Giuseppe Paparella

Dr Giuseppe Paparella is a Research Fellow in East Asia at the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Centre at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of International History, LSE. Between 2019 and 2024 Dr Paparella held research and visiting fellowships at William & Mary, George Washington University, and Stanford University.

Dr Paparella’s first scholarly book, titled Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs and U.S. Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898-1972, is forthcoming in late 2025 with Stanford University Press (Studies in Asian Security series). His research has been published or is forthcoming in the US Army War College Press, The International History Review, National Identities, The Diplomat, H-Diplo/RJISSF, The Strategy Bridge, California Management Review and others.

Dr Paparella obtained a PhD in Security Studies from King’s College London (2021) and a MSc in International Relations from LSE. He is a member of the Bridging the Gap network and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Dr Paparella welcomes opportunities to pursue interdisciplinary collaborations and to contribute to policy and scholarly initiatives in his areas of research and expertise.

More information on his work can be found at http://www.giuseppepaparella.squarespace.com/

Expertise

The United States in the Asia Pacific, U.S.-China Relations, International Relations Theory, Ideologies of Progress, Strategy and Security