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    Dr Evan Resnick

    Senior Associate Fellow
    Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
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    BA Hons (York); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University)
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    China and the Alliance Allergy of Rising Powers
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    Dr Evan Resnick

    Senior Associate Fellow
    Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
    Education
    BA Hons (York); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University)
    : [email protected]
    : +65 6513 8056
    : IDSS / GPO

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    Biography

    Evan Resnick is a Senior Associate Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His chief academic interests lie at the intersection of international relations theory, international security studies, and U.S. foreign policy. Resnick’s published work has appeared in a number of academic journals, including International Security, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, and European Journal of International Relations. His book Allies of Convenience: A Theory of Bargaining in U.S. Foreign Policy was published by Columbia University Press in 2019. He is presently working on a second book project, “Interests, Ideologies, and Great Power Spheres of Influence,” for which he was awarded a Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1 Grant in 2021. Dr. Resnick received Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. degrees from Columbia University, and a B.A. (Sp. Hons) from York University in Toronto, Canada. He has previously taught at Yeshiva University in New York City.

    Dr Resnick’s curriculum vitae is available HERE.

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    Areas of Expertise

    • International Relations Theory
    • International Security Studies
    • United States Foreign Policy, Defence Policy, and Grand Strategy
    • Military Alliances
    • Positive Sanctions and Statecraft

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    Professional Activities

    • Visiting Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, Summer 2014
    • Participant, Bridging the Gap 2014 International Policy Summer Institute, American University, June 2014
    • Participant, “New Era International Workshop: The Role of Public Goods Provision in the Fields of Energy Governance and Infectious Disease Prevention in Southeast Asia,” Bridging the Gap Project, Singapore Management University, December 2013
    • Visiting Scholar, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Summer 2013
    • Participant, Middle East Studies Delegation to Israel, Co-Sponsored by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, and the America-Israel Friendship League, Summer 2011
    • Participant, Smith Richardson Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), Summer 2002
    • Article reviewer (African Security Review, Contemporary Security Policy, European Journal of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, International Security, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Review, Security Studies
    • Book reviewer (Oxford University Press).
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    RSIS Publications

      Policy Reports

      • The Ties That Don't (Yet) Bind

        01 June, 2014

      Commentaries

      • Hawks, Doves and US Credibility in East Asia

        06 April, 2023

      • The Case of Jamal Khashoggi: America’s Obsolete Alliance with Saudi Arabia

        31 October, 2018

      • CO17064 | Trump’s Ill-Fated China-North Korea Gambit

        07 April, 2017

      • CO16153 | Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Paradox

        21 June, 2016

      • CO15275 | Reciprocal Salami-Slicing in East Asia

        18 December, 2015

      • CO15055 | America's Dangerously Misguided Russia Policy

        16 March, 2015

      • CO14107 | Dubious Deterrence in the East China Sea

        05 June, 2014

      • CO14004 | The East Asian Tinderbox: No Rules of the Game?

        06 January, 2014

      • CO13069 | The Perils of Containing China

        19 April, 2013

      • CO13003 | Obama's Second Term Foreign Policy: Nation-Building At Home, More Conciliation Abroad

        04 January, 2013

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    External Publications

    Authored Books

    • Allies of Convenience: A Theory of Bargaining in U.S. Foreign Policy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019

    Journal Articles

    • “Interests, Ideologies, and Great Power Spheres of Influence” in European Journal of International Relations , 2022
    • Resnick, Evan N. “I Will Follow: Smart Power and the Management of Wartime Alliances,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 38:3 (2015): 383-409.
    • Resnick, Evan N. “Hang Together or Hang Separately? Evaluating Rival Theories of Wartime Alliance Cohesion,” Security Studies, 22, No. 4 (2013): 672-706
    • Resnick, Evan N. “Strange Bedfellows: U.S. Bargaining Behavior with Allies of Convenience,” International Security, 35, No. 3 (2010/11): 144-184.
    • Resnick, Evan N. “Debating British Decisionmaking toward Nazi Germany in the 1930’s,” International Security, 34, No. 1
    • Resnick, Evan N. “Defining Engagement,” Journal of International Affairs, 54, No. 2 (2001): 551-566

    Op-Eds

    • “China and the Alliance Allergy of Rising Powers”, Texas National Security Review, 30 May 2023
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    Teaching Modules

    • IR6028 Current Topics and Controversies in U.S. Foreign Policy
    • P9003 Strategies of Qualitative Research in International Studies

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