BSc(Hons) Warwick;
MPhil, Ph.D., Cambridge
B.A., Peking;
M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern
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The PhD in International Relations is a 3 year program taught in English to international students. Students can start the program in September each year.
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(48 Credits)
This Ph.D. program is designed to provide students with a regional expertise in an area study of the globe, be that Russia, China, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia or the Americas. To develop such an expertise the students will, first, be exposed to all the different regions of the world by taking at least one class in each area and, second, complete a 12-credit dissertation ( INR-698 and INR-699 combined) in one specific area. For this purpose, students must complete 36 credit hours or 12 of the Ph.D. courses below, pass a language requirement and a written comprehensive examination, defend orally a dissertation proposal, and, finally, defend successfully the 12-credit dissertation ( INR-698 and INR-699 combined).
To assure success in the Program, admission criteria will be highly selective. In order to qualify for application, individuals should:
Qualified applicants may complete an online application and submit:
Applications are accepted throughout the year. In reviewing applications, the Admissions Committee looks at the complete package of the application. Application files must be completed within one year of the initial application submission or individuals may be required to resubmit materials. All application materials become a permanent and confidential part of the University records and are not returned. All prospective students are encouraged to contact the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies as well as the program director for more information.
Applicants from accredited military universities with transferable credits available may have up to 9 credits of the International Relations Ph.D. required credits transferred with the permission of the program director.
Each of the courses below will train students in finding and reviewing academic literature, formulating and refining research questions, academic writing, and qualitative research. For quantitative research students will rely on the course INR-675 , which will be a required course. INR-690 , which will also be required, will emphasize qualitative research and its major emphasis will be on preparing students for writing and defending a dissertation proposal, on conducting qualitative research and on writing a dissertation.
Code | Title | Credits |
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American Foreign Policy | 3 | |
American Foreign Policy Decision Making | 3 | |
Chinese Foreign Policy | 3 | |
The Korean Peninsula and Japan | 3 | |
Russian Foreign Policy | 3 | |
Chinese Politics | 3 | |
Comparative Politics of Russia | 3 | |
The Middle East in World Affairs | 3 | |
South Asia in World Affairs | 3 | |
Latin America in World Affairs | 3 | |
Europe in World Affairs | 3 | |
Comprehensive Exam | 0 | |
Africa in World Affairs | 3 | |
Quantitative Methods | 3 | |
Culture, Society and the Global Condition | 3 | |
Dissertation Proposal and Research | 3 | |
Dissertation Research and Writing | 3 | |
Dissertation I | 6 | |
Dissertation II | 6 |
By the time of completion of all coursework, students must have also fulfilled a language proficiency requirement, either by passing a translation test administered by the program coordinator or passing two 200-level (or above) courses with a grade of "B" or better. No graduate credit will be awarded for language courses. International students, whose mother language is not English, can use their mother language to fulfill the language proficiency requirement. The language requirement must be completed before taking the comprehensive exams. The language examination, when needed, will be administered during the first Monday in May and December of each year. In special situations, an alternative date can be arranged. Students may sign up for the examination by emailing the program coordinator no later than two weeks prior to it. It will require students to translate a short text, between one and two pages long. The text will be from a source related to the international relations field, such as a journal article. The exam will be graded on a simple pass/fail system. The language exam may be retaken until passed.
Upon completion of language requirement and the coursework (students register for INR-670 Comprehensive Exam. Students will be required to pass a comprehensive written examination. They will be required to answer two out of three general questions from two different areas of study covered by the curriculum. The two areas will be chosen by the students. Students will have four hours to complete the two questions. Comprehensive examinations will be administered through teleconference. They will require students to be familiar with the area studies literature, be analytical, comparative, critical, and insightful. Students who fail the exam may be allowed to repeat it one time only. Second time failure will result in the student's termination from the Ph.D. program. Comprehensive examinations will be graded by either High Distinction, Distinction, Pass or Fail.
There will be two specific dates the comprehensives can be taken each year: the last Thursday-Friday in May, and the second Monday-Tuesday in December. Students may sign up to take the exam, and also declare the two areas of study, by emailing their intention to the program coordinator no later than two weeks prior to the exam date (in special situations, an alternative date can be arranged).
Upon the successful completion of the comprehensive examination, students will move to the dissertation-writing phase. This phase of the program will expose students to the systematic, in-depth, and detailed study of their preferred area in order to generate original, publication-ready research. The process starts with INR-690 , which is a manual on how to think, plan, develop, and complete the dissertation. By the time of enrolling in INR-690 , Ph.D. candidates should have secured a first reader from the list of faculty teaching in the Program. The student and the first reader will discuss possible dissertation topics and focus on a specific one. Once the topic is decided, the Ph.D. candidate and the first reader will discuss possible second readers and settle on a second reader. The first task of the work will be to prepare and defend a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus will be developed in INR-690 . Typically, the focus of the dissertation will be in one of the area studies included in the curriculum.
The Dissertation Committee will be composed of three members: the two readers and another member of the faculty of the Political Science and International Relations Department or a member of another department or academic institution. The Ph.D. candidate, in consultation with the first and second reader, is responsible for securing the outside member of the Dissertation Committee. Candidates should only consider defending if readers recommend it and the program director concurs. The successful defense of the prospectus in INR-690 denotes the elevation of the candidate to the A.B.D status.
Ph.D. Candidates who are A.B.D. and finished with classwork and start work on their dissertation enroll for a three-credit research course at a fixed fee. This course is offered in fall and spring terms and is repeated as long as necessary until the student is approved by the program director to defend their dissertation. Students who have become Ph.D. candidates are required to make progress in their dissertation consistent with the timeline developed in their dissertation proposal. Failure to demonstrate progress will result in failing INR-695 and be subsequently placed on academic probation. A successive academic probation may result in the dismissal from the program.
A typical dissertation will be at least 200 pages and should definitely be undertaken with the intention of making it an original contribution to the international relations field. It should be publication-ready, and its substance should not be covered by existing literature unless it fundamentally questions existing literature. The dissertation process will end with the successful defense of the work before the Dissertation Committee.
Dissertations will be graded on a pass/fail scale where pass denotes the grade of "A" and fail the grade of "F."
Students must complete the program in no more than seven years after matriculation.
Required courses.
First Year | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
Quantitative Methods (Also offered in Summer) | 3 | |
INR Elective | 3 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Spring | ||
INR Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Summer | ||
INR Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall | ||
INR Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Spring | ||
INR Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Summer | ||
INR Elective | 3 | |
Comprehensive Exam | 0 | |
Credits | 3 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall | ||
Dissertation Proposal and Research | 3 | |
Credits | 3 | |
Spring | ||
Dissertation Research and Writing | 3 | |
Credits | 3 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall | ||
Dissertation Research and Writing | 3 | |
Credits | 3 | |
Spring | ||
Dissertation Research and Writing | 3 | |
Credits | 3 | |
Fifth Year | ||
Fall | ||
Dissertation I | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Spring | ||
Dissertation II | 6 | |
Credits | 6 | |
Total Credits | 57 |
This course is offered Fall/Spring terms and is repeated as long as necessary until approved to register for INR-698.
Students choose 10 courses from the list of courses below for a total of 30 credits.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Chinese Politics | 3 | |
South Asia in World Affairs | 3 | |
Europe in World Affairs | 3 | |
Africa in World Affairs | 3 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Chinese Foreign Policy | 3 | |
The Korean Peninsula and Japan | 3 | |
Russian Foreign Policy | 3 | |
Latin America in World Affairs | 3 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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American Foreign Policy | 3 | |
American Foreign Policy Decision Making | 3 | |
Comparative Politics of Russia | 3 | |
The Middle East in World Affairs | 3 |
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International collaborations are an integral part of research. Some programs in particular enable the development an international experience in the context of doctoral education.
Published on 4/12/2019 - Updated on 6/03/2024
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Sorbonne University have established a collaborative program offering excellent doctoral education to Chinese candidates in all disciplines represented at Sorbonne University. Doctoral candidates are hosted in a laboratory under the supervision of Sorbonne University and receive a scholarship funded by the CSC . This scholarship is for a maximum of 4 years. Its amount is currently 1350 €/month (amount periodically re-evaluated by the CSC). In addition, doctoral candidates will have to pay administrative fees. Candidates having obtained the CSC scholarship are required to commit to returning to China after the defense of the thesis or after a postdoctoral stay abroad (after agreement of the CSC).
It takes place in several stages:
The CSC 2021 is only open to candidates of Chinese nationality who do not have any job outside the Chinese territory at the time of their application . They must demonstrate a very good level of English and, for some fields of humanities and social sciences, a very good level of French (B2 minimum, C1 recommended).
Student in China
Chinese student abroad
See doctoral project proposed for 2022
Admission file
Link to submit application
For all doctoral candidates who will be affiliated to the Faculty of Sciences of the Sorbonne University, the ASDB should be set up in order to complete the 1350 euros of scholarships More information Contact for ASDB related issues
For any questions (except for the ASDB), please contact Camille Vignes [email protected]
The International Doctoral Program in Complex Systems Modeling (PDI MSC) is a cross-disciplinary program at all doctoral schools of the Sorbonne University. It is the first North-South doctoral program of Sorbonne University built on the commitment to recruit for 3 years young doctoral candidates from all countries and more particularly from Southern countries where the IRD has developed many collaborations for more than 60 years.
It also relies on the network set up by the International Joint Unit UMMISCO of Sorbonne University-IRD, whose teams specialized in mathematical and computer modeling are spread over five countries: Morocco, Senegal, Cameroon, Vietnam and France.
The themes of the PDI MSC are multidisciplinary; they relate in particular to the use of complex systems modeling to solve problems of development and/or management of resources and environments, particularly in southern countries with problems in health and epidemiology, management of renewable resources, urban and regional dynamics, ecosystem dynamics.
Each year, the last three promotions of doctoral candidates registered at Sorbonne University in co-supervision with several foreign universities are gathered on the IRD Bondy campus to follow a 3-week training course.
Sorbonne University / University of Bonn / University of Florence
The Universities of Bonn, Florence and Sorbonne have agreed on a jointly structured doctoral training course with the title "Founding Myths of Europe in Literature, Arts and Music". The disciplines concerned arethe various philologies and literatures, the history of art and music, history, political science, philosophy, sociology, without a priori restrictions. Doctoral candidates prepare a thesis on the founding myths of Europe.
Since 2006, the Universities of Florence, Bonn and Sorbonne have agreed on a doctoral Program with a common structure and the mention "International Doctorate in Italian Studies". The whole of Italian Studies (Literature, Language, Civilisation, Performing Arts, Cinema) is covered in this training.
Coordinator: Professor Andrea FABIANO (ED 020: Civilisations, Cultures, Literature and Societies)
Sorbonne University / University of Florence
Sorbonne University have signed a collaboration with the University of Florence (Università degli Studi di Firenze) that enables doctoral candidates working on the world of European Humanism, in all disciplines to enrolled in this framework. The doctoral candidates will obtain the double title of Doctor of the University of Florence and Doctor of Sorbonne University, when they have defended their doctorate, directed in partnership by professors from both universities.
This co-diplomation is part of joint research on Humanism, directed, at the University of Florence by Donatella Coppini and at Sorbonne University by Hélène Casanova-Robin. It enables doctoral candidates to benefit from a rich education, thanks to the diversity of scientific methods implemented within each of these institutions. It also opens a large international research network on humanism (seminars, conferences, colloquia) to the doctoral candidates, due to the various collaborations already established by the partner research units within these universities.
The language of the doctorate must be either French or Italian; the subject must be on the texts (literary forms, philosophy, art, aesthetics...) of Humanism and the Renaissance (14th-16th centuries), transmitting the ancient tradition, and/or their posterity.
Coordinator: Professor Hélène CASANOVA-ROBIN Professor of Latin Literature (specialist in Humanism) Director of the E.A. 4081 Rome and its renaissances ED 022 Ancient and Medieval Worlds
The Universities of Venice (Ca'Foscari) and Sorbonne University have agreed to a joint doctoral program. This program has been signed between the doctoral school “Civilizations, Cultures, Literatures and Society” (ED 020) and the Venetian program” Lingue, culture e società moderne e Scienze del linguaggio”. It concerns the cultures of the Romance and English speaking countries in Europe, America and the world, the Germanic and Slavic speaking countries in Central and Northern Europe, in the following fields: literature, linguistics and civilization.
Coordinators :
Eduardo Ramos Izquierdo (ED 020)
Alexis Tadie (ED 020)
For more information, see: the University of Venice site
SAIS PhD students cover a broad range of research under the multi-disciplinary umbrella of International Relations. Some incorporate a significant degree of economic and quantitative analysis, while others are qualitatively-oriented or employ mixed-methods. We invite you to peruse their profiles below, drill down to “read more,” and/or contact them directly via e-mail.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Public Diplomacy, Political Communications, Media, Middle East
Sarah Alaoui is a Ph.D. candidate in the Middle East Studies department at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her research focuses on Arab public diplomacy.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: International Relations, International Security, Alliances, Strategic Affairs, Geopolitics, China, and Asia
Anu Anwar is a Ph.D. student at SAIS and doctoral researcher at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. He is a fellow at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a nonresident associate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. He is also an Asia 21 fellow at the Asia Society and a young leader fellow at the Pacific Forum. Previously, Mr. Anwar worked as a research fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Institute—Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. He was also an affiliate scholar at East-West Center and a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo. His works have been published in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, War on the Rock, East Asia Forum, The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, United States Institute of Peace, among other publications. Mr. Anwar obtained MPA jointly from Tsinghua University and the University of Geneva. He also holds a B.A and M.A. from the University of Dhaka. He speaks Chinese, Hindi, and Bengali. For more information about Anu, please see his website .
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Comparative Political Economy, International Development, Governance, Public Policy, Public Sector Reform, Public Finances, State-Owned Enterprises Anti-Corruption, Open Government, Transparency
Alejandro Baron Gandarias is a candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He focuses on the political economy of transparency, open data, anti-corruption, citizen participation, and public sector reforms more broadly. Alejandro has more than nine years of professional and research experience, and he has worked for organizations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization of American States (OAS), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Spanish Ministry of Industry. He holds a degree in Law and Economics from the Carlos III University (Madrid, Spain) and a Master's degree in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS).
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Military Force Planning, Civil-Military Relations, US-China Relations, Nuclear Security, Strategic Studies, Diplomatic and Military History
James “Jeb” Benkowski is a Ph.D. candidate at SAIS, a predoctoral fellow at SAIS’s Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, and an adjunct policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. His dissertation, "Best Laid Schemes," is a history of the United States’ military force planning system from the late 18th through the late 20th centuries. It examines the impact of geography, technology, civil-military relations, and politics on both the effectiveness of U.S. preparations for the next war and the ability of U.S. policymakers to implement their defense strategies. His other research foci include U.S.-China relations, Chinese military affairs, and nuclear security. He received an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University SAIS and a B.A. in Global Affairs (with distinction) from Yale University.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Economic Development, Public Infrastructure, Governance and Public Institutions, State Capacity, India
Ankit Bhatia is a Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) concentrating on international development with a regional focus on South Asia. Ankit’s research interests are in the field of development economics, public infrastructure, and state capacity. His research combines spatial and quantitative data analysis methods including machine learning to study the causes and effects of infrastructure development in low and middle-income countries. Prior to his doctoral studies, Ankit has a decade-long experience in policy research and analysis working with policy think tanks and academic institutions in India including at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Carnegie) India Centre, Brookings Institution India Centre, University of Chicago Delhi Centre, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), NITI Aayog (erstwhile Planning Commission, Government of India), and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Ankit holds master's and bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: US Pacific ""Pivot""; US-China Relations; Grand Strategy
John Bolton is a US Army Goodpaster Scholar pursuing a PhD at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. . He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College’s Art of War Scholars Program and holds degrees in military history and mechanical engineering. He has led and commanded a variety of Army units throughout his career. An AH-64D/E aviator with 800 combat hours, he has deployed with Engineer, Aviation, and Infantry units. He will assume command of the 601st Aviation Support Battalion at Ft. Riley, KS next summer.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Broad interest in Political Economy, more specifically: Labor and Human Capital, Migration, Identity, Computational Social Science Methods. Regional focus on Asia and the United States
Past Experience: Before starting my PhD journey at SAIS, I started my position as an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Social Media and Politics based in NYU. Currently, I am researching the public's use of social media during past U.S. elections. Before that, I worked as a Research Analyst at the Pew Research Center in D.C., focusing on migration, race and identity research. I previously also worked at the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development team. In my past life, I worked as a journalist in Syracuse, NY and Jakarta, Indonesia. Past Education: Pre-doctoral M.A. in Political Economy, New York University | Thesis title, "Leadership and Social Ties Within Collective Action Networks: An Analysis of the Stop Asian Hate Movement on Twitter" Dual B.S. in Quantitative Economics and Broadcast Journalism , Syracuse University | Thesis title, "Effect of U.S. Dollar Volatility on Migrant Remittances"
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Political Violence, Genocide, Mass Violence, Mass Atrocities, War Crimes, Sexual Violence, Gender And War, Conflict Studies, Political Identity, Nationalism, Propaganda, Political Repression, Authoritarianism, Transitional Justice, Political Trauma, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Maya Camargo-Vemuri is a PhD student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. As a scholar of political violence, she focuses on civilian victimization, genocide, mass violence, and atrocity in modern states and societies. Her interest in questions of power, identity, and conflict in political arenas has also led her to do work on the role of nationalism, propaganda, repression, and authoritarianism. She is especially interested in cases in Eastern Europe and Russia, as well as Latin America. Her dissertation focuses on violence during genocide, examining trends within and across cases to develop a descriptive and comparative framework for such violence in the contemporary era. During her time at JHU SAIS, she has been a Graduate Research Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an APSA Diversity Fellow, an instructor at the JHU Homewood Campus, and an Adjunct Professor at the United States Naval Academy. She is currently a Student Fellow at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute. Before coming to SAIS, she was a Boren Fellow in Senegal and a Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights in Peru.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: China Studies, Southeast Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, Bureaucratic Politics, Contentious Politics, Identity and Nationalism, State Building, International Relations
Hasta's research centers around China’s relations with neighboring states in South and Southeast Asia. During the 2022-2023 academic year, she will be a National Bureau of Asian Research Chinese Language Fellow. She holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Prior to joining SAIS, she was a Fudan Fellow at Fudan University in Shanghai, and then studied Chinese in the Inter-University Program (IUP) at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She also has a professional background in sustainable development research in South and Southeast Asia.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: The Politics of Food and Nutrition, Governance, Policy Process Theories, Impact Evaluation Methods, Comparative Politics, International Development
Deviana has a keen interest in the policy process and the political economy of food and nutrition. Her research project focuses on the agenda setting processes behind the salience of a child malnutrition policy as a political priority, working with Prof. Jeremy Shiffman. She holds a master’s degree in Development Studies at University of Sussex, UK and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations at Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Indonesia. Prior to joining SAIS, she has built her expertise in international development since 2012 as a project coordinator for World Vision in a remote Indonesian district, a research consultant for Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, and recently as a senior program manager in poverty and social development for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in partnership with the World Bank. Aside from her PhD studies, she currently works as a graduate research assistant in Johns Hopkins’ Global Food Ethics and Policy Program and she enjoys hiking, reading, blogging, and swimming.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Turkish Politics, Intra-Party Politics, Authoritarianism, Democratic Backsliding, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Social Policy
Silvia Fuselli is a PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). Her research project centers on the impact of intra-party politics on processes of democratization, democratic backsliding, and autocratization, with a specific focus on Turkey. Silvia is also a social protection expert at the World Bank, specializing on adaptive social safety nets in contexts affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. Prior to joining the Bank, Silvia worked in the NGO and private sector. She holds a MA in International Relations and Economics from SAIS and earned a MA and BA in Diplomacy and International Affairs from University of Bologna, Italy.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Information Technology, Comparative Politics, China's Foreign Policy, Cybersecurity, History of Technology
Oskar Galeev is a Ph.D. candidate at SAIS and a fellow at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies. His research is concerned with the cyber-geography of emerging markets and the political economy of technology. He received a B.A. in International Studies from Leiden University, The Netherlands and an M.A. in China Studies from the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Prior to joining SAIS, he had worked at Huawei Technologies, at the European Commission, and taught at the University of Amsterdam. Oskar speaks Chinese, Russian, French, and Tatar.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Macroeconomic Policy, International Trade and Migration, European Integration, Labor Markets, Central Banking
Alex Haag is a doctoral student in international political economy working under the supervision of Professor Matthias Matthijs. He holds an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins and BAs in International Relations and Russian from Brigham Young University. His research broadly focuses on the political economy topics centered on the continuation of the European project. More specifically, he currently focuses on the generational dynamics of welfare state responses to economic crisis and what these entail for the future of European integration.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Comparative Political Economy, Domestic Politics of International Relations, EU-China Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, International Relations of Northeast Asia
Yun Han received her M.A. from Johns Hopkins SAIS, with concentrations in International Economics and Japan Studies. Previously, she earned a B.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University. While at GWU, she spent a semester studying abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Before starting her Ph.D., Ms. Han was a Policy Research Fellow at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, where her research focused on China's Belt and Road Initiative.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Cybersecurity, International Relations, Intelligence
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Chinese Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy, US Politics and Foreign Policy, Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Russian Politics and Foreign Policy, East Asian and Southeast Asian National Security, Constitutional Law, Environmental Policy, The Korean Peninsula
I was born in Beijing, China, and moved to the United States when I was thirteen years old. My Ph.D. topic focuses on China's mobilization capability and its relationship to policy implementation. Besides, I have been following China's economic development, the Chinese legal system, Chinese foreign policy in Asia, and US-China relations. Besides China, I am interested in the politics of Japan, Russia, Southeast Asia, and the Korean Peninsula. I am a constant contributor to the Diplomat, which I write on a wide range of issues in Asia, especially developments in China.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: China Studies, Political Economy, Economic Competitiveness, Industrial Policy
Meredith is a PhD candidate in China Studies. Prior to SAIS, Meredith worked in a variety of advisory, operational and research roles in the private, public and non-profit sectors. She is a trustee of The Asia Foundation, a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Meredith holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Modern Propaganda and Disinformation, Terrorism, Conflict Termination, American Foreign Policy
Fernando Lujan is a PhD candidate in Strategic Studies and an instructor at the National War College. He served for 25 years in the US Army as a Special Forces officer and Foreign Area Specialist. His most recent assignments were with the State Department as a member of the US negotiating team seeking a political settlement in Afghanistan, and as a Director and Senior Director on the National Security Council at the White House. His writing on Afghanistan and irregular warfare has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Small Wars Journal. Fernando was selected as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, where he researched small-scale approaches to counterterrorism, culminating in the Center for New American Security report "Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention." He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from West Point and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: International Relations, Alliances, Southeast Asia, Democracy and Liberalism
Angelica (Gica) Mangahas is a PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies where she is a student of Southeast Asian politics. Her research is focused on the domestic sources of support for the US-Philippines alliance. She is currently working with the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute to develop a Diplomatic Capacity Index: a tool to measure the comparative investments that countries make to prepare for political, economic, and security diplomacy. Gica was previously Deputy Director for Research at the Stratbase – Albert Del Rosario Institute in Manila and an instructor at De La Salle University.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: State Capacity, Political Economy, Public Sector Labor Markets, Bureaucracy -- Recruitment and Training
Prakhar is a Ph.D. Candidate in South Asian Studies working with Professor Devesh Kapur. His interests are in bureaucratic reforms and in improvements in the quality of governance in India. He has a Masters in Public Policy from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford where he was a Chevening Scholar; a Post-graduate Diploma in Economics and Finance from Meghnad Desai Academy where he was a Chanakya Scholar; and a Bachelors in Instrumentation Engineering from Ramaiah Institute of Technology. For more on his research and other projects, visit his personal website .
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Political Violence, Governance, Violent Extremism, Gender, International Development, Discourse
Elor Nkereuwem is finishing up a PhD in International Studies (African Studies concentration) at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. Her dissertation focuses on discourse and political violence. It proposes a renewed focus on the narratives that contribute to the emergence of extremist violence. Before coming to SAIS, she graduated from the University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science) with a degree in International Relations. In 2013 she obtained a Master of Letters degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of St Andrews, Scotland where her dissertation, which analyzed media coverage of Al-Qaeda affiliates in West Africa, earned her the Sir Menzies Campbell Prize for Best MLitt Dissertation in International Relations. She is an award-winning investigative journalist and has recently finished visiting fellowships at the Henry L. Stimson Center as well as Transparency International Defense and Security in Washington, D.C. Her latest policy blog reviews Russia’s increased economic and strategic focus on Africa, and how this is further muddling up complex conflicts in many African countries.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: International Relations, Economic Statecraft, Sanctions, Security, Russia, North Korea, Comparative Politics
Heejae Park is a Ph.D. student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) under the supervision of Dr. Kent Calder. Her research broadly focuses on economic sanctions, authoritarian regimes, and North Korea-Russia relations. Her dissertation explores how states adapt and cope with economic sanctions.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: National Security Decision-Making; Defense Policy; U.S.-Russian Relations; European and Eurasian Security; Congress and Foreign Policy; Strategic Studies; Diplomatic History; American Political Development
Will Quinn is a PhD candidate and Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, where he leads strategic planning, coordination, and program development for the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI). He is currently completing a dissertation on U.S.-Russian relations in early decades of the twentieth century and their impact on the development of American foreign policy. Prior to beginning his doctoral research, Will served as a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee for Chairman John McCain where he conducted oversight and wrote legislation shaping Department of Defense policy on the Middle East, the Western Hemisphere, security cooperation, and homeland defense, among other subjects. Before joining the committee in 2015, he worked in strategic communications for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the U.S. federal budget and economic policy. Will has contributed research to several recent books, including Niall Ferguson's ""Kissinger: The Idealist, 1923-1968"" (2015), Eliot Cohen's ""The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force"" (2017), and Francis J. Gavin's ""Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy"" (2020), and has worked as a Summer Associate and Adjunct Researcher at the RAND Corporation on subjects including fighting on nuclear battlefields, Sino-Indian military rivalry, and congressional oversight of the Intelligence Community. At SAIS, he teaches a regular professional skills course on briefing and has served as a teaching assistant in courses on intelligence with Professor John McLaughlin and Shakespeare and politics with Professor Eliot Cohen. Mr. Quinn holds an M.A. in International Relations with a concentration in Strategic Studies from SAIS and an A.B. in History from Harvard College.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Comparative and International Political Economy, African politics, Institutions, Resource Misallocation, Development Finance
Keyi Tang a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. Her research focuses on the institutional causes of resource misallocation in developing countries, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Her dissertation combines geocoded administrative data on service delivery and extensive fieldwork in Beijing, Washington, D.C., Zambia, Ethiopia, and Ghana. For more information, visit her personal website .
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Posture/Strategy, Diplomatic History, Emerging Military Technologies, Arms Control
Reja Younis is pursuing a PhD in International Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS, concentrating in Strategic Studies. Reja is also a Predoctoral Fellow with the Kissinger Center at SAIS and an Associate Fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). At CSIS, she leads research on nuclear deterrence, nuclear strategy, and emerging military technologies. She holds a BS in Social Sciences and Liberal Arts from the Institute of Business Administration and graduated with highest honors in Political Science. She completed her MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago.
Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Chinese Politics (Elite and Technocratic Politics, Political Institutions, Policy Process), Comparative Politics, U.S.-China Relations, Environmental Governance, Sustainable Development
Yifan currently is a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins SAIS under the supervision of Professor Andrew Mertha. Her research focuses on China's elite and technocratic politics, political institutions, domestic and foreign policy processes, and U.S.-China relations. She received an MA with honors in China Studies, American Foreign Policy, and International Economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS in 2019 and a BA degree in International Relations from Boston University in 2018. Yifan also speaks Chinese Mandarin and is learning French. In her free time, she enjoys running, playing tennis, skiing, and playing with her cats.
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Department of International Relations. Established in December 2007, Tsinghua University's Department of International Relations (IR Department) is an important education and research institution in China, with the mission of nurturing scholars and professionals in political studies, international relations and foreign affairs.
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The School of International Relations, founded in 2006 at UIBE , now is one of the top political science and international relations research and education institutions in China with increasing international recognition and visibility. As of 2022 ,we host around 220 international students from more than 50 countries in BA, MA, and PhD programs.
The PhD in International Relations aims to produce scholars who will make an impact in their respective fields by virtue of their professionalism, disciplinary competence and ability to communicate ideas in a policy-relevant area. Our PhD candidates' core studies are in areas including international relations theory, regionalism and regional ...
Obtaining this type of degree can take four to six years. Ph.D. graduates work as experts in areas of business or research. The most common types of doctoral degrees include: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.), Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). Unlike bachelor's or master's programs, applying for a PhD ...
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The program requires a minimum score of 90 on the internet-based TOEFL test or 7 on the IELTS test. 4. Tuition and Scholarships. Tuition: For international degree students in the program, the annual tuition is RMB 100,000. Scholarships: Students supported by Chinese government scholarship will be waived the tuition.
About the Program. The English-instructed Doctoral Program in International Politics was established by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA) at Fudan University in 2013. The principal goal of the program is preparing scholars and practitioners with a solid theoretical foundation, rigorous research skills, and ...
The program trains the students advanced theories in international politics and relations, with a focus on Chinese politics (domestic and international), great power diplomacy, nontraditional diplomacy, and new global order. Students are required to study 6 required courses including 2 language courses, elect 4 courses, and write a dissertation.
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PhD of International Relations. Nanjing University. ... Nanjing University is one of China's key comprehensive universities and it functions directly under the Ministry of Education. It is located in the ancient capital of six dynasties -- Nanjing. The University dates back to 1902 when Sanjiang Normal School was founded, and then evolved as ...
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The PhD in International Relations at Xiamen University is a three year program taught in English. PhD in International Relations Create a Profile to Save this Course. ... The University holds the distinction of conferring the first doctorates in oceanography and accounting upon international students in China. XMU hosts more than 3,400 ...
The department offers supervision for M.Phil./Ph.D. candidates in the following sub-disciplines within the field: China and Hong Kong studies, comparative politics, international relations, political theory and public administration. The degrees may be taken on either a full-time or a part-time basis.
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PhD in International Relations Introduction to the Program. The PhD in International Relations is a 3 year program taught in English to international students. Students can start the program in September each year. About WHU - Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU) is a top 5 University in China, located in central China in the city of Wuhan, with around 1500 international students.
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International Relations Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) This Ph.D. program is designed to provide students with a regional expertise in an area study of the globe, be that Russia, China, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia or the Americas. To develop such an expertise the students will, first, be exposed to all the different ...
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