2020
Kyle GARDNER, United States
Affiliation: Google
Research Topics: Geopolitics, Mapping, and Border-making in the Himalayas
Research Term: March 2020 – March 2023
Sameer LALWANI, United States
Affiliation: U.S. Institute of Peace
Research Topic: US-Indian Convergence, Divergence, and Implications for the Quadrilateral and the Indo-Pacific
Research Term: January 2020 – December 2022
Ron LEONHARDT II, United States
Affiliation: George Washington University
Research Topics: Salt and Tobacco: National Identity and Othering in Sangkum Cambodia, 1955-1970
Research Term: September 2020 – September 2021
Mélanie-Malâlaye SADOZAI, France
Affiliation: Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales (INALCO/Sorbonne Paris Cité)
Research Topic: Tajikistan’s Southern Border in the Pamirs: Resources and Stress of a War-Torn Afghan Neighborhood
Research Term: March 2020 – June 2022
Mooyoul Joseph SEO, Republic of Korea
Affiliation: ROK Army
Research Topic: Alliance Solidarity Among US Allies in Northeast Asia
Research Term: October 2020 – April 2021
2021
Jie CHEN, United States
Email: chen9jx@jmu.edu
Affiliation: James Madison University
Research Topics: The Trend, Level, and Sources of Popular Support for China’s Current Political Regime
Research Term: August 2021 – August 2022
Przemysław CIBOREK, Poland
Email: pciborek@gwu.edu
Affiliation: University of Lodz, Poland
Research Topics: China’s multilateralism in the context of Sino-American interactions in Central and Southeast Europe
Research Term: May 2021 – June 2023
Edward LINCOLN, United States
Affiliation: Retired from NYU Stern School of Business
Research Topic: Contemporary developments in the Japanese economy
Research Term: June 2021 – December 2021
Masahiro KURITA, Japan
Email: masahiro_kuri_1@gwu.edu
Affiliation: The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS); Ministry of Defense, Japan
Research Topics: Nuclear Strategy with “Asian Characteristics”: Different Trajectory from the Cold War
Research Term: March 2021 – April 2022
Resident Scholars
Benjamin Ho Tze Ern, Singapore
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, China Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore
Research Topics: The China Challenge and the Future of Rules-Based Order in Southeast Asia
Book: China’s Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism: International Order and Global Leadership (Amsterdam University Press, 2021)
Research Term: November 2021 – February 2022
Zhengyang LI, China
Affiliation: PhD candidate, China Foreign Affairs University
Research Topics: Domestic politics and operational regional order: US
trade policymaking towards Indo-Pacific economies
Research Term: August 2021 – December 2021
Sarwat RAUF, Pakistan
Affiliation: National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan
Research Activities:
- An article entitled “Regional Connectivity in Pakistan and Central Asian Republics: Prospects and Challenges”
- Book Project: “Regional Integration and Dynamics between South and Central Asia”
Research Term: February 2021 – February 2022
Shino WATANABE, Japan
Email: swatanabe@gwu.edu
Affiliation: Fulbright, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University, Japan
Research Topic: U.S.-China Competition and Cooperation over International Development Finance
Research Term: September 2021 – September 2022
Yali ZHU, China
Email: yzhu82@gwu.edu
Affiliation: PhD candidate, East China Normal University
Research Topics: History of International Organizations, specifically on International Atomic Energy Agency; East Asian History; Nuclear History
Research Term: November 2021 – November 2022
