Dr. Samuel R. Schubert
Chair of the Executive Board, Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Samuel R. Schubert
Background and Facts
Dr. Schubert's current research focuses on the nexus of energy policy and security at the European policy and geopolitical levels and the related foreign policies of great powers. Combining International Political Economy with key approaches of International Relations theory and Foreign Policy Analysis, he has coauthored monographs on EU Energy Policy and articles and chapters on the resource curse, the role of energy in EU-Russia relations, economic and military developments in the Arctic, lessons learned with regard to strategic autonomy projects and role of key energy supply corridors.
His work on the resource curse and the political-developmental effects of mineral export dependence have led to several commissioned studies (1,2,3). Prior to his focus on energy security matters, Dr. Schubert focused on the empirical analysis of modern terrorism developing a framework for understanding it as a limitedly successful form of warfare for weaker forces engaged in asymmetric conflicts against large open societies.
Courses taught at WVPU
- Graduate and Undergraduate Seminars on Terrorism and Political Violence
- International Relations Theory
- International Security/Energy Security
- U.S. Foreign Policy and US National Institutions
- Middle East Area Studies
- Comparative Foreign Policy
Education
- Dr.Phil, Political Science, University of Vienna, 2010
- MA International Relations, Webster University, 2008
- BA Political Science, George Washington University, 1988