I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University. My dissertation, Race and International Politics, aims to show that race matters in great power politics. More specifically, it offers a racial theory of conflict and cooperation among great powers. Under particular conditions difference in racial identity inflates states' threat perceptions, while shared racial identity deflates threat perceptions. In turn, deflated threat perception facilitates cooperation among great powers with shared racial identity, while inflated threat perception obstructs cooperation and encourages conflict among states with different racial identities. The argument is empirically illustrated in detailed case studies of the demise of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1922), the achievement of the Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963), and Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the US (1980-1992). 

In addition to race in international politics, I am interested in International Relations Theory, International Security, Diplomatic History, European Integration, Qualitative Methods, and the role of ideas in international politics.

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