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Nicholas J. Spykman | |
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| Born | Nicholas John Spykman 13 October 1893 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 26 June 1943 (aged 49) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | UC Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Spouse(s) | E. C. Spykman (marriage, 1931) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Nicholas John Spykman (pronounced "Speak-man", 13 October 1893 – 26 June 1943) was an American political scientist who was Professor of International Relations at Yale University from 1928 until his death in 1943.[1] He was one of the founders of the classical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought to the United States.
His work on geopolitics and geostrategy led him to be to known as the "godfather of containment." A Sterling Professor of International Relations, teaching as part of the Institute for International Studies at Yale University, one of his prime concerns was making his students geographically literate, as geopolitics was impossible without geographic understanding.
- ^ Furniss, Edgar S. (1952). "The Contribution of Nicholas John Spykman to the Study of International Politics". World Politics. 4 (3): 382–401. doi:10.2307/2009129. ISSN 1086-3338. JSTOR 2009129. S2CID 154518113.