David M. Edelstein is an Americanpolitical scientist andinternational relations scholar. He is currently vice provost for education atGeorgetown University.^[1][2][3]

Edelstein holds aB.A. fromColgate University and aM.A. andPh.D. from theUniversity of Chicago.^[4]

Edelstein joined Georgetown's faculty in 2002, with dual appointments in theWalsh School of Foreign Service andCollege of Arts & Sciences.^[1] He was appointed vice provost for education in May 2023 and the next dean ofGeorgetown's College of Arts & Sciences in February 2025, succeeding Rosario Ceballo, effective July 1, 2025.^[5][6]

• Delusions of Grand Strategy,Foreign Affairs, October 20, 2015 (co-authored with Ronald R. Krebs)^[7]
• Is Hagel tying America’s hands (and is that a bad thing)?The Washington Post, February 24, 2014^[8]

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