Dean Rusk Chair; Professor of Security Studies; Director of Nuclear Policy Program
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Georgia
M.S. in International Affairs, Georgia Tech
B.A in Political Science, University of Georgia
Research Areas
Security Studies
Nuclear Security
Foreign Policy
Deterrence and Coercion
Diplomacy
Military Alliances
Matthew Fuhrmann is the Dean Rusk Chair and Professor of Security Studies in the LBJ School. He is also the Director of the Nuclear Policy Program, a joint initiative of the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He was previously the Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, a Visiting Professor at Yale University, Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University, Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Research Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in 2016 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
His research and teaching focus on international security issues with an emphasis on nuclear weapons, diplomacy and bargaining, and alliance politics. He is the author of three books, including Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence (Cambridge University Press, 2024) and Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press, 2017, with Todd S. Sechser). His articles are published in journals such as American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, International Organization, International Security, and International Studies Quarterly.
His research has been mentioned in media outlets such as The Atlantic, CNN, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and NPR.
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