David Calleo

David P. Calleo is an American scholar who specializes in European and American history and political economy. His most recent book, Follies of Power: America's Unipolar Fantasy (Cambridge University Press) was published in May 2009. He is Dean Acheson Professor; Director of the European Studies Program; University Professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and has been consultant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He has previously taught at Brown and Yale and was a visiting professor at Columbia. He is the author of such notable books as Rethinking Europe’s Future (2003), The Bankrupting of America: How the Federal Deficit Is Impoverishing the Nation (1992), and The German Problem Reconsidered (1978). His work has been covered in lead publications like The New York Review of Books and Washington Post.