Jacek Kugler

Jacek Kugler (born March 19, 1942) is an American political scientist and scholar of International Relations. He is the former chair of the Department of Politics and Policy at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.

Kugler is one of the founders of Power Transition Theory in International Relations Theory. His work on economic consequences of war, long term power transitions and political performance of nations have been widely debated within the field of international relations. He is a student of A.F.K Organski.

He is currently the Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of International Relations and Political Economy in the Department of International Studies, School of Politics and Economics. Kugler is former Fulbright scholar and research fellow at the Nobel Peace Prize Institute. He was President of International Studies Association (2004-5) and Peace Science Society (1995-6). He was also editor of International Interactions, and editor for special issue of Journal of Conflict Resolution and International Studies Review. He is also a founding member of the TransResearch Consortium.

Education Kugler received B.A. and M.A. from University of California, Los Angeles, and Ph.D. in political science from University of Michigan (1973) where he studied and worked with A.F.K. Organski.

Career Before joining CGU, he taught at Vanderbilt University and Boston University. He was also visiting professor at UCLA, California Institute of Technology, and National Defense University. In addition, he was research scholar at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and Project co-director at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan.

Kugler's research was funded by National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Ford Foundation, etc. He has been a consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Department of State, Department of Defense and a number of U.S agencies and private businesses. He founded the Sentia Group Inc. with Mark Abdollahian for the formal study of decision making, policy analysis and advice.