Clayton M. Clemens is a Chancellor Professor of

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and Assistant Chair of the Government Department at the

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. His research specialization is German politics and foreign policy. He is the editor of ''The Kohl Chancellorship'' (Frank Cass/1998) and ''NATO and the Quest for Post-Cold War Security'' (St. Martin's/1997). His articles have appeared in ''West European Politics'', ''German Politics'', ''International Affairs'', and ''Armed Forces and Society''. Originally from Utah, Clemens received his undergraduate degree from the

in 1980; did his doctoral work at the

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; and has taught in the Government Department at the College of William and Mary since 1985. In 1990-91 Professor Clemens received an International Affairs Fellowship from the

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and served as a political analyst at the United States Embassy in

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. He was a guest professor at the

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, in eastern Germany, in the summer of 1992. In 1992 the German Historical Institute awarded him the Alois Mertes Memorial Lectureship.Clayton Clemens
''CDU Deutschlandpolitik and Reunification, 1985-1989.'' (Second Alois Mertes Memorial Lecture).
Occasional paper No. 5, German Historical Institute, 1992. He has been asked to speak as the faculty representative at the annual senior Candlelight ceremony more than ten times.

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