Alan Kuperman

Associate

Alan J. Kuperman is Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin. He is author of one book, The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda (Brookings, 2001), and co-editor of Gambling on Humanitarian Intervention: Moral Hazard, Rebellion and Civil War (Routledge, 2006).

His articles have appeared in journals and newspapers including Foreign Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, Global Governance, Political Science Quarterly, Security Studies, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He also has chapters in books including Bosnian Security After Dayton: New Perspectives (New York: Routledge, 2006), The Media and the Rwanda Genocide (London: Pluto Press, 2006) Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American Foreign Policy (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005), Genocide Perspectives, Volume III (Brandl and Schlesinger, 2005), American Foreign Policy: Cases and Choices (Foreign Affairs Books, 2003), Yugoslavia Unraveled: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Intervention (Lexington, 2003), Nuclear Power & the Spread of Nuclear Weapons (Brassey’s, 2002), and The New American Interventionism: Successes and Failures (Columbia University Press, 1999).

He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT (2002) and has received fellowships from Harvard University, MIT, the University of Southern California, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Brookings Institution, and the Institute for the Study of World Politics. Prior to his academic career, he worked as legislative director to Congressman Charles Schumer and legislative assistant to Speaker of the House Tom Foley.

Dr. Kuperman coordinates the Strauss Center's International Security Film Series, which screens new and forthcoming documentaries and feature films on topics of global concern.

Selected Research:

• “Rethinking the Responsibility to Protect,” Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 33-43, Winter/Spring 2009
• "Legislation to Reduce Bomb-Grade Uranium Commerce:  Background and Options," AAAS Congressional  Briefing, Oct 2008
• "Mitigating the Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from Economics," Global Governance, Apr-June 2008
• "The Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from the Balkans," International Studies Quarterly, Mar 2008
• "Averting the Third Kosovo War," The American Interest, Jan/Feb 2008

Selected Commentary:

• "Does the World Have the Right to Prevent Genocide?" CNN's Amanpour, October 2009 (transcript)
• "MDS Nordion Not Giving Up on Isotope Business If Canada Does," The Wall Street Journal, Jul 2009
• "U.S. to jump-start domestic isotope production," Canada.com, Jul 2009
• "U.S. is poised to enter medical isotope market," Toronto Star, Jul 2009
• "Critical US medical radioisotope shortage sparks Obama administration response," Miami Health Care Examiner, Jul 2009
• "Isotope shortage a flashpoint at home, abroad," Ottawa Citizen, Jun 2009
• The House (Minutes 12:50-15:06), CBC Radio, Jun 2009
• "Isotopes Future," (Part 2, Minutes 0:45-8:50), As It Happens, CBC Radio, Jun 2009
• "Manager sought for troubled reactor," Toronto Star, May 2009
• "No to a Darfur No-Fly Zone," Washington Post, Mar 2009
• "The Responsibility to Protect (Segment 4)," America Abroad Media, Mar 2009
• The House (Minutes 42:00-44:19),CBC Radio , Feb 2009
• "Using Highly Enriched Uranium to Make Medical Products Poses Double Risk, Experts Warn,"  NTI: Global Security Newswire, Oct 2008
• "AECL sits on pile of unused bomb-grade uranium," Ottawa Citizen, Sep 2008
• "Questions about future of HEU had role in Maple's end, AECL says," Inside NRC, May 2008
• "US weighs entering radioisotope market," Physics Today, May 2008
• "Government inflated fear of medical isotope shortage," Toronto Star, Mar 2008
• "Unrest in Belgrade," Newsworld, CBC-TV, Feb 2008
• "Kosovo Reactions," Russia Today, Feb 2008
• "Isotopes Pak," As It Happens, CBC Radio, Feb 2008
• "Canada snubbed international efforts to protect isotope supply, report says," The Canadian Press, Feb 2008
• "Critics slam use of weapons-grade uranium in Canadian reactors," National Post, Dec 2007
• "Fallout seen over isotope gap,"  Toronto Star, Dec 2007
• "Isotopes," As It Happens, CBC Radio, Dec 2007
• "Kosovo's Move Toward Independence Stirs Fears of Violence," VOA News, Dec 2007
• SqueezePlay, Business News Network, Dec 2007