International Relations Then and Now (PDF)

André Barrinha is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of Bath and a Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Dr Barrinha joined the University of Bath in September 2017, having previously worked at the University of Coimbra and Canterbury Christ Church University. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent. From 2004 to 2006 he was a researcher at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon. His mains research interests are within the fields of Critical Security Studies, European Security and International Relations Theory. Dr Barrinha is one of the coordinators of the UACES RN INTERSECT: Technology-Security-Society interplays in Europe. Between 2016 and 2018 he was one of the founders and conveners of the British International Studies Association European Security Working Group.

The late William C. Olson was a retired Dean and Professor Emeritus of American University's School of International Service and founder of the international collegiate honor society Sigma Iota Rho. From 1970 to 1979, he directed the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio study and conference centre on Lake Como in Italy. Earlier in his career, he directed the Foreign Affairs Division of what is now the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress and was an Associate Dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He was a trustee of the Social Science Foundation at the University of Denver and what is now known as World Learning, an organisation that promotes international understanding by placing students with host families. His memberships included the Cosmos Club and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr Olson published and co-wrote scholarly works, including The Theory and Practice of International Relations (1966).