Ryan Yu-Lin Liou

I am Visiting Instructor of Political Science at Wabash College and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

I study economic sanctions, conflict, political violence, and human rights/security. My current projects address two core questions. First, what motivates countries to employ economic coercion? Second, what outcomes arise from these sanctions? Specifically, I explore (1) incentives for the use of economic coercion; (2) the impacts of sanctions on political violence and human security in target countries, and (3) public attitudes in sanctioning and target countries. My work has been published in the  Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Armed Forces & Society.

I have received the International Studies Association Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Dean’s Award for Social Sciences at the UGA, Christopher Allen Award for Teaching Excellence, and a fellowship from the Taiwanese government. 

Before starting the PhD, I worked at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research in Taiwan. I received my M.A. in International Relations from the National Taiwan University.