Richard H. Shultz Jr. (October 25, 1947 – November 22, 2025) was an American scholar of international security studies. He was Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he was also the director of the International Security Studies Program (ISSP).

Shultz was born on October 25, 1947. According to his published CV, Shultz pursued his PhD studies at Miami University, graduating in 1976. His dissertation was titled Origins and Development of U.S. Counterinsurgency Strategy: The Vietnam Case Study, chaired by David S. McLellan. He then pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Michigan, from 1977 to 1978.

Shultz entered the Fletcher School and ISSP in 1983, as the associate professor of international politics. He became the director of ISSP in 1989.

He was an expert and early scholar of insurgency, with his early works including influential research on guerrilla warfare in Vietnam. He was also an expert on terrorism, intelligence gathering, internal conflicts, and low intensity conflict.

Shultz served on the Special Operations Policy Advisory Group of the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was the only civilian in that position. He also did security research and served as advisor for several U.S. civil and military organizations, and held chairs at the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval War College, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He has testified in the U.S. congress.

Shultz was a member of several boards of trustees, including the Board to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. His consultant work for the government has focused on U.S. peacekeeping policy, out-of-area interventions, counter-proliferation issues, and the growing impact of international organized crime on U.S. security interests.

Shultz died on November 22, 2025, at the age of 78.