Faculty & Staff
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Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
781 Marietta Street, NW
Room 140
Atlanta, GA 30332 Phone: 404-894-6846
E-mail: john.garver@inta.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Tuesday 9:00-9:30 or By Appointment
John W. Garver
Professor
Program Director for Study Abroad, East Asia
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Colorado
M.S., Political Science, University of Colorado
B.A., Political Science, Oklahoma State University
B.S., Psychology, Oklahoma State University
Research Focus
Chinese foreign relations and Asian international relations. Dr. Garver has authored nine books on Sino-Soviet, Sino-American, and Sino-Indian, Sino-Iranian, and Sino-Middle East relations, and nearly one hundred articles on China’s foreign relations. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, participates frequently in various Asia policy related fora, and has lived for extended periods in China, Taiwan, India, and Pakistan. He speaks Chinese and German. He is the recipient of awards from the U.S. National Academy of Science’s Committee on Scholarly Communications with the People’s Republic of China, the Fulbright Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, the U.S. Institute for Pakistan Studies, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. He set up, and directed for a number of years, an exchange program between Georgia Tech and Fudan University in Shanghai and a multi-country program on East Asian development. He currently serves on the editorial boards of The China Quarterly, The Journal of Contemporary China, Asia Security, and Issues and Studies.
Courses Taught
INTA 2210: Political Philosophies and Ideologies
INTA 3130: Foreign Policy of China
INTA 8803: Special Topics