Richard H Ullman

I took Professor Ullman's course on U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War as a first-year graduate student back in 1982. That one seminar changed forever my understanding of the relations among states. Professor Ullman combined intellectual rigor with candor, a rapier wit, and genuine kindness. That is an exceptional, and exceptionally rare, combination of qualities. He taught me not only why governments behave the way they do, but also of how people act collectively in all kinds of...

Richard was a sensitive, thoughtful, insightful man; a wonderful scholar, and a friend to those who work in Oxford in International Relations. He will be very much missed