Taylor Fravel

Taylor Fravel
NationalityAmerican
Other names傅泰林
EducationMiddlebury College (BA), Oxford University (MA), London School of Economics (MS), Stanford University (PhD)
OccupationPolitical scientist
EmployerMIT
Board member ofNational Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Taylor Fravel is an American political scientist. He specializes in international security.

Education[edit]

Fravel earned his BA in history (summa cum laude) from Middlebury College in 1993, MA in philosophy, politics and economics from New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1995, MS in international relations (with distinction) from London School of Economics, and PhD in political science from Stanford University in 2004.

Career[edit]

Fravel is the Director of the Security Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[1] and is associated with Princeton University and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the board of directors for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations[2][3] and a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations.[4]

Publications[edit]

Fravel is on the editorial boards of and has been published in journals including International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, and The China Quarterly.[5] Books authored include two volumes of 'Princeton Studies in International Relations and History':

  • Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy Since 1949. Princeton University Press, 2020. ISBN 9780691210339
  • Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Conflict and Cooperation in China’s Territorial Disputes. Princeton University Press, 2008. ISBN 9781400828876

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Taylor Fravel named director of the MIT Security Studies Program". MIT News. Center for International Studies. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. ^ "M. Taylor Fravel | People | MIT Political Science". polisci.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. ^ "M. Taylor Fravel 2006-2007 Fellow". Coluombia University: Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy". Asia Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ "SSP Faculty Taylor Fravel". MITSSP. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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