Areas
of
specialization
International relations,
International security
Background
BA (Toronto), AM (Harvard), PhD (Harvard)
David A. Welch is a University Research Chair and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.
His
2005
book
Painful
Choices:
A
Theory
of
Foreign
Policy
Change
(Princeton
University
Press)
is
the
inaugural
winner
of
the
International
Studies
Association
International
Security
Studies
Section
(ISSS)
Book
Award
for
the
best
book
published
in
2005
or
2006,
and
his
1993
book
Justice
and
the
Genesis
of
War
(Cambridge
University
Press)
is
the
winner
of
the
1994
Edgar
S.
Furniss
Award
for
an
Outstanding
Contribution
to
National
Security
Studies.
Welch
is
co-author
of
Understanding
Global
Conflict
and
Cooperation
8th
edition
(ed.)
(Pearson
Longman,
2010);
Virtual
JFK:
Vietnam
If
Kennedy
had
Lived
(Rowman
&
Littlefield,
2009);
The
Cuban
Missile
Crisis:
A
Concise
History
(Oxford
University
Press,
2007;
2nd
ed.
2011);
On
the
Brink:
Americans
and
Soviets
Reexamine
the
Cuban
Missile
Crisis
(1st
ed.,
Hill
and
Wang,
1989;
2nd
ed.,
Noonday
1990);
and
Cuba
on
the
Brink:
Castro,
The
Missile
Crisis,
and
the
Soviet
Collapse
(Pantheon,
1993;
2nd
ed.,
Rowman
&
Littlefield,
2002).
Welch
is
also
co-editor
of
Japan
as
a
'Normal
Country'?
A
Nation
In
Search
of
Its
Place
in
the
World
(University
of
Toronto
Press,
2011)
and
Intelligence
and
the
Cuban
Missile
Crisis
(Frank
Cass,
1998).
His
articles
have
appeared
in
Asian
Perspective,
Ethics
and
International
Affairs,
Foreign
Affairs,
The
Georgetown
Journal
of
International
Affairs,
Intelligence
and
National
Security,
International
Security,
International
Journal,
International
Studies
Quarterly,
The
Journal
of
Conflict
Resolution,
The
Mershon
International
Studies
Review,
The
Review
of
International
Studies,
and
Security
Studies.
He
received
his
PhD
from
Harvard
University
in
1990.
Academic and Professional Awards
- American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society Award for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science (2008).
- Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Toronto (2008).
- Inaugural International Studies Association ISSS Best Book Award for 2005 and 2006; for Painful Choices: A Theory of Foreign Policy Change (2008).
- 1994 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for an Outstanding Contribution to National Security Studies, Mershon Centre, Ohio State University; for Justice and the Genesis of War (1996).
Additional links and information
For a full list of publications please see Dr. Welch's personal website
Balsillie School of International Affairs web page
Contact
Email:
dawelch@uwaterloo.ca
Office:
BSIA
301
Phone:
226-772-3077