Richard K. Herrmann is professor of political science and Director of the Mershon Center at The Ohio State University.   He has written on American foreign policy and international security, often emphasizing the importance of images and psychological factors.  From 1991-1996, Dr. Herrmann served as co-editor of International Studies Quarterly and from 1989 to 1991 he served on Secretary of State James Baker’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State.

He has recently co-edited two books, Ending the Cold War: Interpretations, Causation and the Study of International Relations (2004) and Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU (2004).  His most recent article is entitled “Beliefs, Values and Strategic Choice:  U.S. Leaders’ Decisions to Engage, Contain and Use Force in an Era of Globalization,” Journal of Politics (May 2004).  He previously published “How Americans Think About Trade: Reconciling Conflicts Among Money, Power, and Principles,”in the International Studies Quarterly and “Mass Public Decisions to Go to War: A Cognitive-Interactionist Framework” in the American Political Science Review.