). Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church (editor and contributor, with Francis Oakley, 2004). New Directions for International Relations: Confronting the Method of Analysis Problem (editor and contributor, with Alex Mintz, 2005). Purpose and Policy in the Global Community (2006). International Security and Conflict (editor, forthcoming 2008).

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