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Born May 4, 1947 (age 79) • Detroit • Michigan
Balch, Emily Greene
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American political scientist
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Mearsheimer, John J.
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Kenneth Waltz.
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American political scientist and educator
Hannah Arendt, wearing a pearl necklace and holding a cigarette, looks thoughtfully at the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1963.
Hannah Arendt
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Francis Fukuyama smiling outdoors, wearing a dark blazer over a checked shirt, with blurred autumn foliage in the background.
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Robert O. Keohane
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