Steve A. Yetiv: Brief Bio and CV
Dr. Steve A. Yetiv is University 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 (1990-93) and a research associate position at Harvard's Center for International Affairs (1992-93). Dr. Yetiv's research explores global energy, American foreign policy and decision making toward the Middle East, globalization, and theories of foreign policy and international relations.
In the past decade, he has published several books, which are described in more detail on the sidebar of links to the right. In brief, developing an "integrated theoretical approach," his book, Explaining Foreign Policy, examines the decisions that took the United States to war in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and 2003 and has been widely adopted for use at the undergraduate and graduate level (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 2011). The second edition, which is updated empirically and theoretically, was released in February 2011. His book, 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, 2010 in paperback).
The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States and the Persian Gulf (1975-2005) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) demonstrates that the United States did not pursue a hegemonic or balance of power grand strategy in the Persian Gulf. His forthcoming book entitled: The Petroleum Triangle: Global Oil, Globalization, and Transnational Terrorism (Cornell University Press, 2011), explains how global oil and globalization contributed fundamentally to the rise of Al Qaeda terrorism.
Dr. Yetiv whose recent articles have appeared in Security Studies, The British Journal of Political Science, and The Middle East Journal, 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 (in 1992 and 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); the Robert L. Stern Award for Outstanding Teacher from Old Dominion University's College of Arts & Letters (2007); and Burgess Award for outstanding researcher in the College of Arts & Letters (2010); and ODU's University Professor designation (2010). He is a two-time nominee for outstanding researcher at ODU and a two-time ODU finalist for the Virginia Outstanding Faculty awards. He appears regularly in media and has published over 250 opinion-editorial pieces.
Web Page: http://www.odu.edu/~syetiv/
Dr. Steve A. Yetiv
Web Page: http://www.odu.edu/~syetiv/
Appointments
Old Dominion University: 1993-1998, Assistant Professor of Political Science
1999-, Associate Professor of Political Science
2004-, Professor of Political Science
2010-, University Professor of Political Science
Acting Director, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Program, 1994-1995 (oversaw Substantial program growth)
Associate Director, Graduate Program in International Studies, 1996-2000
Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1990-93
Harvard University, Center for International Affairs, Research Associate, 1992-93
Harvard University, Teaching Fellow in the Core Program, College of Arts and Letters as well as in the Department of Government. Worked for Professor Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Education
Kent State University, PhD (December 1990), Political Science
The University of Akron, MA (May 1987), Political Science
The University of Akron, BA (May 1985), Political Science
Harvard University, Post-Doctoral Fellow (Fall 1990-Spring 1993)
Books Published
The Petroleum Triangle: Global Oil, Globalization, and Terrorism (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011)
The Absence of Grand Strategy: U. S. Foreign Policy Toward the Persian Gulf (1972-2005) (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) externally refereed
[Foreign Policy Association, Editor's Pick, 2010]
Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy
(Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004) externally refereed
[Choice Award Winner for Outstanding Academic Book, 2005]
[ Paperback Edition. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2010]
Explaining Foreign Policy: U.S. Decision-Making and the Persian Gulf War
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) externally refereed
[Explaining Foreign Policy, 2nd Edition, 2011. Includes newly declassified documents through the author's 1997 Freedom of Information requests; new preface; new chapter on U.S. Decision Making in the 2003 Iraq war case]
The Persian Gulf Crisis (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997) invited and refereed
[Choice Award Winner for Outstanding Academic Book, 1998]
America and the Persian Gulf: The Third Party Dimension in World Politics
(Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1995) externally refereed
Solo-Authored, Published Articles
History, International Relations, and Integrated Approaches: Thinking About
Greater Interdisciplinarity, International Studies Perspectives (2011) 12, 94-118. externally refereed. (Symposium on international studies, including a former VP as well as a former President of the International Studies Association).
The Travails of Balance of Power Theory: America and the Middle East, Security Studies
15 (Winter 2006), 70-105; externally refereed
Why Strategic Global Oil Stocks Matter, Energy (Fall 2005); invited
Groupthink and the Gulf Crisis, The British Journal of Political Science 33 ( July 2003), 419-442; externally refereed
Kuwait's Democratic Experiment in Its Broader International Context, The Middle East Journal 56 (Spring 2002), 257-71; externally refereed
Testing the Government Politics Model: U. S. Decision Making in the 1990-91 Persian Gulf Crisis, Security Studies 11 (Winter 2001/2002), 50-84; externally refereed
The Evolving Persian Gulf (1979-1997): A Comparative Analysis, Defense Analysis 15 (August 1999), 147-166; externally refereed
Kuwait, Eight Years Later, Current History 98 (February 1999); invited
The Evolution of US-Russian Rivalry and Cooperation in the Persian Gulf, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 21 (Spring 1998), 13-30; refereed
Peace, Interdependence, and the Middle East, Political Science Quarterly Vol. 112, No. 1 (Spring 1997), 29-49; externally refereed
Global Relations in Southwest Asia: From Desert Storm into the 21st Century, European Security, Vol. 6 (Spring 1997), 1-17; externally refereed
The Middle East in World Politics, The Journal of Conflict Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 1995), 60-73; externally refereed
The Outcomes of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm: Some Antecedent Causes, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 107, No. 2 (Summer 1992), 195-212; externally refereed
The Transatlantic Dimension of Persian Gulf Security, Naval War College Review, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Autumn 1991), 45-58; refereed
How the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan Improved the U.S. Strategic Position in the Persian Gulf, Asian Affairs: An American Review, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 1990), 62-81; externally refereed
The Persian Gulf: A Bivariable Analysis, Defense Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 3 (September 1990), 289-298; externally refereed
Planning for U.S. Interests in the Persian Gulf, Strategic Review, (Fall 1990); invited
Co-Authored Articles with ODU Graduate Students
Steve A. Yetiv and Eric Fowler, The Challenges of Reducing Global Oil Dependence: Quantifying Collective Action Problems,, Political Science Quarterly 126 (Summer 2011), 287-314; externally refereed
Kimberly Van Dyke and Steve A. Yetiv, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: The Nuclear Nexus, (Summer 2011) 34 Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 68-84; refereed.
Alaina Chambers and Steve A. Yetiv, The Great Green Fleet: Alternative Energies and the US Navy), Naval War College Review 64 (Summer, 2011), 61-77. refereed.
Mani Parsi and Steve A. Yetiv, Explaining Iran's Quest for Nuclear Capability: Value versus Economic Asymmetry (Summer 2008), Contemporary Security Policy; externally refereed
Steve A. Yetiv and Lowell Feld, America's Oil Market Power, World Policy Journal (Fall 2007); internal review
Hilde Haaland Kramer and Steve A. Yetiv, How The United Nations Security Council Responded to Transnational Terrorism: A Before/After Comparison, Political Science Quarterly (Fall 2007); externally refereed
Steve A. Yetiv and Chunlong Lu, China, Global Energy, and the Middle East, The Middle East Journal (Spring 2007); externally refereed
Evan Campbell and Steve A. Yetiv, Dimensions of Saudi Arabia's Security, in Tom Lansford and Jack Covarrubias, eds., The Middle East in World Politics (London: Ashgate, 2007); invited
Steve A. Yetiv and Andrew Townsend, Dealing with Global Oil Supply Disruptions, The Wilberforce Quarterly (Spring 2007); invited
Steve A. Yetiv and Michael Dziubinski National Security and Budgeting, in Patrick Hayden et al., eds., America's War on Terror (London: Ashgate, 2003); invited
Anouar Boukhars and Steve A. Yetiv, 9/11 and the Growing Euro-American Chasm over the Middle East, European Security 12 (Spring 2003), 64-81; externally refereed
Eric Miller and Steve A. Yetiv, The New World Order in Theory and Practice: The Bush Administration's World View, Presidential Studies Quarterly 31 (March 2001), 56-68; externally refereed
Steve A. Yetiv and Tom Lansford, The Third World in the 1990s: Moscow and Washington in Southwest Asia in an Era of Increasing Interconnectedness, Journal of Conflict Studies (Spring 1998); externally refereed
Steve A. Yetiv and Tom Lansford, Euro-American Rivalry and Security in the Persian Gulf, Defense Analysis 13 (Spring 1997), 103-117; externally refereed
Chapters Published Et Cetera
"The Decision to Invade Iraq," in David Lesch. Ed, The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment (Boulder, Colo: Westview, 5th edition, 2011). Invited.
"The Politics of Oil," Oxford Bibliography Online (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 10,000 word entry. Invited and refereed
Global Energy and the Middle East: The Race Between Oil Alternatives and Oil Dependence, ed., David Sorenson, Interpreting The Middle East (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2010), 383-405. invited
Comparing Rhetoric and Action: Budgeting and National Priorities (with Michael Dziubinski), in Patrick Hayden et al., eds., America's War on Terror (2nd edition) (London: Ashgate, 2010); invited
"The Iraq War of 2003," in Russell Bova, ed., Readings on How the World Works (Pearson, 2009) (Drawn from Explaining Foreign Policy); invited
Explaining the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, in David Lesch, ed., History in Dispute: The Middle East Since 1948 History in Dispute (2003); invited
The Evolution of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries: Cartel Power and Challenges, in David Lesch, ed., History in Dispute: The Middle East Since 1948 (2003); invited
The US-led Invasion of Iraq: Domestic and International Causes, in David W. Lesch, ed., The Middle East and the United States (4th edition), (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2007); invited
The Agent-Structure Question in Theory: President Bush's Role During the Persian Gulf Crisis, in Meena Bose and Rosanna Perotti, eds., From Cold War to New World Order: The Foreign Policy of George H.W. Bush (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002); invited
Exploring Change in World Politics,, International Politics, Vol. 34 (September 1997), 337-351. (Review Essay); invited
The Outcomes of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, in Demetrios Caraley and Cerentha Harris, eds. (including contributions by Joseph Nye, Robert Jervis, Samuel Huntington, and Seymour Martin Lipset), New World Politics: Power, Ethnicity, and Democracy (New York: The Academy of Political Science, 1993), 111-128; invited
Conference Papers/Panels
Globalization, Network Theory, and Butterfly Effects, International Studies Association Meeting (February 2009, New York: paper co-written with David Earnest, presented by Earnest).
Globalization and State Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack, International Studies Association Meeting (March 2008, San Francisco: paper co-written with Steve Carmel and David Earnest, presented by Earnest and Carmel).
Interdependence and Statecraft: New Forces, New Realities, 2nd Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Security, (Istanbul, Turkey: June 14-16, 2007).
Panel Chair, Globalization in Modern World Politics, 2nd Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Security, (Istanbul, Turkey: June 14-16, 2007).
Discussant, Joint Operational Environment Conference (Suffolk, VA; Joint Forces Command, June 26-28). Commented on all panels in a seminar setting. Invited by JFCOM.
China, Global Energy and the Middle East, International Studies Association (ISA) conference (San Diego, CA: March 22-25, 2006)
Exploring Neorealist theory: The International Relations of the Middle East, Southern Political Science Association Conference (Savannah, Georgia, November 6-8, 2002)
Testing and Developing the Government Politics Model, Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (San Francisco, CA: August 31, 2001)
The Impact of Interdependence and Interconnectedness on the State: Shifting Gears in the Study of Global Outcomes, (ISA) conference (Washington, DC: February 1999)
Economic Sanctions: The Case of Iraq, Virginia Social Science Association Annual Meeting (March 26-27, 1999, Radford University); invited
President Bush's Domestic and Global Role in the 1991 Gulf Crisis, Hofstra Conference on the Bush Presidency (Hempstead, NY: April 17, 1997); invited
Balance of Power Theory as the Exception Rather Than the Rule: US Foreign Policy Toward the Persian Gulf (1970-1995), Middle East Studies Association Conference (Providence, RI, November 22-24, 1996)
Developing and Testing Theoretical Notions About Political Change, 36th Meeting of the ISA (April 1996: San Diego)
Comparative Methods for Regional Analysis, Black Sea Conference (Varna Bulgaria, May 10, 1996)
Power Dynamics in World Politics: Implications for Theory and Cooperation, 36th Annual Convention of the ISA (February 21-25, 1995)
The Power of Peace for Israel, 35th Annual Meeting of the ISA (April 1994: Washington, D.C.)
War and Change: The Evolution of Persian Gulf Politics (1978-92), Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (September 1992: Chicago, IL)
The Threat-Intent Theory of Power Outcomes in World Politics, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (August 29-September 1, 1991: Washington, D.C.)
How the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan Improved the U.S. Strategic Position in the Persian Gulf, 31st Annual Meeting of the ISA (April 1990: Washington, D.C.)
Analyzing the Impact of the Iran-Iraq War: The Practice, Outcome, and Theory of Foreign Policy, 1989 Midwest Conference of the ISA (November 1989: Madison, WI)
The Evolution of Israeli-Palestinian Relations, 49th Annual Conference of the Ohio Association of Political Scientists and Economists (OAPSE) (October 1989: Youngstown, OH)
The Bivariable Method of Analysis, 49th Annual Conference of the OAPSE (October 1989: Youngstown, OH)
Various Funded Projects; Contracts; Proposals for Submission
Global Trends and American National Security (Contract: Science Application International Corporation, October 2009-September 2010)
Grant: Economic Globalization and State Vulnerability ( with ODU professor David Earnest). For submission to the US Department of Defense-$300, 000)
Interdependence and American Vulnerability (Contract, with colleague), US Department of Defense
Grant: Strategic and Economic Dimensions on the Black Sea in the Post-Soviet Era, International Research and Exchanges Board (Washington D.C., 1997; with Philip Gillette, $25,000)
Developing the International Studies Curriculum (Faculty Development Grant, Old Dominion University, Spring 1996, for developing the core course of the graduate track on interdependence)
Peace Pipelines: Making Cooperation Work in the Modern Middle East (Summer Research Grant, Old Dominion University, Summer 1997)
Completed Dissertations as Director
1. Eric Miller, Subject: Balancing Theory and the former Soviet Union. Defended in April 2002.
Employment: US Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency
2. Allison Greene, Subject: The Effect of the Globalization on Diplomacy. Defended in April 2003.
Employment: US Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, Cultural Programs
3. Jim Radford, Subject: The Influence of Technology on Sovereignty in Theory and Practice. Defended in October 2005.
Employment: Assistant professor (non-tenure track), Radford University
4. Nurettin Altundeger, Subject: Cooperation Problems: The Case of Central Asian Oil Development. Defended, March 2007.
Employment: Assistant Producer, Turkish International Television
5. Azza el-Sharabassy, Subject: Oil Prices, Remittances, and the Middle East: An Econometric Approach. Defended: February 2008.
Employment: Offer made to be Assistant Professor, College of Management at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt
Teaching Experience
Old Dominion University
Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to international relations; American foreign policy; U.S. national security; Middle East Politics
MA and doctoral level courses taught: International relations theory; Transnationalism and Interdependence; Energy and Security; International Relations of the Middle East
Harvard University, 1991-92
Teaching Fellow.
International conflicts in the modern world (Fall 1991 & Fall 1992)
Introduction to comparative government (Spring 1992)
Other Teaching Areas of Interest: theories of foreign policy; decision making; international security; globalization
Main Teaching Honors/Distinctions
University Professor Designation, Old Dominion University, 2010-
Shining Star Award in (2010) as well as in (2011) from the ODU Division of Student Affairs, "For Helping Students Succeed in and Outside of the Classroom Setting"
University Finalist from Old Dominion University, for the 1998-1999 and the 2008-2009 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards from the Virginia State Council of Higher Education
Robert L. Stern Award in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and Letters, 2007, ODU
Harvard University, Certificate(s) of Excellence in Teaching from the Derek Bok Learning Center at Harvard, Fall 1991 & Fall 1992 (awarded to 10-15% of teaching fellows, based on quantitative student evaluations)
Main Research Honors/Distinctions
Charles and Elizabeth Burgess Award for Excellence in Research, College of Arts & Letters, (2009-2010), ODU
Two-Time Nominee, College of Arts & Letters, University Research Award (2008- 2010), ODU
Choice Outstanding Book Award for Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy (2005 Award)
Virginia Social Science Association, Scholar Award (1999): two were awarded state-wide
Choice Outstanding Book Award for The Persian Gulf Crisis (1998 Award)
Main Service Honors/ Distinctions
National Level
Consultant to the US Department of State; US Department of Defense; General Accounting Office; and various companies such as Strategic Applications International Corporation
Addressed the Secretary of State's Open Forum as a Distinguished Guest (at the State Department, October 25, 1996)
Recipient of The Secretary's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award (October 25, 1995), on behalf of the US State Department
Consultant to, and interviewed for, the CNN Special ("Back to Baghdad," February 25, 1996) This documentary won an Edward R. Murrow Overseas Press Club Award); and for CNN's special program, "What's Behind Saddam's Calculations," (February 22, 23: 1998)
Invited Guest for a one-hour "Close Up Foundation" program on the US role in the Middle East (debating Ambassador Edward Peck) on C-Span (aired October 4, 5, and 7, 1995); also for a one-hour special on the UN, the US, and Iraq (with two State Department officials), on March 27, 28, 30: 1998)
Extensive media experience: CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, National Public Radio, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, United Press International, and 250+ different commentary pieces, including pieces in USA Today, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Houston Chronicle, International Herald Tribune, Newsday (and over 30 opeds in the Christian Science Monitor)
External reviewer for myriad refereed journals and academic presses; and contributor of numerous book reviews as well
University Level
Chair, Department of Political Science Promotion and Tenure Committee (2006)
ODU College of Arts and Letters, Senior Scholar lecture (November 3, 2010)
ODU College of Arts and Letters Representative to the University Promotion and Tenure Committee (2006-07)
ODU University Committee on research development and excellence (2008-2009)
Associate Director, Graduate Program in International Studies, 1996-2000
Acting Director, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Program, 1994-95
