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M. Taylor Fravel
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Phone: 617-324-0222 Curriculum Vitae (PDF) |
M. TAYLOR FRAVEL is the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT. He studies international relations, with a focus on international security, China and East Asia. His publications have appeared in International Security, Foreign Affairs, The China Quarterly, The Washington Quarterly, Journal of Strategic Studies, Armed Forces & Society, Current History, and Asian Survey as well as in edited volumes. His book, Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes, will be published by Princeton University Press in 2008. Taylor is a graduate of Middlebury College and Stanford University, where he received his PhD. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, a Predoctoral Fellow the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, a fellow with the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program and a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He also has graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Courses
- 17.407/8 Chinese Foreign Policy (Syllabus)
- 17.418 Field Seminar in International Relations (Syllabus)
- 17.950 Territorial Conflict (Syllabus)
- 17.433/4 International Relations of East Asia (Syllabus)
- 17.THT Thesis Design Seminar (Syllabus)
Selected Articles
- "China's Search for Military Power," The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 125-141.
- "Power Shifts and Escalation: Explaining China's Use of Force in Territorial Disputes," International Security, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Winter 2007/08), pp. 44-83.
- "Securing Borders: China's Doctrine and Force Structure for Frontier Defense," Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4-5, August 2007.
- "Correspondence: Structural Sources of China's Territorial Compromises," International Security, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Fall 2006)
- "Regime Insecurity and International Cooperation: Explaining China's Compromises in Territorial Disputes," International Security, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall 2005)
- "The Evolution of China's Military Strategy," in David Finkelstein and James C. Mulvenon, eds., China's Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs, (Alexandria: Center for Naval Analysis, 2005)
- "China's New Diplomacy," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 82, No. 6 (November/December 2003) (with Evan S. Medeiros)
- "The Revolution in Research Affairs: Online Sources for the Study of the PLA," in James C. Mulvenon and Andrew N.D. Yang, eds., Poverty of Riches: New Challenges and Opportunities in PLA Research, (Santa Monica: RAND Corp, 2003)
Media Appearances
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"A Talk with M. Taylor Fravel: An MIT scholar asks: What would make China use its army?" Interview in the Boston Globe, Sunday, August 10, 2008.
- May 9, 2008, NPR's "Morning Edition," "China's Underground Submarine Base Scrutinized"
- April 20, 2006, New England Cable News, "Good Morning Live," "President Bush meets with Chinese president"
