Steve A. Yetiv is a professor of political science at Old Dominion University. He came to ODU in 1993 after a post-doctoral position at Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (1990-92) and a research associate position at Harvard's Center for International Affairs (1992-93). Dr. Yetiv's research explores American foreign policy toward the Middle East, global energy, interdependence, and theories of decisionmaking, foreign policy and international relations.

Developing an "integrated theoretical approach,"  Explaining Foreign Policy examines the decisions that took the United States to war in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and 2003 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy, develops and applies a framework for examining political, economic, and military threats to global oil supplies, with a focus on longer run oil market dynamics, OPEC, the Middle East, and global interdependence (Cornell University Press, 2004). His recent book is The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States and the Persian Gulf (1975-2005) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). His recent articles have appeared in Security Studies, The British Journal of Political Science, and The Middle East Journal.

Dr. Yetiv has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of State; Department of Defense;  the General Accounting Office; and CNN International. He has received Harvard University Certificates of Excellence in Teaching (1992; 1993); the U.S. Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award from the State Department for "contributions to national and international affairs"(1996); the Virginia Social Science Association's Scholar Award (1999); the Choice Outstanding Academic Book awards (in 1998 and in 2005); and the Robert L. Stern Award for Outstanding Teacher from Old Dominion University's College of Arts & Letters (2007). He is currently a 2008-09 nominee from ODU for the Virginia Outstanding Faculty awards.