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Andrew Oros

Faculty
Political Science Dept
  • Professor of Political Science and International Studies • Director of the International Studies Program • Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Minor

Andrew Oros

Andrew Oros

 

Office Hours

Tuesday, Thursday 11:15-11:45am, Tuesday 2:15-3:15pm, and by appointment (including via Zoom)

Andrew L. Oros is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. His latest book, "Asia’s Aging Security: How Demographic Change Affects America’s Allies and Adversaries" (Columbia University Press, 2025), was initiated as a residential at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC and supported by grants from the Japan Foundation, Korea Foundation, and Global Taiwan Institute. He is the author of three other books, including "Japan’s Security Renaissance" (Columbia University Press, 2017), and numerous articles and book chapters on issues related to East Asian security, Japanese politics, intelligence studies, and demographic change. He earned his Ph.D in political science at Columbia University, an M.Sc from the London School of Economics as a British government Marshall scholar, and a B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Education

  • Ph.D, Political Science, Columbia University
  • M.Sc, Politics of the World Economy, London School of Economics
  • B.A., International Relations / East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern California

Academic Expertise

  • Japanese Foreign Policy / US-Japan Relations
  • Demographic Change / Aging Societies
  • US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific

Seniors often work on SCEs under my direction on topics related to American foreign policy, especially about US-East Asia relations such as the rise of China, managing North Korea, and US allies and strategy. In addition, seniors have worked with me on a wide range of topics related to East Asia such as on evolving gender norms, ethnic conflict, trade policy, different varieties of democracies and authoritarian regimes. Topics related to intelligence collection/agencies and national security broadly also have been popular topic areas on which I have advised SCE projects.

 

Additional Information

  • Executive editor Asian Security, peer-reviewed journal by Routledge - May 2018 – present; Associate editor, May 2010 – May 2018
  • Guest Professor (Global), Keio University, Tokyo, Japan - October 2023
  • Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan - June – July 2023
  • Visiting Researcher, Seoul National University, South Korea - November – December 2021
  • Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC - Sept 2020 – Dec 2021
  • Adjunct Fellow, East-West Center Washington, Washington, DC - January – August 2014
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University, Japan - June – August 2011; October – December 2010
  • Visiting Scholar, School of International Studies, Peking University, China - July – October 2010
  • Invited Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan - May – August 2009
  • Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University - Jan. – Aug. 2006
  • Visiting Northeast Asia Fellow, East-West Center, Washington, DC - July 2005 – January 2006
  • Residential fellowship recipient, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC - September 2020 – December 2021
  • One of twelve participants in the “Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars network” (Cohort I) administered by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation under funding provided by the Luce Foundation, to “foster the growth of U.S. specialists with the ability and connections to think holistically about the world’s most dynamic and strategically important region” - January 2020 – October 2022
  • Member of delegation, “Bridging the Divide” program funded by the Korea Foundation and led by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation - June 2018
  • Member of delegation, “China-U.S. Young Leaders Dialogue,” hosted by the Chinese Institute for International Studies (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - September 2012
  • One of fourteen participants in the “U.S.-Japan Network for the Future” (Cohort II) administered by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation under funding provided by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership - January 2012 – January 2014