John David Steinbruner (1941–2015) was an international security scholar. Steinbruner was a

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

professor at both the

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and

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, and he also taught public policy at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

. Later, he joined the

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, where he led the foreign policy studies program from 1978 to 1996. In his book ''The Cybernetic Theory of Decision'' he explores how policymakers navigate the significant uncertainty and core value conflicts in bureaucratic politics.

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