Joshua S. Goldstein

Joshua S. Goldstein is a scholar in international relations whose work covers war, peace, gender, climate change, and global energy policy. Goldstein is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C., and a research scholar at the University of Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and a doctorate from MIT. Goldstein has served on the faculty at the University of Southern California and American University and has been a research scholar in political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Goldstein is the author of six books addressing war, peace, diplomacy, and economic history, as well as the college textbook "International Relations." Previous books include "The Real Price of War," "Three-Way Street: Strategic Reciprocity in World Politics" (with John R. Freeman), and "Long Cycles: Prosperity and War in the Modern Age." The textbook "International Relations," co-authored with Jon C. Pevehouse, is widely used in undergraduate education and covers topics such as international security and global political economy.

Among Goldstein's works is "War and Gender," which won the International Studies Association's Book of the Decade Award. In "Winning the War on War," Goldstein analyzes global trends in violence and the impact of humanitarian aid agencies, popular movements, and the United Nations in reducing conflict. He is also the author of "The Wounds Within," which discusses veterans and PTSD, and "A Bright Future," which explores how Sweden and France's approaches to nuclear energy can address climate change.

Goldstein co-wrote the film "Nuclear Now" with Oliver Stone, based on "A Bright Future." The film, which describes Sweden's model of rapid decarbonization using nuclear power, premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award. "Nuclear Now" has been described as a follow-up to "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore. Goldstein has participated in panel discussions and public events to communicate complex policy debates on nuclear energy and climate change to broader audiences.

Goldstein has received honors including a MacArthur Foundation Individual Research and Writing Grant, the International Studies Association's Karl Deutsch Award for research, and the American Political Science Association's Victoria Schuck Award. He has published articles in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, American Political Science Review, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and International Studies Quarterly, as well as op-eds in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Goldstein's expertise includes international relations, war and conflict, peacekeeping, the United Nations, world energy, climate change, nuclear power, and gender and war.