https://www.mileskahler.net/selected-publications daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/626e72ed-7519-4134-a9d1-642e24449c1b/Brunswick+Square.jpeg Selected publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/4e71744e-4b0c-491b-805c-8ab2999a0b95/Residenz.jpeg Selected publications https://www.mileskahler.net/home daily 1.0 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1626776655634-AYF6W3F8T0AGICLD000N/Scotland+Harris+.JPG Home - Welcome I am Research Professor-in-Residence and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the School of International Service, American University. I am also a Nonresident Scholar in the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. My CV is available here. https://www.mileskahler.net/selected-policy-reports-and-articles daily 0.75 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/aac287d3-2f58-4159-9730-036b81ba2b10/Chapel+Fleury-devant-Douaumont+VERDUN+%281%29.jpg Selected policy reports and articles - Make it stand out Chapelle Notre Dame de l'Europe, Fleury-devant-Douaumont Verdun, France The chapel serves as a memorial to a French village completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun (1916). https://www.mileskahler.net/courses-taught daily 0.75 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1627044797034-KNU96EW950A8D7FOVI3Y/Lodhi+Garden+Delhi.JPG Courses taught - Courses taught At UC San Diego and American University, I have taught courses for undergraduates, Master’s students, and Ph.D. students. https://www.mileskahler.net/work-in-progress daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/20ec8bc7-eee3-4b97-af0d-063a69e403c9/Vltava.jpeg Work in progress - Work in progress "Explaining Change in Global Governance: Complexity, Contention, and Power,” in Jeff Colgan, ed., The New Landscape of Global Governance. “State Building and State Survival: Polynesia in the 19th Century.” “Age of the Camarilla: Strongman Rulers and their Advisors" https://www.mileskahler.net/contact daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1626353913574-24X0959EY2FOS7KCR22V/unsplash-image-fL2WPc3Sq0I.jpg Contact - Contact kahler [at] american.edu School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Bluesky Research Gate https://www.mileskahler.net/teaching-in-china daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1628080397270-619725NUL99U4N7KCXQM/Group+Portrait+%28Xie+Wang+Ni%29+copy+%281%29.jpeg Teaching in China During a later visit to Fudan, I was honored to meet the university president, the distinguished physicist, Xie Xide, at the center in this portrait. My friend, Professor Ni Shixiong stands at the left of the photo; second from left is one of the youngest Fudan University professors at that time, Wang Huning, who is now a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1628079676971-WJEMENAS0T0Z7LT2T48C/FUDAN+GROUP+PORTRAIT+copy+%282%29.jpg Teaching in China - My first teaching visit took place over the Christmas/New Year's holiday, 1980-81. The students in the International Politics Department at Fudan University were among the most enthusiastic and talented that I have taught during my career. Many have gone on to distinguished careers in China and the United States. On my right in this photograph is Professor Wang Guoming, who was instrumental in building the Department of International Politics at Fudan University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1628080243569-8PJ9GIFIBKL3XE77V9NE/MilesChinaSnaps_0005+copy.jpg Teaching in China Teaching was also very different, although my students were dedicated enough to follow my English lectures and my terrible blackboard handwriting, which has not improved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f0244db246143f36ccbb52/1628080059927-PXHMJNLZ7059CMO3TXNO/Shanghai+Huai+Hai+Lu+80-81+copy+%281%29.jpg Teaching in China Shanghai and China were very different then. 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