Stephen D. Krasner

Stephen David Krasner (born February 15, 1942) is an American political scientist and former diplomat. Krasner has been a professor of international relations at Stanford University since 1981, and served as the Director of Policy Planning from 2005 to April 2007 while on leave from Stanford.

A realist, he is known for his contributions to the fields of international relations and international political economy.

Early life and education Krasner was born on February 15, 1942, in New York City. He was raised in Manhattan. He received his BA from the Department of History at Cornell University in 1963, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He earned his MA in international affairs from Columbia University. In 1972, he completed his PhD in political science at Harvard University. and

Krasner was a key figure in establishing regime theory as a prominent topic of study in IR, in part through the 1983 edited collection International Regimes. Krasner is a key figure in the development of hegemonic stability theory. Krasner was influenced by Robert Gilpin.

Krasner is a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.

Krasner was named Director of Policy Planning in the State Department by his former Stanford University colleague Condoleezza Rice.