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John Mueller | Mershon Center for International Security Studies | The Ohio State University The Ohio State University www.osu.edu Help Campus map Find people Webmail home > people > faculty > john mueller Faculty Fellows and Visitors John Mueller Staff Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies Mershon Center and Political Science 220D Mershon Center 614.247.6007 John Mueller [email protected] Woody Hayes Chair of http://psweb.sbs.ohio-state.edu/faculty/jmueller/ National Security Studies The Ohio State Education University A.B., University of Chicago (1960) M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1963) Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1965) Teaching/Research Dr. Mueller’s research interests include international politics, foreign policy, defense policy, public opinion, democratization, economic history, post- Communism, terrorism, musical theater, and dance history. Selected Publications Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (Free Press, 2006) The Remnants of War (Cornell University Press, 2004) Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery (Princeton University Press, 1999) (Ukrainian translation 2003) Quiet Cataclysm: Reflections on the Recent Transformation of World Politics (HarperCollins, 1995) Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War (University of Chicago Press, 1994) Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War (Basic Books, 1989) Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films (New York: Knopf, 1985) http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/people/faculty/bio%20pages/mueller.htm (1 of 3)11/30/2007 11:57:57 AM John Mueller | Mershon Center for International Security Studies | The Ohio State University A Foggy Day, a musical comedy created by incorporating songs by George and Ira Gershwin into a play by P.G. Wodehouse and Ian Hay (1984), more than 125 sold out performances each season at the Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada (1998, 1999) War, Presidents and Public Opinion (Wiley, 1973) Mueller has published scores of articles in such journals as International Security, American Political Science Review, Security Studies, Orbis, American Journal of Political Science, National Interest, Foreign Affairs, British Journal of Political Science, Political Science Quarterly, International Studies Perspectives, Terrorism and Political Violence, Journal of Peace Research, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Review of International Studies, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Foreign Policy, as well as many editorial page columns and articles in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New Republic, Regulation, Reason, The Washington Post, New York Newsday, American Conservative, and The New York Times. Honors and Awards Joseph P. Lepgold Prize for Best Book on International Relations for The Remnants of War from Georgetown University (2004) Senior Guest Researcher, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway (2001) Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution (1997) War, Presidents and Public Opinion named one of “Fifty Books That Significantly Shaped Public Opinion Research, 1946-1995” by the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Public Opinion Quarterly (1995) Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1990) Guggenheim Fellowship for Deterrence, Stability and the Potential Obsolescence of Major War (1988) de la Torre Bueno Prize, Dance Perspectives Foundation, to Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films (1983) National Science Foundation Grant for Public Expectations About War (1974-75) National Science Foundation Grant for Public Opinion in Wartime (1967-70) Listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Contemporary Authors, Who’s Who in 20thCentury America, Who’s Who in the Midwest More than 100 interviews per year on war, terrorism and public opinion for such major news outlets as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, CNN, and Fox News. Current Projects “Faulty Correlation, Foolish Consistency, and Fatal Consequence: Democracy, Peace, and Theory in the Middle East,” in Democratic Peace and Promotion: Critical Perspectives, ed. by Steven H. Hook (Kent State University Press, forthcoming) “Is International Terrorism a Significant Challenge to National Security?” in Controversies in Globalization and Public Policy, ed. by Peter M. Haas and John H. Hurd (Congressional Quarterly Press, forthcoming) http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/people/faculty/bio%20pages/mueller.htm (2 of 3)11/30/2007 11:57:57 AM John Mueller | Mershon Center for International Security Studies | The Ohio State University “The Decline of War” (Lapham’s Quarterly, forthcoming) “Ideas, Thugs, and the Decline of War,” in Handbook of War Studies III, ed. by Manus I. Midlarsky (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming) “The terrorism industry: the profits of doom,” in Playing Politics with Terrorism, ed. by George Kassimeris (Hurst, forthcoming) “The Iraq War and the Management of American Public Opinion,” in Intelligence and National Security Policy Making in Iraq: British and American Perspectives, ed. by James Pfiffner and Mark Phythian (Manchester University Press, forthcoming) “Terrorism and Bumps in the Night,” in Terrorism and Terror: Imagination and Practice, ed. by Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart (Duke University Press, forthcoming) “Fear Not: Notes from a naysayer” (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2007) “What If We Leave? When nightmare scenarios are used to justify endless war, it’s time to wake up” (American Conservative, 2007) “Vietnam and Iraq: Strategy, Exit, and Syndrome,” in Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, lessons, legacies, and ghosts, ed. by John Dumbrell and David Ryan (Routledge, 2007) “Vers la fin de la guerre?” (Politique Étrangère, 2006) “Is There A Still a Terrorist Threat? The Myth of the Omnipresent Enemy” (Foreign Affairs, 2006; roundtable followup discussion on “Is There A Still a Terrorist Threat?” with James Fallows, Jessica Stern, Fawaz Gerges, and Paul Pillar on Foreign Affairs website) “Some Reflections on What, If Anything, ‘Are We Safer’ Might Mean,” lead essay and discussion, with Clark Kent Irwin, Veronique de Rugy, and Timothy Naftali (Cato Unbound website, 2006) More Information Curriculum vitae John Mueller biography Papers and publications on the web © 2006-07 Mershon Center for International Security Studies 1501 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43201 Phone: 614.292.1681 Fax: 614.292.2407 Email: [email protected] http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/people/faculty/bio%20pages/mueller.htm (3 of 3)11/30/2007 11:57:57 AM.
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    Mueller John Help BuckeyeLink Map Find People Webmail ABOUT US RESEARCH NEWS EVENTS GRANTS PEOPLE PUBLICATIONS CONTACT You are here: Home People Faculty Mueller John FACULTY JOHN MUELLER VISITORS Woody Hayes Senior Research Scientist Mershon Center and Political Science STAFF 220D Mershon Center 614.247.6007 [email protected] Education A.B., University of Chicago (1960) M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1963) Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1965) Teaching/Research John Mueller is Ralph D. Mershon Senior Research Scientist and Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies Emeritus at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and adjunct professor of political science at The Ohio State University. He is also a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Mueller is currently working on terrorism, particularly the reactions and costly over-reactions it often inspires. His book, Chasing Ghosts: The Policing of Terrorism, written in collaboration with engineer and risk analyst Mark Stewart, was published in 2016 by Oxford University Press. A related book, Terrorism, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security, also written with Stewart, applies cost-benefit analysis to issues of homeland security and was published in 2011 by Oxford University Press. Mueller's 2010 book, Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al Qaeda (Oxford University Press), suggests that atomic terrorism is highly unlikely and that efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation frequently have damaging results. He has also written Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (Free Press, 2006).
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