Raymond Leslie Buell

Raymond Leslie Buell (July 13, 1896 – February 20, 1946) was an American social scientist. He was an assistant professor at Harvard University until 1927 when he became research director at the Foreign Policy Association. He later became president of the Foreign Policy Association.

Buell was a prominent critic of isolationism in the United States in the lead-up to World War II. A critic of economic nationalism, Buell argued for free trade treaties.

Early life and education Buell was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 13, 1896. His father was a minister at the Presbyterian Church. In the book, he flags nationalism as a powerful driver of international conflict, as it prompts conflict within empires and stokes tensions between states about borders. He argues that imperialism, which he described as "evil", provokes conflict between imperial powers and between empires and the groups that the empires tries to conquer and subjugate. He challenged notions that pure races existed and that one race was superior to other races, as well as argued that modern nations were composed of multiple races. He criticized economic nationalism and argued for free trade treaties. He opposed the U.S. policy of excluding Asians from immigration and citizenship.

He authored The Native Question in Africa, which was a comparative study of colonial rule. Buell argues in the book for retaining native tribal institutions in Africa. He opposed U.S. isolationism in the years leading up to World War II.

Works (partial list) Contemporary French Politics (1920) "Political and Social Reconstruction in France" American Political Science Review, Feb. 1921 The Washington Conference (1922) Buell, Raymond Leslie (1923). "Some Legal Aspects of the Japanese Question". American Journal of International Law. 17 (1): 29–49. "Again the Yellow Peril" Foreign Affairs, Dec. 15, 1923 International Relations (1925) Europe: A History of Ten Years (1928) The Native Problem in Africa (1928) New Governments in Europe. 1934. Democratic Governments in Europe. 1935. Liberia: A Century of Survival, 1847-1947 (1947). University of Pennsylvania Press.

Personal life He married Frances March Dwight in 1928. They had a son and daughter. He died in Montreal, Canada on February 20, 1946.