Kai Hebel (DPhil,  Oxford University) is Assistant Professor of International Relations. Dr. Hebel’s research interests include international security, diplomacy, international history, cultural studies and IR theory. He has published on a wide range of topics, including military intervention, the Cold War, transatlantic relations, EU foreign policy, US political culture, systems theory, simulation pedagogy and the cultural representation of evil.

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Biography

Dr. Kai Hebel (DPhil,  Oxford University) is Assistant Professor of International Relations. Dr. Hebel’s research interests include international security, diplomacy, international history, cultural studies and IR theory. He has published on a wide range of topics, including military intervention, the Cold War, transatlantic relations, EU foreign policy, US political culture, systems theory, simulation pedagogy and the cultural representation of evil. Dr. Hebel is currently writing a book on the diplomatic management of intractable inter-state conflict, which is based on extensive interviews and archival research conducted on three continents. He studied Political Science, International Relations, Peace & Conflict Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of California – Berkeley, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Université de Paris – Sorbonne, United Nations University – Tokyo and Oxford University, earning three master's and a doctoral degree. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of China and a Global Scholar at National Taiwan University in Taipei.

Academic Expertise

• International Relations
• Inter-state Conflict
• Diplomacy
• International History
• Political Culture

Courses

• Diplomacy of International Conflict
• International Security Studies
• Introduction to Globalisation and Transnational Politics
• Power in World Politics
• Leadership in Politics and Diplomacy: Practitioners' Perspectives
• Masterpieces of Cinema

Publications