Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Silver Professor; Professor of Politics Ph.D. Honoris Causa 1999, University of Groningen; Ph.D. 1971 (Political Science) University of Michigan. Alastair Smith, Professor of Politics at New York University, previously taught at Washington University in St, Louis and at Yale University. He is a winner of the Karl Deutsch Award, given biennially to the best international relations scholar under the age of 40.