Thomas H. Henriksen is a senior fellow and associate at the Hoover Institution. Henriksen's current research focuses on American foreign policy in the post-cold war world, international political affairs, and national defense. He specializes in the study of U.S. diplomatic and military courses of action toward terrorist havens, such as Afghanistan, and the so-called rogue states, including North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. He also concentrates on armed and covert interventions abroad.
Henriksen's most recent book, an edited volume on competing visions for U.S. foreign policy, is entitled Foreign Policy for America in the 21st Century: Alternative Perspectives. Other recent works include Using Power and Diplomacy to Deal with Rogue States (Hoover Essays in Public Policy, 1999) and the edited collection North Korea after Kim Il Sung (Hoover Institution Press, 1999).
He also authored or edited the following books and monographs: One Korea? Challenges and Prospects for Reunification (1994); The New World Order: War, Peace, and Military Preparedness (1992); Revolution and Counterrevolution: Mozambique's War of Independence (1983); The Struggle for Zimbabwe: Battle in the Bush (1981); Soviet and Chinese Aid to African Nations (1980); and Mozambique: A History (1978).
Henriksen is a member of the board of trustees of the George C. Marshall Foundation and a member of the board of trustees for the International Conference Group on Portugal. During the 1979–1980 academic year, he was the Susan Louise Dyer Peace Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He taught history at the State University of New York from 1969 until he left in 1979 as a full professor.
During 1963–1965, Henriksen served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army.
