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                            UPDATES:

• The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial and Maritime Disputes, with Emilia Justyna Powell, Oxford University Press - Winner of the Best Book Award, International Law Section, International Studies Association, 2025
• "China and the US are locked in struggle - and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations," The Conversation
• "The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea - but naval rivalry with China is very real," The Conversation
• "South Korea’s President-Elect Promises Foreign Policy Shift," The Warcast Podcast
• "Legal strategies of China & the US in the South China Sea," -Sea Control Podcast, Center for International Maritime Security
• "How Biden Should Handle the South China Sea Disputes," War on the Rocks
• "Can IR Have Its Own 'Big 3' Journals?," Duck of Minerva

EDUCATION
Duke University
Ph.D., Political Science, 2004
M.A., Political Science, 2001
Fields of concentration: International Relations & Security Studies

American University, School of International Service
M.A., Comparative & Regional Studies: Middle East, 1997
B.A., International Studies, 1993

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, 2018
Bridging the Gap International Policy Summer Institute, 2018
Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations & Strategy, 2003    
American University of Beirut, Intensive Arabic, 2002

                                               My CV
Hello! I am the Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs and Professor at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee. I am an International Relations scholar specializing in international security, territorial and maritime disputes, Indo-Pacific security, U.S. national security strategy, and political violence. I am a Non-resident Adjunct Fellow at the Pacific Forum.

I can be reached for inquiries about my research, data sets, public talks, and media interviews at kwiegand at utk.edu or 865-974-0969. My address is Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Tennessee, 1640 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996-3839.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense, 2024-2025
Stanton Foundation, 2024
Korea Foundation, 2024-2025
U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 2024-2025
Nonresident Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum, 2022-
Korea Foundation, 2021-2022
Consolidated Nuclear Services/Y-12, 2020-2021
National Science Foundation, 2018-2020
Department of Defense Minerva Initiative, 2015-2018
Fulbright Senior Scholar, De La Salle University, Philippines, 2017
Visiting Scholar, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2016
POSCO Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2013