Jordan, Robert Smith

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JORDAN, Robert Smith

JORDAN, Robert Smith. American, b. 1929. Genres: Institutions/Organizations, International relations/Current affairs, Military/Defense/Arms control, Politics/Government, Biography. Career: Assistant Director, Army War College Center, 1960-61, Director, Air University Center, 1961-62, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, 1962-70, Assistant to the President, 1962-64, Associate Director, International Organization and International Security Studies, Program of Policy Studies, 1964-65, and Director, Foreign Affairs Intern Program, School of Public and International Affairs, 1968-70, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, and Head, Dept. of Political Science, University of Sierra Leone, 1965-67; Professor of Political Science, 1970-76, and Dept. Chairman, 1970-74, State University of New York at Binghamton; Sr. Research Specialist and Director of Research, UN Institute for Training and Research, NYC, 1974-80; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, NYC, 1978-80; University Research Professor of Public and International Affairs, College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, 1980-2002. Fulbright Professor, Centre for the Study of Arms Control and International Security, University of Lancaster, UK, 1988; visiting professor at universities and colleges. Publications: The NATO International Staff/Secretariat, 1952-57, 1967; Government and Power in West Africa, 1969; (with T. Weiss) The World Food Conference and Global Problem-Solving, 1975; Political Leadership in NATO, 1979; (with N. Graham) The International Civil Service, 1980; (with W. Feld) International Organizations, 1983; (with W. Feld) Europe in the Balance, 1987; Alliance Strategy and Navies, 1990; Norstad, Cold War NATO Supreme Commander, Airman, Strategist, Diplomat, 2000; International Organizations: A Comparative Approach to the Management of Cooperation, 2001. EDITOR: (with H. Gibbs and A. Gyorgy) Problems in International Relations, 3rd ed., 1970; Multinational Cooperation: Economic, Social, and Scientific Development, 1972; (with P. Toma and A. Gyorgy) Basic Issues in International Relations, 2nd ed., 1974; The U.S. and Multilateral Resource Management, 1985; Generals in International Politics, 1987; (with J. Hattendorf) Maritime Strategy and the Balance of Power, 1989. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Europe and the Superpowers, 1971; International Administration, 1971; Dag Hammarskjold Revisited, 1982; Europe and the Super Powers (essays), 1991. Address: College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, U.S.A. Online address: rjordan@uno.edu

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