Kenneth Waltz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kenneth Waltz

American political scientist and international relations theoretician

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-2013

Profession: politician, political scientist, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Kenneth Neal Waltz (; June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of international relations.
He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.Waltz was one of the original founders of neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory and later became associated with the school of defensive neorealism.
Waltz's theories have been extensively debated within the field of international relations.
In 1981, Waltz published a monograph arguing that in some cases the proliferation of nuclear weapons could increase the probability of international peace.Leslie H.
Gelb has considered Waltz one of the "giants" who helped define the field of international relations as an academic discipline.
Columbia University colleague Robert Jervis has said of Waltz, "Almost everything he has written challenges the consensus that prevailed at the time" and "Even when you disagree, he moves your thinking ahead."