Rate My Professor Evelyn Goh

Evelyn Goh is the Shedden Professor of Strategic Policy Studies at the Australian National University, based in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. She is also the Research Director at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Her academic journey began with a BA in Geography from the University of Oxford in 1996, followed by an MPhil in Environment and Development from the University of Cambridge in 1997, an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford in 1999, and a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford in 2001. In addition to her current roles, she has served as Deputy Director (Research) of the Coral Bell School, convenor of the Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS), and leader of the ANU Women in International Security (WIIS) initiative. She has convened the Shedden Lectures, Shedden Research Roundtables on Asian Security, and other seminar series. Goh is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on International Security (2016-2018). She holds fellowships including Fellow of the British Academy (FBA, 2022) and Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences (FASSA).

Goh specializes in international relations theory and practice, with expertise in China, the U.S., Northeast and Southeast Asia. Her research examines East Asian security, U.S.-China and China-Japan relations (historical and contemporary), non-traditional security, strategic diplomacy, and regional order dynamics. Key publications include her award-winning book The Struggle for Order: Hegemony, Hierarchy and Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia (Oxford University Press, 2013); Constructing the US Rapprochement with China, 1961-1974 (Cambridge University Press, 2004); Rising China’s Influence in Developing Asia (Oxford University Press, 2016, edited); and Re-thinking Sino-Japanese Alienation: History Problems and Historical Opportunities (Oxford University Press, 2020, with Barry Buzan). Influential articles such as ‘Great Powers and Hierarchical Order in Southeast Asia’ (International Security, 2007/2008) have shaped debates on hierarchy in international relations. She has won grants from the Australian Research Council (Discovery Grant 2019-2022), UK Economic and Social Research Council Mid-Career Fellowship (2011-12), and others. As Co-Managing Editor of Cambridge Studies in International Relations and editorial board member for International Security, International Theory, Asian Security, and Journal of Global Security Studies, her contributions have profoundly impacted security studies and Asian international politics.