Joel H. Rosenthal is a political scientist specializing in American statescraft and international affairs

International relations

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. He is the president of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

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 and Editor-in-Chief of Ethics and International Affairs Journal, the international relations journal.

Rosenthal is the author of Righteous Realists. He has co-edited several collections of articles and written numerous articles of his own including "Ethics" in Bruce W. Jentleson, et al. Encyclopedia of US Foreign Relations. His work in progress includes; "How Moral Can We Get? Essays on the Moral Nation."

Rosenthal is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Politics at New York University

New York University

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Rosenthal received his B.A. in Political Science from Harvard University in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 1988.