Department of Political Science, Queens College
Peter Liberman
Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact:
Email:
peter.liberman@qc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 997-5473
Office: 200T Powdermaker Hall
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Liberman's current Office Hours
Biography:
Peter Liberman teaches
courses in security studies and international politics. He is
currently working on a book on retribution in public support for
state violence (including the use of military force and torture)
and in political decision-making. He has published articles on
this subject in International Organization, Journal of
Conflict Resolution, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin. His earlier research
has addressed nuclear proliferation and the political economy of
security, including a book on military occupations, Does
Conquest Pay? The Exploitation of Occupied Industrial
Societies (Princeton, 1996). A full list of
publications and work in progress, with links to full-text
articles, can be found here. His work has been
supported by the National Science Foundation, Time Sharing
Experiments in the Social Sciences, the Carnegie Corporation,
and other foundations. Liberman is an Adjunct Research Scholar
at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace
Studies, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Security
Studies.
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Peter Liberman's publications and curriculum vitae.
Courses:
- Introduction to Politics (PSCI 101); Political Controversies
(PSCI 102); International Politics (PSCI 104); Contemporary
Issues in International Politics (PSCI 252); U.S. Foreign
Policy (PSCI 262); Politics of American Security (PSCI 264);
Colloquium in International Relations (PSCI 269); and Politics
of Strategy and War (PSCI 384W).