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Kenneth Neal Waltz (June 8 1924 – May 12 2013) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California Berkeley and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of international relations. He was a founder of neorealism or structural realism in international relations theory. Waltz’s theories have been extensively debated within the field of international relations.

birth date
1924-06-08
birth place
Ann Arbor Michigan
death date
2013-05-12
death place
Washington D.C.
era
Contemporary philosophy
individualised GND number
119287315
influenced
Joseph Nye, John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Robert Keohane, Robert Jervis, Robert Gilpin
influenced by
Immanuel Kant, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Reinhold Niebuhr
main interest
Anarchy (international relations), International security, Nuclear safety and security
notableIdea
Neorealism (international relations), Defensive realism
philosophicalSchool
Neorealism (international relations)

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