F. Stephen Larrabee
Overview
Biography
F. Stephen Larrabee holds the Distinguished Chair in European Security at the RAND Corporation.
Before joining RAND, Larrabee served as vice president and director of studies of the Institute of East–West Security Studies in New York from 1983 to 1989. He was a distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Institute from 1989 to 1990. From 1978 to 1981, Larrabee served on the U.S. National Security Council staff in the White House as a specialist on Soviet–East European affairs and East-West political-military relations.
Larrabee's recent RAND monographs include Troubled Partnership: U.S.-Turkish Relations in an Era of Global Geopolitical Change (2010); Turkey as a U.S. Security Partner (2008); The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey (with Angel Rabasa, 2008); and Encouraging Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Ukraine (with Keith Crane, 2007).
His recent articles include “Arming Europe,” in The National Interest (with Seth G. Jones, Winter 2005–2006); and “ESDP and NATO: Assuring Complementarity,” in The International Spectator (January–March 2004).
In addition, he is the coauthor (with Julian Lindley-French) of Revitalizing the Transatlantic Security Partnership: An Agenda for Action (RAND/Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2008); the editor of The Volatile Powder Keg: Balkan Security After the Cold War (American University Press, 1994); and coeditor (with Robert Blackwill) of Conventional Arms Control and East-West Security (Duke University Press, 1989).
Larrabee has taught at Columbia, Cornell, New York, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and The George Washington universities, and at the University of Southern California.
Larrabee received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Vice President and Director of Studies, Institute for East-West Security Studies, New York; member, National Security Council staffRecent Projects
- U.S.-Turkish relations
- Political Islam in Turkey
- France and NATO
- Ukraine and NATO
- U.S. policy toward the Black Sea region
Selected Publications
F. Stephen Larrabee, "Danger and Opportunity in Eastern Europe," Foreign Affairs, 85(6), 2006
F. Stephen Larrabee, "Ukraine and the West," Survival, 48(1), 2006
F. Stephen Larrabee, "ESDP and NATO: Assuring Complementarity," The International Spectator, 39(1), 2004
F. Stephen Larrabee, NATO's Eastern Agenda in a New Strategic Era, RAND Corporation (MR-1744), 2003
F. Stephen Larrabee and Ian O. Lesser, Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty, RAND Corporation (MR-1612), 2003
Languages
Russian, German, French, Bulgarian, Modern GreekRecent Media Appearances
Interviews: Agence France Press; Christian Science Monitor; CNN; Voice of America; Wall Street Journal; Washington Times
Commentary: International Herald Tribune; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Newsday; Project Syndicate; United Press International; Washington Times
Commentary
Why Erdogan Wants Peace With the PKK — Mar 27, 2013
The Syrian Game Changer — Jan 17, 2013
Taking Syria Seriously — Aug 25, 2012
The Turkish-Iranian Alliance That Wasn't — Jul 11, 2012
Putin's NATO Dis: Cold Winds from Moscow — May 17, 2012
NATO's Shrinking Resources — May 17, 2012
Europe's Ukrainian Test — Jun 30, 2011
Obama's Calculated Gamble on Libya Strategy — Apr 4, 2011
The Turkish Chimera — Mar 23, 2011
The US Midterm Elections and US-Turkish Relations — Nov 23, 2010
Budget Cuts Are Cracking the West's Defenses — Aug 17, 2010
Don't Lose Ukraine — Jun 25, 2010
Building on Greek-Turkish Detente — May 10, 2010
Biden's Task in Eastern Europe: Reassurance — Oct 20, 2009
Russia and the Perils of Personal Diplomacy — Jul 6, 2009
Obama's Turkish Dilemma — Apr 6, 2009
France's Creeping Reintegration — Mar 24, 2009
Afghanistan: The Regional Solution — Mar 4, 2009
A Trans-Atlantic Moment — Feb 22, 2009
Ukraine: The Next Crisis? — Sep 7, 2008
Turkey's Second Chance — Aug 24, 2008
Turkey's Broadening Crisis — Jul 25, 2008
Georgia on Their Mind — Mar 27, 2008
Rebuilding Arms Control — Aug 10, 2007
In Ukraine, Four Steps to Democracy — Jun 28, 2007
A War of Nerves in Turkey — May 12, 2007
How Not to Promote American Missile Defense in Europe — Apr 27, 2007
Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe — Mar 29, 2007
C. Asia's Great Game — Mar 5, 2007
America's Turkey Problem — Feb 23, 2007
Central Asia's Other 'Turkmenbashis' — Jan 15, 2007
Winning Back the Turks — Nov 14, 2006
Averting War with Iran — May 2, 2006
Ukraine's New Politics — Apr 8, 2006
Defusing the Iranian Crisis — Mar 9, 2006
Let's Avoid Another Trans-Atlantic Feud — Jan 13, 2006
Revitalizing U.S.-Turkey Relations — Jun 8, 2005
Western Strategy for Ukraine — Feb 10, 2005
Outside View: Russia's Caucasus Gambit — Nov 22, 2004
'Old Europe' and the New NATO — Feb 18, 2003
Turkey Walks a Tightrope Over Iraq Issues — Jan 17, 2003
Mr. Bush and Herr Schroeder, Tear Down This Wall — Oct 30, 2002
Publications
Taking Syria Seriously - 2012
Arming Europe - 2005
The US-EU-Turkish Triangle - 2005
Greece's New Geopolitics - 2001
Can NATO survive? - 1996
Strategic Appraisal 1996 - 1996
The Balkans - 1996
Ukraine's Balancing Act - 1996
Building a new NATO - 1994
Multimedia
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NATO, Russia and Missile Defense
May 18, 2012

Why It's No Longer the Chummy 1990s for Turkey, Israel — Apr 8, 2013