Francis Gavin

Francis J. Gavin is an American historian currently serving as the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Editors for the Texas National Security Review.

Academic history

Francis J. Gavin (left) in conversation with Matthew Kroenig (right) about his book, The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy: Why Strategic Superiority Matters, Politics and Prose, Washington, D.C., 10 March 2018

Prior to his tenure at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Gavin was a Professor of Political Science at MIT, where he also served as the inaugural Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies. Before joining MIT, he taught at the University of Texas from 2000 to 2013. While there, he was named the Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 2005, and served as the Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Education

Gavin received his PhD and MA in History from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Studies in Modern European History from Oxford and a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

Books

• Gold, Dollars and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971 (University of North Carolina Press, 2004)
• Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age (Cornell University Press, 2012)
• Chaos in the Liberal World Order: The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century (edited with Robert Jervis, Joshua Rovner, and Diane Labrosse, Columbia University Press 2018)

External links

• Gavin's biography on the Johns Hopkins University website
• Gavin's biography on the Strauss Center website