Dean and Professor of Political Science, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego

Peter F. Cowhey is Dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, where he is also Professor of Political Science. His major fields of research are international political economy, comparative foreign policy, and international relations theory. In 1994 Mr. Cowhey took leave from his position as Chief of the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission, where he was in charge of all policy and licensing for international telecommunications services. Prior to becoming Bureau Chief he was the Commission's Senior Counselor for International Economic and Competition Policy. From 1994 through 1997 he led the Commission's work in the WTO negotiations on basic telecommunications services and new competition rules for international telecom Services (including the Internet). His current research includes the political determinants of foreign policy, the reorganization of the global communications and information industries, and the future of foreign trade and investment rules in the Pacific Rim. His research and writings on international telecommunications markets and regulation have been supported by such research institutes as the World Bank, the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Markle Foundation, and the Twentieth Century Fund. His books include: The Problems of Plenty: Energy Policy and International Politics and When Countries Talk: International Trade in Telecommunications Services (with J.Aronson). Mr. Cowhey is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Affairs. He received a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. F. S. from Georgetown University.