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Political Science

D-Index
51
Citations
15112
World Ranking
217
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Lawrence Freedman is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. Their work involves key subfields such as management, monitoring, policy and law, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, and astronomy and astrophysics.

Freedman's scholarly interests include several main topics of work:

  • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
  • Nuclear Issues and Defense
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Their recent publications display a range of topics covering geopolitical, military, and strategic inquiries. Notable papers include:

  • "Humanitarian Challenges of Great Power Conflict: Signs from Ukraine" (2023), published in Daedalus
  • "US-Iran, 2020" (2021), published in Adelphi series
  • "The Falklands War: An Imperial History, by Ezequiel Mercau" (2020), published in The English Historical Review
  • "Casting the atomic canon: (R)evolving nuclear strategy: A reply" (2022), published in European Journal of International Security
  • "The worst military leaders in history" (2022), published in International Affairs

Their frequent co-authors feature several recurrent collaborators, specifically Heather Williams, with whom Freedman has worked on multiple occasions. Other co-authors include Jeffrey Michaels and Srinath Raghavan.

Freedman's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Adelphi series (5 publications)
  • Journal of Strategic Studies (2 publications)
  • Daedalus
  • The English Historical Review
  • European Journal of International Security

Awards received by Freedman include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020 and becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations

    Michael W. Doyle;Nicholas Sambanis

  • The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory

    Monica Duffy Toft

  • Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations

    Peter D. Feaver

  • Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force

    Peter D. Feaver;Christopher Gelpi

  • The evolution of nuclear strategy

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

    Unknown

  • The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

    Unknown

  • Strategy: A History

    Lawrence Freedman

  • The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

    Lawrence D. Freedman;Rupert Smith

  • Torture and truth : America, Abu Ghraib, and the war on terror

    Unknown

  • Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam : learning to eat soup with a knife

    Lawrence D. Freedman;John A. Nagl;Anthony James Joes

  • The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy

    Unknown

  • The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991 : diplomacy and war in the new world order

    Lawrence Freedman;Efraim Karsh

  • Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991

    Unknown

  • US intelligence and the Soviet strategic threat

    Lawrence Freedman

  • How Kuwait Was Won: Strategy in the Gulf War

    Lawrence Freedman;Efraim Karsh

  • The Gulf Conflict, 1990-91

    Lawrence Freedman;Efraim Karsh

  • Logic, Politics and Foreign Policy Processes: A Critique of the Bureaucratic Politics Model

    Lawrence Freedman

  • The United States Strategic Bombing Survey

    Philip Bobbitt;Philip Bobbitt;Lawrence Freedman;Gregory F. Treverton

  • Deterrence: A Conceptual Analysis

    Lawrence Freedman

  • The Soviet Estimate: US Intelligence Analysis and Russian Military Strength

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Taken By storm: the media, public opinion, and US foreign policy in the Gulf War

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Battle: A History of Combat and Culture from Ancient Greece to Modern America

    Lawrence D. Freedman;John A. Lynn

  • The War of the Falkland Islands, 1982

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Perception and Misperception in International Politics

    L. Freedman

  • Virtual war: Kosovo and beyond.

    Lawrence Freedman

  • In retrospect: the tragedy and lessons of Vietnam

    Lawrence Freedman

  • The Amazons: : Lives and legends of warrior women across the ancient world.

    Lawrence D. Freedman

  • Morality and contemporary warfare

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History

    Lawrence D. Freedman;William Stueck

  • The assassins' gate: America in Iraq

    L D Freedman

  • Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    Lawrence Freedman

  • Head strong: : how psychology is revolutionizing war

    Lawrence D. Freedman

  • The dictator’s army: : Battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes

    Lawrence D. Freedman

  • The Gulf Conflict 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order.

    Scott D. Sagan;Lawrence Freedman;Efraim Karsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot A. Cohen
Eliot A. Cohen Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas J. Wheeler
Nicholas J. Wheeler University of Birmingham
T. V. Paul
T. V. Paul McGill University
Christian Reus-Smit
Christian Reus-Smit University of Melbourne
Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis Columbia University
I. William Zartman
I. William Zartman Johns Hopkins University
Scott D. Sagan
Scott D. Sagan Stanford University
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger Harvard University

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