Stephen D. Krasner

Stephen Krasner
23rd Director of Policy Planning
In office
February 4, 2005  April 20, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMitchell B. Reiss
Succeeded byDavid F. Gordon
Personal details
Born
Stephen David Krasner

(1942-02-15) February 15, 1942
Alma materCornell University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)

Stephen David Krasner (born February 15, 1942) is an American political scientist and former diplomat. Krasner has been a professor of international relations at Stanford University since 1981, and served as the Director of Policy Planning from 2005 to April 2007 while on leave from Stanford.

A realist, he is known for his contributions to the fields of international relations and international political economy.