Edward Henry Buehrig (October 4, 1910 – August 31, 1986) was an American political scientist who spent most of his career at the Indiana University Bloomington.

in International relations, also from Chicago, with a thesis titled "Why the United States took the Philippines Islands", and later earned a Ph.D. from the same institution with his dissertation, "American Intervention in Europe, 1917".

[3][1][4] In 1934 Buehrig began teaching at Indiana University, where he would remain – except for three, short interludes – until his retirement in 1981.

During World War II Buehrig worked in the United States Department of State and served as Secretary-General of the Italo-Yugoslav Boundary Commission;[1][5] after the war he again departed Indiana to spend a year at Princeton University researching the foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson.

At Ostrom's request, Buehrig wrote "Political Science at Indiana: An Historical Essay", chronicling the history of the department up to that point.