Michael Radu
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Born | April 29, 1947 |
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Nationality | Romanian-American |
Alma mater | Babeş-Bolyai University Columbia University |
Occupation | political scientist journalist |
Michael S. Radu (April 29, 1947 – March 25, 2009)[1] was a Romanian-American political scientist and journalist who grew up in Romania. He was Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Co-Chairman of FPRI's Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Early life and education
Radu was born in Romania on April 29, 1947. Michael's mother had been born in the United States of Romanian immigrants. Radu was educated at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj (1965–1975) before emigrating to the U.S. in 1976. He earned his PhD in international relations from Columbia University in 1992, focusing on Africa. He was a visiting senior lecturer on African politics at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.[2]
Career
Radu studied terrorist and insurgent groups worldwide from the mid-1980s until his death in 2009. He monitored the 1993 election in Cambodia, as well as elections in Romania, Peru, and Guatemala. He was a National Peace Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.
Radu was the author or editor of twelve books on international affairs and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Review of International Law and Politics. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, and Associated Press.[3] He has also contributed articles in the Romanian newspapers România Liberă and Cotidianul.
Michael Radu died on March 25, 2009, at the age of 61.
Selected publications
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References
- ↑ Harvey Sicherman, "Michael Radu: In Memoriam", The Bulletin Philadelphia's Family Newspaper, March 30, 2009.
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- 1947 births
- 2009 deaths
- Babeș-Bolyai University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Geopoliticians
- Africanists
- American male journalists
- American political scientists
- American political writers
- American male writers
- Latin Americanists
- American people of Romanian descent
- Romanian emigrants to the United States
- University of the Witwatersrand academics