Yuen Foong Khong (; born 1956) is the Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science at the
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.
History
The Lee Kuan Yew School of ...
,
National University of Singapore
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.
He was previously Professor of International Relations at
Nuffield College
Nuffield College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college and specialises in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer co ...
,
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor of Government at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
. A cited expert whose highest cited paper is ''Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965'' at 894 times, according to GoogleScholar.
Khong' research interests are in United States foreign policy, international relations theory, the international politics of the Asia Pacific region, and cognitive approaches to international relations.
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uffield College. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
He received his PhD (Political Science/International Relations) from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
in 1987.
Selected publications
*''Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965'' (Princeton University Press, 1992; 6th printing 2006).
*With Neil MacFarlane, ''The United Nations and Human Security: A Critical History'' (Indiana University Press, 2006).
*With David Malone (co-ed.) ''Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: International Perspectives''(New York: Lynn Reiner, 2003).
*With Charles Kupchan, Emmauel Adler, and Jean Marc Coicaud, ''Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order'' (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2001)
References
1956 births
Living people
Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford
Academics of the University of Oxford
Malaysian political scientists
Harvard University faculty
Harvard University alumni
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