Editor. Alexander L. George: A Pioneer in Political and Social Sciences. Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag, 2018.
Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2011.
Co-authored with Robert E. Williams, Jr. Seeking Security in an Insecure World. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006, 2nd ed., 2012, 3rd ed., 2016.
World Politics and You, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Publishers, Inc., 2000.
Co-editor with Timothy J. McKeown. Diplomacy, Force and Leadership: Essays in Honor of Alexander L. George. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993.
The Dynamics of Domestic Politics and Arms Control: The SALT II Treaty Ratification Debate. Columbia, South Carolina: The University of South Carolina Press, 1991.
Co-editor with Michael Krepon. The Politics of Arms Control Treaty Ratification. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Editor. Soviet International Behavior and U.S. Policy Options. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1985.
Editor. Henry Kissinger: His Personality and Policies. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1983.
American-Soviet Relations: From 1947 to the Nixon-Kissinger Grand Design. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981.
Elected Lifetime Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Chair of the Academic Outreach Initiative
Listed in Contemporary Authors, Who's Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who's Who in the West.
Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence, Pepperdine University, 2007.
Invited to present a paper at the Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Detente, 1969-1976” by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 2007.
NATO Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Fellowship, 2001-2002.
Invited to present a paper at the 1995 Nobel Symposium, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway, 1995.
Member of the Clinton-Gore Transition Team for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Washington, D.C., December 1992; Gore-Lieberman Arms Control Task Force, 2000; Kerry-Edwards Working Group on Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2004.
Center for Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching, 2003.
Professor of the Year, Student Alumni Association, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, 1992
Charles and Harriet Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award, 1991, 1997.
Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1990-91.
Malone Fellow, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, 1990.
President and chairman of the Board of Directors, Forum for U.S.-Russian Dialogue, 1989-1991
United States Institute of Peace Fellowship, 1987-88.
Atlantic Council, NATO Fellow, 1986.