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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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Matthew Kroenig
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Contact:
Telephone: 510-499-1575
Fax: 617-496-0606
Email: matthew_kroenig@ksg.harvard.edu
Website: http://matthewkroenig.com/
Experience
Matthew Kroenig is a joint Project on Managing the Atom/ International Security Program postdoctoral fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and an assistant professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (effective fall 2008). He holds a Ph.D. (2007) and M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Kroenig’s research explains the strategic incentives that drive nuclear-capable states to provide sensitive nuclear assistance to non-nuclear-weapon states. His other research focuses on international security, nuclear proliferation, soft power, terrorism, and civil war. His writings on international security issues have appeared in such publications as Democratization, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Newsday, and Security Studies. He has held academic fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California.
Kroenig has also served as a strategist on the policy planning staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he was a principal author of key national security strategy and defense review documents and where he directed the development of a U.S. government-wide strategy for deterring terrorist networks. For his work, Kroenig received the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Award for Outstanding Achievement.
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March/April 2008
"Power House"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Foreign Policy, (Inbox Section), issue 165
By Matthew Kroenig, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
"When Kenya convulsed with violence after its flawed election in late December, many expressed surprise that one of Africa’s most stable countries could so quickly fall victim to ethnic hatred. But political scientists Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig noted something else: a feeble legislature. Despite the opposition winning twice as many legislative seats as the president’s party, opposition members still took to the streets. Why? Because they wanted the only office that has any power in the country: the presidency...."
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January 9, 2008
"Kenya's Real Problem (It's Not Ethnic)"
Op-Ed, The Washington Post
By M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
"Like Kenya, Benin and Ghana are ethnically divided countries that have experienced closely fought and possibly flawed presidential elections in recent years. But Benin and Ghana have stronger legislatures, so the losers in presidential elections have less fear of being politically excluded. They have reacted to defeat by using their sway in parliament to control the president, and they have not resorted to mass violence."
