Avery Mark Goldstein (born 1954) is the David M. Knott Professor Emeritus of Global Politics and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, the Associate Director of the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. His research focuses on international relations theory, strategic studies, and Chinese foreign policy.
Goldstein holds a BA in political science (1975) and a MS in secondary education (1976) from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a MA (1978) and PhD (1985) in political science from UC Berkeley.
Goldstein joined University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor of political science in 1985. In 2009, he was appointed David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations.