Visiting Fellow, Global Peace Operations
Center on International Cooperation, New York University
PhD Candidate
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chinese Foreign Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, Military Intervention, Peace Operations
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PhD DISSERTATION (working title)
Image Matters? Image Projection and Chinese Troop Deployments to UN Peacekeeping Operations
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Courtney Richardson (李康云) is a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at the Fletcher School, Tufts University and a visiting fellow in the Global Peace Operations program at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. Her dissertation explores ties among international image and target audiences, as a means to understand variance in Chinese peacekeeping practice. Courtney has completed fieldwork in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Courtney completed her BSc (Hons) in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and her MA in Security Policy Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is also a graduate of the Middlebury Chinese Summer Language School, where she was a Katherine Davis Fellow. Prior to her doctoral studies, Courtney worked at the National Defense University and Jane's Information Group, and has volunteered at the United Nations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. For the academic year 2009 - 2010, she is serving as a Graduate Institute for Teaching Fellow at The Fletcher School, teaching in the Role of Force in International Politics.
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
“Economic Explanations for Beijing’s Peacekeeping Behavior,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, February 2010.
"Thinking About Intervention: Chinese Elite Views of Peace Enforcement Operations," International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New York, February 2009.
"Mixed Images: Beijing's Public Diplomacy Regarding the Genocide Olympics Campaigns," International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New York, February 2009.
"Learning from Darfur: Applying Net-Centric Capabilities to Stop Mass Killing," NATO Network Enabled Capabilities Seminar, Ede, The Netherlands, April 2007.
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