Profiles in "International Relations" Expertise Area

  • Ripley's major fields of study are international relations and comparative politics with an emphasis on U.S. foreign policy, international political economy, security studies, and Latin American politics.
  • Koehler's primary research interests include the role of identity in international politics, specifically for the region of East Asia.
  • Wright's primary research interests include international conflict and security, civil conflict, state repression and human rights, and international international peacekeeping.
  • Niebuhr's interests including global studies, travel history, languages, military studies, and diplomacy of the modern era. https://vimeo.com/334097767
  • Walker’s research interests focus on conflict management and resolution, foreign policy analysis, and political psychology.
  • Ashley's studies include critical international theory, with primary attention to questions of statecraft, law, sovereignty, territoriality, production of rights-bearing citizen subjects and the modern university.
  • Nelson has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in top academic journals, as well as Latin American case studies in the Thunderbird case series that are staples in business schools across the country.
  • Ambassador O’Donnell retired from the career U.S. Foreign Service in 2007, after 33 years in Latin America, German-speaking Europe and other positions in Washington, D.C. He is currently a Professor of Practice at ASU.