Colin Dueck

Colin Dueck is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is focusing on the interconnection between US national security strategies and party politics, conservative ideas, and presidential leadership. He is also a professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where he is the faculty adviser for the Alexander Hamilton Society. A senior nonresident fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, he has also served as a foreign policy adviser on several Republican presidential campaigns.

Dr. Dueck is the author of three books on American foreign and national security policies: “The Obama Doctrine: American Grand Strategy Today” (Oxford University Press, 2015), “Hard Line: The Republican Party and US Foreign Policy Since World War II” (Princeton University Press, 2010), and “Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture, and Change in American Grand Strategy” (Princeton University Press, 2006). He has testified before Congress and has been published in academic journals and the popular press. These include International Security, Orbis, Political Science Quarterly, the Review of International Studies, Security Studies, World Policy Journal, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, RealClearPolitics, and National Review.

A Rhodes scholar, Dr. Dueck has a PhD in politics from Princeton University and an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University. He was also awarded a John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in national security studies by Harvard University. His earlier degrees in history were obtained from the University of Saskatchewan.

Experience

• Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, 2016–present; Associate Professor, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, 2014–16; Graduate Director in Political Science, 2011–13; Associate Professor, 2008–14; Assistant Professor, 2006–08, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University
• Senior Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2013–present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2001–06

Education

John M. Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in National Security Studies, Harvard University
PhD, politics, Princeton University
MPhil, international relations, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar)
MA, BA, history, University of Saskatchewan