Amitav Acharya
,Professor
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center. Previously, he was Professor of Global Governance at the University of Bristol, Professor at York University, Toronto, and at Nanyang... [More]
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Kenki Adachi
,Scholar in Residence
Kenki Adachi is Professor of International Politics at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is currently a visiting professor at the School of International Service, American University and teaching Japanese Polit... [More]
Gordon Adams
,Professor
Dr. Gordon Adams, a professor of U.S. Foreign Policy, has published widely on defense and national security policy, the defense policy process, and national security budgets. He is extensively used by the nation’s media for comment on U.S. national s... [More]
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Akbar Ahmed
,Professor
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is a Visiting Professor and was First Distinguished Chair of Middle East & Is... [More]
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Boaz Atzili
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Boaz Atzili is a political scientist who researches and teaches international politics. His interest is in international security with an emphasis on territorial conflicts and the politics of borders, and the international aspects of state weakne... [More]
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Jeffrey Colgan
,Assistant Professor
Professor Jeff Colgan is interested in the geopolitics of oil, the resource curse, international security, and international political economy. In his new (2013) book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War he presents a new theory of why oil is link... [More]
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Daniel Esser
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Esser has conducted research in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Mexico. He studies foreign aid and local governance in the Global South, in particular in conflict cities, as well as global health policy emergence and funding. He also purs... [More]
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Carolyn Gallaher
,Associate Professor
Carolyn Gallaher is a broadly trained political geographer. Her work blends insights from political economy and cultural studies and is focused on two substantive areas of inquiry—the role of paramilitaries in irregular warfare and the influence of t... [More]
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Lynn Kunkle
,Assistant Professor
Lynn Kunkle is an assistant professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution with interests in religion, culture, U.S. foreign policy, Islam and Western relations and the Middle East. She is an expert of interfaith dialogue and has traveled a... [More]
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James Lee
,Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Lee's work crosses disciplines to reflect the complex world we live in. His August 2009 book, "Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Hot and Cold Wars", is a ground breaking look at the nexus of social problems that will result from climate change. ... [More]
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James Mittelman
,University Professor
James Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs, and was the founding Chair of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University. He has also been named Honorary Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Previously... [More]
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Randolph Persaud
,Associate Professor
Dr. Persaud is the author and editor of books, articles, and journals, and is currently working on a study of the nuances of American hegemony.
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Christopher Rudolph
,Associate Professor
Christopher Rudolph has expertise in the areas of national security, international political economy, international migration, ethnic conflict, and international law. His work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organ... [More]
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Daniel Schneider
,Assistant Professor
Before coming to American University, Professor Daniel Schneider served as a Trial Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was also the Department of Justice's Resident Legal Advisor to Russia. He later served as a con... [More]
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Jordan Tama
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Jordan Tama specializes in the U.S. foreign policy making process, presidential-congressional relations, strategic planning, intelligence reform, counterterrorism policy, and blue-ribbon commissions. He is the author of Terrorism and National Sec... [More]
Mamuka Tsereteli
,Scholar in Residence
Dr. Mamuka Tsereteli is a Director, Center for Black Sea-Caspian Studies at School of International Service at American University. He served as an Assistant Professor at School of International Service in 2007-2011. Dr. Tsereteli teaches classes on ... [More]
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Celeste Wallander
,Associate Professor
Dr. Celeste Wallander became the Director of the International Politics program on August 1, 2012. She has previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Po... [More]
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Sharon Weiner
,Associate Professor
Sharon K. Weiner writes about the intersection of organizational politics and U.S. national security policy. Her book Our Own Worst Enemy? Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise (MIT Press 2011) examines the role o... [More]
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