
About
Terrence Mullan is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at LSE. His research focuses on how historic periods of climate change instability impact international order change.
He was previously associate director of the Council of Councils at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he managed an international initiative that connected twenty-seven major policy institutes from twenty-four countries in a dialogue on issues of geopolitics and multilateral cooperation. He also served as assistant director and program coordinator for CFR’s International Institutions and Global Governance program. Prior to that, he was manager of the president’s office at the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. He also worked in the offices of Senator Roland W. Burris as a legislative aide and Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. as a legislative correspondent. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Frederic Bastiat fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center.
Mullan earned a BBA in international business and economics from George Washington University and an MA in international commerce and policy from George Mason University. He is a CFR term member.
Research topic
Storms Before the Fall: A Comparative Analysis of Climate Instability’s Impact on Three World Orders
Academic supervisor
Research Cluster affiliation
International Institutions, Law and Ethics Research cluster
Security and Statecraft Research Cluster
Expertise
Foreign policy, G20, Global South, international institutions, international organizations, politics, political economy, trade, World Trade Organization
Research
History’s warning: Climate chaos can expose the fragility of world order
Article
Author: Terrence Mullan
The Interpreter from The Lowy Institute
The US-led world order is breaking—here’s what history tells us may come next
Author: Terrence Mullan
LSE US Politics and Policy Blog post 25 Sept 2025
Teaching
- IR206 International Political Economy (LSE) 2025/26