ran ▁relations , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁projects . ▁He ▁is ▁author ▁or ▁co author ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁books ▁on ▁international ▁affairs , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁expl oring ▁and ▁advoc ating ▁the ▁“ human ▁security ” ▁parad ig m ▁in ▁global ▁affairs , ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁frequent ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁Alter Net , ▁The ▁H uff ington ▁Post , ▁and ▁The ▁Boston ▁Glo be . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁early ▁career ▁Tir man ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Indiana ▁University ▁( B . A ., ▁ 1 9 7 2 ) ▁and ▁subsequently ▁earned ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁at ▁Boston ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁special ized ▁in ▁political ▁theory ▁with ▁Howard ▁Z inn , ▁Frances ▁Fox ▁P iven , ▁Murray ▁Le vin , ▁and ▁Al as da ir ▁Mac Int y re . ▁ ▁His ▁friendship ▁with ▁Z inn ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Ro z ▁last ed ▁for ▁nearly ▁ 4 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Z inn ▁told ▁his ▁bi ograph er ▁Davis ▁Joy ce ▁that ▁Tir man ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁best ▁students . ▁ ▁Tir man ▁worked ▁at ▁Time ▁magazine ▁and ▁the ▁Union ▁of ▁Conc ern ed ▁Scient ists ▁( U CS ). ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁U CS ▁where ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁international ▁security ▁issues , ▁ment ored ▁by ▁Henry ▁W . ▁K end all , ▁the ▁chair ▁of ▁U CS ▁and ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁physics ▁at ▁M IT ; ▁K end all ▁later ▁was ▁co - reci p ient ▁of ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁physics . ▁ ▁Tir man ▁edited ▁two