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Maris Taylor Fravel is an American scholar and author. He specializes in the areas of international relations, international security and territorial disputes.

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Background

Fravel earned his BA in history (summa cum laude) from Middlebury College in 1993, MA in philosophy, politics and economics from New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1995, MS in international relations (with distinction) from London School of Economics, and PhD in political science from Stanford University in 2004. Taylor Fravel is the Director of the Security Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [1] and is associated with Princeton University and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the board of directors for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. [2] [3]

Publications

He is on the editorial boards of and has been published in journals including International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, and The China Quarterly. [4] Books authored include two volumes of 'Princeton Studies in International Relations and History':

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References

  1. "Taylor Fravel named director of the MIT Security Studies Program". MIT News. Center for International Studies. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. "M. Taylor Fravel | People | MIT Political Science". polisci.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. "M. Taylor Fravel 2006-2007 Fellow". Coluombia University: Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "SSP Faculty Taylor Fravel". MITSSP. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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