Robert Gilpin

Robert Gilpin
Born(1930-07-02)July 2, 1930
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
DiedJune 20, 2018(2018-06-20) (aged 87)
Waterbury, Vermont, U.S
NationalityAmerican
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolRealism
Main interests
International security, International political economy
Notable ideas
Hegemonic stability theory

Robert Gilpin (/ˈɡɪlpɪn/; July 2, 1930 – June 20, 2018[1][2]) was an American political scientist. He was Professor of Politics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University where he held the Eisenhower professorship.

Gilpin was an influential figure in the fields of international relations theory and international political economy.[3][4][5][6] A "soft" realist, Gilpin argued that international economic affairs reflected state power, and that states' security interests shaped international economic cooperation.[7][8] He was a proponent of what would become known as hegemonic stability theory, the notion that the international system is most likely to be stable in the presence of a hegemon.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Obituary for Robert (Bob) George Gilpin, Jr. at Perkins-Parker Funeral Home". www.perkinsparker.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Robert (Bob) George Gilpin Jr. Obituary". The Caledonian Record. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Conversations in International Relations: Interview with Robert Gilpin". International Relations. 19 (3): 361–372. 2005-09-01. doi:10.1177/0047117805055412. ISSN 0047-1178. S2CID 149248020.
  4. ^ Cohen, Benjamin J. (1988). "Review of The Political Economy of International Relations". The Fletcher Forum. 12 (2): 359–361. ISSN 0147-0981. JSTOR 45331316.
  5. ^ Cohen, Benjamin J. (2008). International Political Economy: An Intellectual History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13569-4.
  6. ^ Wohlforth, William C. (2011). "Gilpinian Realism and International Relations". International Relations. 25 (4): 499–511. doi:10.1177/0047117811411742. ISSN 0047-1178. S2CID 14186199.
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  8. ^ a b Cohen, Benjamin J. (2008). International Political Economy: An Intellectual History. Princeton University Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 978-0-691-13569-4.
  9. ^ Norrlof, Carla; Wohlforth, William C. (2019). "Raison de l'Hégémonie (The Hegemon's Interest): Theory of the Costs and Benefits of Hegemony". Security Studies. 28 (3): 422–450. doi:10.1080/09636412.2019.1604982. ISSN 0963-6412. S2CID 197802117.