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Kugler received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from University of Michigan (1973) where he studied and worked with A.F.K. Organski.
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Jacek Kugler
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He was President of International Studies Association (2004-2005) and Peace Science Society (1995-1996). Kugler received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Before joining Chang-Gung University, he taught at Vanderbilt University and Boston University. He was also visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles, 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 is an expert on war, peace, deterrence, power transition theory, formal decision making, political economy, economic development, and political demography. Through extensive publications on the causes and consequences of war, he has forged a reputation for innovative formal modeling and empirical analysis.
His extensions of the theory of power transition explain the initiation of World War I and II and account for peaceful relations among major powers during the Cold War. Professor Kugler is pioneering a new perspective on world politics that logically and empirically challenges well-established formulations of the realist school.
His formal work on policy advances agent based models that can anticipate the outcome of complex negotiations and provides systematic aid to policy makers involved in day-to-day decisions.
Kugler"s research was funded by National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), and the Ford Foundation, et cetera He has been a consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Department of State, Department of Defense and a number of United States agencies and private businesses. He founded the Sentia Group Incorporated. with Mark Abdollahian for the formal study of decision making, policy analysis and advice.
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He was also editor of International Interactions, and editor for special issue of Journal of Conflict Resolution and International Studies Review.
