Staff
Deepa Ollapally
Founder and Director of Rising Powers Initiative
Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs; Associate Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Areas of Expertise: International Relations of South Asia; India-China relations; Indo-Pacific regional security; identity and foreign policy of rising powers
Dr. Ollapally is currently working on a funded book, Big Power Competition for Influence in the Indian Ocean Region, which assesses the shifting patterns of geopolitical influence by major powers in the region since 2005 and the drivers of these changes. She is the author of five books including Worldviews of Aspiring Powers (Oxford, 2012) and The Politics of Extremism in South Asia (Cambridge, 2008). Her most recent books are two edited volumes, Energy Security in Asia and Eurasia (Routledge, 2017), coauthored with Mike Mochizuki, and Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503R
Twitter: @DeepaOllapally
Phone: 202-994-8854
Email: deepao@gwu.edu
Mike Mochizuki
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Gaston Sigur Chair of Japan-U.S. Relations at the Elliott School of International Affairs
Dr. Mochizuki was director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies from 2001 to 2005. He co-directs the Memory and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific research and policy project of the Sigur Center. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was also Co-Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy at RAND and has taught at the University of Southern California and Yale University. His most recent books are Energy Security in Asia and Eurasia (Routledge, 2017), coauthored with Deepa Ollapally, Japan-U. S. Alliance and China-Taiwan Relations: Implications for Okinawa (Sigur Center 2008), Japan in International Politics: The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State (Rienner 2007), The Okinawa Question and the U.S.-Japan Alliance (Sigur Center 2005), and Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea, (McGraw-Hill 203).
Areas of Expertise: Japanese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Japan relations, and East Asian security
1957 E Street, NW Suite 503
Phone: 202-994-7074
Email: mochizuk@gwu.edu
Recent Research Assistants & Affiliates
Gabriel Savagner
Research Assistant
M.A. Candidate in Security Policy Studies
Email: gsavagner@gwmail.gwu.edu
Satvik Pendyala
Research Assistant
M.A. Candidate in International Affairs
Email: satvikpendyala@gwmail.gwu.edu
Siddid Dey Purkayastha
Research Affiliate
M.A. International Studies Candidate
Christ (Deemed to be a University)
Email: siddid.purkayastha@mais.christuniversity.in
Sheikh Snober Hafeez
Research Affiliate
M.A. International Studies Candidate
Christ (Deemed to be a University)
Email: sheikh.hafeez@mais.christuniversity.in
EXPERT AFFILIATES
The following experts have contributed to research through the Rising Powers Initiative.
Acharya, Amitav. Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University.
Brazinsky, Gregg. Professor of History and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Carlson, Allen. Associate Professor in the Department of Government, Cornell University.
Clary, Christopher. Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Albany.
Dalpino, Catharin. Contract Course Chair, US Department of State Foreign Service Institute.
Deshpande, Madhumati. Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
Farhi, Farideh. Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawai’i-Manoa.
Glaser, Charles L. Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Goldstein, Lyle. Research Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College.
Itoh, Shoichi. Manager and Senior Analyst, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.
Jandhyala, Srividya. Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciale (ESSEC) Asia-Pacific Campus, Singapore.
Joseph C. C. Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor, Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
Kuchins, Andrew. President, American University of Central Asia.
Laruelle, Marlene. Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Research Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Layug, Allan. Higher Degree Research Student, University of Queensland, Australia.
Lotfian, Saideh. Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran.
Mahalingam, Sudha. Energy expert, Former Member, India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
Mattoo, Amitabh. Professor of Disarmament Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
McHale, Shawn. Associate Professor History and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Michishita, Narushige. Assistant Professor of Security and International Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan.
Mirilovic, Nikola. Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Central Florida.
Miyaoka, Isao. Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Keio University, Japan.
Mochizuki, Mike M. Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in Memory of Gaston Sigur at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University.
N., Manoharan. Associate Professor, Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
Nau, Henry R. Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Ollapally, Deepa M. Director, Rising Powers Initiative, Associate Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Rajagopalan, Rajesh. Professor and Chair, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Samuels, Richard. Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Shambaugh, David. Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program, The George Washington University.
Shin, Jong-dae. Professor at the University of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University, South Korea.
Snyder, Scott. Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations.
Song, Wei. Assistant Professor, School of Economic, Xiamen University, China.
Sutter, Robert. Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thanh. Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam.
Vuving, Alexander. Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
Watson, Virginia. Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
Weiner, Robert J. Professor of International Business, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Xiao, Ren. Director of the Center for Chinese Foreign Policy Studies and Professor, Fudan University, China.
Yao, Yuan-Ming Alvin. Executive Secretary, The Prospect Foundation, Taiwan.
Yang, Daqing. Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Yang, Jiawen. Professor of International Business and International Affairs, The George Washington University.
Yarr, Linda. Director, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia, The George Washington University.
Zevelev, Igor. Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center.
Zha, Daojiong. Professor of International Political Economy, School of International Studies, Peking University, China.
Zhang, Hui. Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.
This list was last updated on August 16, 2022.
