Dr Ryan Griffiths
Phd, Columbia University
M.Phil, Columbia University
BA, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Interests
- Secession
- Nationalism
- International Relations Theory
- The Rise of China
- Research Methods
Griffiths’ research focuses on three loosely related areas. The first examines the dynamics of secession with a particular emphasis on the international and domestic causes of secessionist conflict over time. The second research area investigates the organization of the international system, with a specific interest in sovereignty and different types of political order, historically and in the future. The third research area looks at the rise of China, with a general interest in theories of power transition and a more focused attention to the question of whether China will seek to accept, overturn, or modify existing international norms.
Before joining the department, Griffiths was a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. In 2010 he completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at Columbia University.
Publications
- “Secession.” Encyclopedia of Political Thought, (forthcoming).
- “Security Threats, Linguistic Homogeneity, and the Necessary Conditions for Political Unification.” Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 2010), 169-188
- “Globalization and Separatism: The Influence of Internal and External Interdependence on the Strategy of Separatism.” In Jerry Harris (ed), The Nation in the Global Era: Conflict and Transformation. Leiden: Brill, 2009 (with Ivan Savic), 429-454
- “A State of One’s Own: The Rise of Secession Since World War II.” The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Fall / Winter 2008) (with Tanisha Fazal), 199-209
Datasets
- Sovereign States, 1816-2011. 2012 (with Charles Butcher).
- Proto-States and Secessionist Movements, 1816-2005. 2010.