Berkley Brown is alumni of the International Security program at the Schar School of Policy and Government. She served four years with the U.S. Army as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Officer, and is looking to go into government service after graduating. Her academic interests include national security strategy and U.S. civil-security relations.
Tim Bynion is an alumni of the doctoral Political Science program at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, with a major in American Government and International Relations. He holds a B.S. in Political Science from Towson University. His research interests include the domestic sources of American foreign policy, specifically issues of public opinion and national identity.
Nicholas Davidson is alumni of the International Security program with a concentration in Intelligence. He holds a BS in Political Science from Northern Arizona University. Having spent 8 years in South Korea, his research interests focus on East Asian security affairs. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a career in the federal government in a role supporting the security interests of the United States.
Brad Duplessis is a PhD student in Political Science at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, majoring in International Relations and American Government. He holds a B.S. in Microbiology from Louisiana State University, a M.A. in International Relations from Webster University, and a M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College. His academic interests are national security strategy, military effectiveness, civil-military relations, and security force assistance.
Prior to graduate school, Brad served for 25 years in the United States Army. He has operational experience from the tactical to strategic level with three deployments to Iraq and a deployment to Afghanistan. Brad also supported Department of State security cooperation efforts, leading training missions in Jordan and Malawi. His last operational assignment was at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad where he served as the Director of Operations in the embassy’s security cooperation office.
Anirudh (Ani) Prakash is a GMU undergraduate alumn who majored in Global Affairs and minored in International Security. Previously, he served as a pre-fellow for the Center for Security Policy Studies-Korea at Mason Korea and now serves as a liaison fellow for CSPS Arlington. Ani’s current research interests focus on South Asian security, the Korean Peninsula, the Indo-Pacific, and NATO.
Connor Monie is a second-year graduate student in the international security program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in government and international politics with a concentration in international relations from George Mason University. His research interests include alliance formation and management dynamics as well as the US-Japan alliance more specifically. After graduation, he hopes to enroll in a PhD program studying political science.
Yukang Park is a M.A. student in the International Security program at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He holds a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and a minor in International Studies from Stony Brook University.
He has served in the South Korean Marine Corps, and is interested in continuing to contribute to a safer global environment and international security by becoming involved in policy-making. His current research interests include military power and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific. After graduating, Yukang hopes to pursue a career with policy institutes.
Joshua Stone is a Political Science Ph.D. student majoring in International Relations with the Schar School of Policy and Government. He is a U.S.-China relations specialist, a father of two, a combat veteran of the United States Army, and an aspiring professor. His research takes aim at material and psychological regulators of the security dilemma and spiral model. Specifically, he examines the effects of state integration and ideology on the severity of a security dilemma between rival states and their impact during offensive conditions in spiraling relations.
He holds a B.A. in Political Science and History in U.S.-China Relations from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.P.P. in Chinese Political and Economic Affairs from the University of California, Irvine.
Steven Wachter is a graduate of the MA in International Security at the Schar School. He holds a BA in History with a minor in International Studies from American University. His research interests include grand strategy, US foreign policy and national security, and international security. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a career in foreign policy and national security.