Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, commonly referred to as the Saltzman Institute or SIWPS, is a research institute affiliated with SIPA and the Political Science Department whose founding mission is to understand the "disastrous consequences of war upon man's spiritual, intellectual, and material progress."[1] It was founded as the Institute of War and Peace Studies in 1951 during Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as president of Columbia, and renamed in 2003 after Columbia alum Arnold A. Saltzman (CC '36), a diplomat.[2]
A number of the most noted scholars of international relations theory are associated with the Saltzman Institute, including Kenneth Waltz, the founder of the school called neorealism, and Robert Jervis. Its current director is Richard Betts.
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- ↑ Saltzman Institute homepage, accessed 02/22/2009.
- ↑ Moore, Katie. "Columbia’s Institute of War and Peace Studies Named for Arnold A. Saltzman." Columbia University Record. April 25, 2003.
