American-French political and cultural anthropologist Sharon Wright Austin - Director of the African-American Studies Program and a professor of political science at the University of Florida Deborah Avant - American political scientist at the University of Denver Bill Avery - politician from the state of Nebraska and retired political scientist who specializes in international trade and foreign relations Robert Axelrod - expert on game theory and complexity theory, wrote extensively on the Prisoner's Dilemma, former president of American Political Science Association Julia Azari - American political scientist, professor of political science at Marquette University and contributor to FiveThirtyEight Jeremy Azrael - American political scientist known for his expertise on the economy of the Soviet Union B Andrew Bacevich Gawdat Bahgat Kathleen Cordelia Bailey Fatih Baja - Gar Yunis University teacher and member of the National Transitional Council in charge of political affairs Susan Baker - Irish scholar of environmental governance in the European Union and ecofeminism, gender and the environment at Cardiff University Lisa Baldez Michel Balinski Moniz Bandeira - Brazilian writer, professor, political scientist, historian and poet Mary Jo Bane Edward C. Banfield Benjamin Barber - proponent of participatory democracy and local governance teaching at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy James David Barber - developed a classification system of the personality types of American presidents Stephen Barber - noted for his work on political strategy and political economy, author of Political Strategy Line Bareiro - Paraguayan political scientist, civil rights activist and feminist Joel Barkan Lucius Barker Michael Barkun A. Doak Barnett Michael Barnett - specialist in international relations Thomas P.M. Barnett - security strategist Simion Bărnuţiu - noted for his work on political strategy in Austria and Romania Bethany Barratt Matt A. Barreto David M. Barrett Larry Bartels - democracy and voting expert at Vanderbilt University Robert V. Bartlett Gad Barzilai - Law and Politics, Human Rights and Politics, Communities and Law at University of Washington Sylvia Bashevkin - Canadian scholar of women and politics Stephen Baskerville Amrita Basu Robert Bates Frank Baumgartner Phineas Baxandall David H. Bayley Elmira Bayrasli Robert J. Beck Holmes Beckwith Francis Beer Samuel Beer Edward Beiser Linda Royster Beito Charles Beitz Aaron Belkin Adolphus G. Belk Jr. Alon Ben-Meir Daniel Benjamin Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi - Moroccan political scientist, author and professor at the University of Lausanne Linda L. M. Bennett W. Lance Bennett William Benoit Myriam Benraad Richard Bensel Arthur F.