Robert Johansen

Robert Johansen (B.A., Manchester College ; Ph.D., Columbia University ) 1968, Professor, specializes in issues of global governance, the United Nations and the maintenance of peace and security, and peace and world order studies. He is the author of The National Interest and the Human Interest: An Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy and Toward an Alternative Security System , and co-edited The Constitutional Foundations of World Peace. His scholarly articles have appeared in World Policy Journal , World Politics , The Journal of Peace Research , Global Governance , Third World Quarterly , and Mershon International Studies Review . More popular articles on public policy have appeared in The Atlantic , Harper's , The New York Times, Christian Century, and other periodicals. He is the founding editor-in-chief of World Policy Journal . He recently received an institutional grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace for research on enhancing U.N. peacekeeping and enforcement.

Advising specialties :

Graduate school in political science; masters in peace studies; masters in international relations

Research and teaching interests:

Ethics and international relations; United Nations peacekeeping; multilateral efforts to increase compliance with international laws prohibiting genocide; crimes against humanity; war crimes

Contact Information

Email: Robert.C.Johansen.2@nd.edu
Office: 114 Hesburgh Center
Phone: (574) 631-6971

Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN  46556