Democracy and Governance Studies

Stephen P. Gibert is Professor of Government and the founder of the National Security Studies Program. He was formerly a defense consultant for Stanford Research Institute, an adviser to the government of Burma, the government of Thailand, and the Asia Foundation, and Visiting Professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He was appointed by President Reagan to the Defense Advisory Group during the 1980 campaign. Dr. Gibert has served as Associate Editor of Comparative Strategy and on the Board of Editors of Asian Perspective, Orbis, and Studies In Global Security. His books and monographs include East Asia in American Foreign Policy (co-author); Security in Northeast Asia (editor and contributor); Northeast Asia in U.S. Foreign Policy; Guns and Rubles; and Arms for the Third World: Soviet Military Aid Diplomacy (co-author). Dr. Gibert's most recent book, The America That Can Say No, was published in Japan. He received his PhD. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.