Oriana Mastro
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of Political Science
Bio
Oriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She is also Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and continues to serve in the United States Air Force Reserve for which she works as a strategic planner at INDOPACOM J56. For her contributions to U.S. strategy in Asia, she won the Individual Reservist of the Year Award in 2016. She has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, International Security, International Studies Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, Survival, and Asian Security, and is the author of The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, (Cornell University Press, 2019). She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Her publications and other commentary can be found on twitter @osmastro and www.orianaskylarmastro.com.
Academic Appointments
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Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Assistant Professor (By courtesy), Political Science
2024-25 Courses
- China and its Military
INTLPOL 248 (Win) - International Security in a Changing World
INTNLREL 114S, POLISCI 114S (Win) - Practical Training
INTLPOL 298 (Win) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Directed Reading
INTLPOL 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- China and its Military
INTLPOL 248 (Win) - Practical Training
INTLPOL 298 (Win)
2022-23 Courses
- International Security in a Changing World
POLISCI 114S (Win) - Practical Training
INTLPOL 298 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- International Security in a Changing World
INTLPOL 241S (Win) - International Security in a Changing World
POLISCI 114S (Win)
- China and its Military
All Publications
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Sino-Russian Military Alignment and Its Implications for Global Security
SECURITY STUDIES
2024
View details for DOI 10.1080/09636412.2024.2319587
View details for Web of Science ID 001206668900001
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Talking to the enemy: Explaining the emergence of peace talks in interstate war
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1177/09516298231185112
View details for Web of Science ID 001022325400001
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The Next Flashpoint? China, the Republic of Korea, and the Yellow Sea
ASIA POLICY
2023; 18 (1)
View details for Web of Science ID 000964554300001
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Reassurance and Deterrence in Asia
SECURITY STUDIES
2022
View details for DOI 10.1080/09636412.2022.2140598
View details for Web of Science ID 000878893800001
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Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
ASIA POLICY
2022; 17 (4): 8-18
View details for Web of Science ID 000877369100003
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How South Korea Can Contribute to the Defense of Taiwan
WASHINGTON QUARTERLY
2022; 45 (3): 109-129
View details for DOI 10.1080/0163660X.2022.2126586
View details for Web of Science ID 000871348600006
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Understanding the Challenge of China's Rise: Fixing Conceptual Confusion about Intentions
JOURNAL OF CHINESE POLITICAL SCIENCE
2022
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11366-022-09805-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000810304700001
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The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Book Review)
ASIA POLICY
2022; 17 (1): 161-172
View details for Web of Science ID 000798166500012
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Teach What You Preach: A Comprehensive Guide to the Policy Memo as a Methods Teaching Tool
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
2021; 17: 326-340
View details for DOI 10.1080/15512169.2020.1865990
View details for Web of Science ID 000736812800026
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The Taiwan Temptation Why Beijing Might Resort to Force
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2021; 100 (4): 58-67
View details for Web of Science ID 000669947700006