Tom O'Bryan
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Occupation | Democracy-Building Project Coordinator |
| Location | Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Introduction | International Relations student at American University, Washington D.C. and the Universities of Exeter (U.K.) and Nanjing (P.R China). Academic interest in Wendtian social constructivism and I.R. meta-theory. Significant experience in U.K. Houses of Parliament and U.S. Congress. Professional expertise in international development, party- and democratic institution-building (particularly in South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa), speech-writing, public relations, communications and advocacy. Aspire to work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a Diplomatic Service 'Fast Streamer'. Fluent French-speaker, as well as intermediate Arabic and entry-level Mandarin and Italian. |
| Interests | International Relations theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, History of International Relations, Wendtian social constructivism, Meta-Theory, Fourth Debate, Security Studies, Identity Politics, Middle East, South East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, China |