Robert Lewis Rothstein

Background

Robert Rothstein was born on the 7th of June, 1936 in New York City, New York, United States.

Education

Robert Lewis attended the Ohio State University. After that, he entered the University of Chicago, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959. Two years later, he earned a Master of Arts degree from the same university. In 1965, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University.

Career

Robert Lewis Rothstein began his academic career in 1964 as an instructor in political science at Columbia University in New York City, where he served for two years. After that, he joined the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he began working as an assistant professor and later became an associate professor of political science, that post he held between 1967 and 1974. Besides, he worked at Colgate University in Hamilton, where he was the Harvey Picker Professor of International Relations and Director of International Relations Program.

Robert Lewis served as a research associate at Washington Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1968-1969. A year later, he became a Columbia Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs, where he remained for one year. Moreover, he worked there as a visiting professor in 1977, 1978 and 1979. In 1991, Robert was the Ford Foundation lecturer at the University of Baroda. Four years later, he served at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he was Rebecca Meyerhoff Memorial Lecturer. Additionally, he was a consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations and Ford Foundation.

As the author, Robert Lewis wrote his first book, Alliances and Small Powers, in 1968. His second book, Planning, Prediction and Policymaking in Foreign Affairs was published in 1972. Beginning from that time, he wrote several books about politics and government. His last book, The Challenge of Climate Change: Which Way Now?, was written in collaboration with Daniel P. Perlmutter and came out in 2010. Also, he was a contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals and newspapers, including Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Israeli Affairs, International Organization, Political Science Quarterly, Pacific Focus, American Political Science Review and Journal of International Affairs.

Achievements

• Robert Lewis Rothstein was an outstanding educator, a well-known author of books, as well as a contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals and newspapers. In 1961, he was a Woodrow Wilson fellow. He received grants from the Social Science Research Council in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1971. Also, he was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1974-1975 and at the Rockefeller Foundation Program in the Conflict in International Relations in 1975-1977. Moreover, Robert got grants from the Office of External Research, the United States Department of State, in 1977-1978 and in 1979-1980. Also, he earned a grant from the Office of the Historian. In 1987, he accepted the United States Institute of Peace Grant. Besides, Robert was a Jennings Randolph fellow in 1991-1992.

Works

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  • The Challenge of Climate Change: Which Way Now?

    (Global warming and climate change present complex interlo...)

    2010
  • Alliances and Small Powers 1968
  • Planning, Prediction and Policymaking in Foreign Affairs 1972
  • The Weak in the World of the Strong: The Developing Countries in the International System 1977
  • Global Bargaining: UNCTAD and the Quest for a New International Economic Order 1979
  • The Third World and U.S. Foreign Policy: Cooperation and Conflict in the 1980s 1981

Membership

Robert Lewis Rothstein was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Robert Lewis Rothstein was married to Jane. He had three stepchildren, Candida, Edward and Emily.

Wife:

Jane Rothstein

stepdaughter:

Candida Rothstein

stepson:

Edward Rothstein

stepdaughter:

Emily Rothstein