Political scientist Lieber awarded prestigious fellowship | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Political scientist Lieber awarded prestigious fellowship Political scientist Lieber awarded prestigious fellowship Published: April 22, 2007 Author: Kyle Chamberlin Keir A. Lieber, assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a 2007 International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations. The fellowship encourages qualified individuals from the academic, business, professional, government, religious and congregational communities to seek to bridge the gap between analysis and action in foreign policy by supporting a variety of policy studies and active experiences in policy making. The grant will enable Lieber to spend one year focusing on his research project,The Challenge of Nuclear Proliferation in an Era of U.S. Primacy,which explores the history and trajectory ofUnited Statesnuclear weapons policy. He plans to spend the time in a high level policy making setting with the National Security Council or Department of State. Lieber, who holds a Ph.D. from theUniversityofChicago, came to Notre Dame in 2001 fromGeorgetownUniversity. An international relations scholar, he serves as a faculty fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Liebers research and teaching focuses on international relations theory, international conflict and security andU.S.foreign policy. He is author of the bookWar and the Engineers: The Primacy of Politics over Technology,which explores the relationship between technological change and the causes of war. _ Contact: Keir Lieber, 574-631-0379, keir.lieber.1@nd.edu _ TopicID: 22307 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn