Ryan Powers

Ryan Powers is an associate professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where he also serves as the Gary K. Bertsch Director of the Benson-Bertsch Center for International Trade and Security—the university's interdisciplinary hub for research, teaching, and outreach on national and international security. Powers studies the domestic and international politics of international conflict and cooperation. His current research examines how actors draw reputational inferences about one another in international relations and how technology shapes foreign policy decisionmaking. At the Benson-Bertsch Center for International Trade and Security, Powers leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers studying the national security implications of energy, trade, and technology policy. His research is published in the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, World Politics, and other leading peer-reviewed journals. His research has been funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Foundation, and the Stanton Foundation. He is affiliated with the Global Research Institute at William & Mary as a codirector of the Teaching, Research, and International Policy Project. Powers holds a BA in government from William & Mary, earned his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University.