Rate My Professor William Wohlforth

Wohlforth teaches and conducts research on international relations with an emphasis on international security and foreign policy. His scholarship covers U.S. grand strategy, Russian foreign policy, Cold War history, status in world politics, great power competition, and subversion. He is the author or co-author of books including The Elusive Balance: Power and Perceptions During the Cold War (Cornell University Press, 1993), World Out of Balance: International Relations and the Challenge of American Primacy (Princeton University Press, 2008, with Stephen G. Brooks), and America Abroad: The United States' Global Role in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2016, with Brooks). He has edited volumes such as The Oxford Handbook of International Security (Oxford University Press, 2018, with Alexandra Gheciu), Status in World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020, with A.V. Torkunov and B.F. Martynov). Notable articles include 'The Myth of Multipolarity: American Power's Staying Power' (Foreign Affairs, 2023, with S.G. Brooks) and 'A Measure Short of War: The Return of Great Power Subversion' (Foreign Affairs, 2021, with J. Kastner). Wohlforth received Dartmouth's Scholarly Innovation Award in 2020 and the Best Article award from the European Consortium for Political Research for 2007-2009. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Security Studies (2008-2011), Associate Editor of World Politics (1989-1996), and holds multiple editorial board positions. His work contributes to policy through National Intelligence Council reports, consultations, and lectures at the National Defense University, Naval War College, Army War College, and international security institutes.