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Steve Yetiv

College of Arts & Letters | Department of Political Science and Geography | GPIS faculty directory Steve Yetiv is a professor of political science at Old Dominion University. He came to ODU in 1993 after a post-doctoral position at Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (1990-92) and a research associate position at Harvard's Center for International Affairs (1992-93). He received his Ph.D. from Kent State University in 1990. Dr. Yetiv's recent books explore the American role in the Middle East, global energy and interdependence, and theories of foreign policy and international relations. Using multiple theories of foreign policy and international relations, Explaining Foreign Policy examines the decisions that took the United States to war in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and 2003 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy, examines global oil security, with a focus on longer run oil market dynamics, OPEC, the Middle East, and global interdependence (Cornell University Press, 2004). His forthcoming book is The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States and the Persian Gulf (1972-2005) (Johns Hopkins University Press, March 2008). His recent articles have appeared in Security Studies, The British Journal of Political Science, and The Middle East Journal. Dr. Yetiv has appeared on several CNN and C-SPAN one-hour specials, and is regularly interviewed by the national and international media. He has traveled widely in the Middle East and has published over 200 editorial pieces. Yetiv has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of State; Department of Defense; and the General Accounting Office. He has received Harvard University Certificates of Excellence in Teaching (1992; 1993); the U.S. Secretary of State's Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award from the State Department (1996); the Virginia Social Science Association's Scholar Award for research and teaching (1999); the Choice Outstanding Book award (1998; 2005); and the Robert L. Stern Award for Outstanding Teacher from Old Dominion University's College of Arts & Letters (2007). Contact Information:             Tel: 757-683-3859             Cell: 757-831-8071             Fax: 757-683-4763             E-mail: syetiv@odu.edu Curriculum vitae Steve Yetiv - Curriculum Vitae