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Brian G. Carlson
2319 Park Place Dr. • Fremont, NE 68025 • [email protected]
(402) 721-0524
EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Ph.D Candidate, International Relations
• Concentration: Global Theory and History
• Dissertation topic: Russia-China Relations after the Cold War
Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University
Center for Chinese and American Studies
Graduate Certificate, Chinese Studies
Washington, D.C.
May 2016
Nanjing, China
June 2009
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, D.C.
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
May 2008
Master of Arts, International Relations & International Economics
 Concentrations: Russian & Eurasian Studies, American Foreign Policy, International Economics
 Editor-in-Chief, SAIS Review of International Affairs (2005-2006)
 Robert E. Osgood Memorial Fellowship, American Foreign Policy
 Studied at SAIS from 2004-2006, completed all coursework in 2006
 Remained technically enrolled until May 2008 under terms of Boren Fellowship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor of Arts
 Majors: Political Science, International Affairs, Journalism
 Phi Beta Kappa
 Graduate of Honors Program
Lincoln, Neb.
December 2000
EXPERIENCE
Pacific Epoch
Editor, The China Report (macroeconomic research)
Shanghai, China
April 2010-April 2011
Eurasia Group
Intern, conducted research on Russia
Washington, D.C.
March-July 2006
Caspian Business News
Reporter and Editor
Baku, Azerbaijan
June-August 2005
Lincoln Journal Star
Reporter
Lincoln, Neb.
August 2001-June 2003
Brian G. Carlson
2319 Park Place Dr. • Fremont, NE 68025 • [email protected]
(402) 721-0524
FELLOWSHIPS
Fulbright-Hays
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Shanghai, Beijing, China
2014-2015
American Councils
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Moscow, Russia
2013-2014
David Boren National Security Education Program (NSEP)
Peking University, Chinese language studies
Beijing, China
2007-2008
Fulbright Graduate Fellowship
Conducted research on Kazakhstan's foreign policy
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellowship
Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
2006-2007
Moscow, Russia
2003-2004
PUBLICATIONS

“The Limits of Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership in Central Asia,” Journal of Public and
International Affairs, Spring 2007, Vol. 18.

“Waving the Banner of Independence: Kazakhstan's Relations with Russia, China, and the
United States,” Yale Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2008.

“Russia-China Gas Deal a Sign of Russian Weakness, Not New Alliance,” The Foreign Policy
Institute, June 4, 2014.
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“Don’t wake up evil while it’s quite, nor turn pale at the mention of a tiger: Russian and Chinese
scholars debate their countries’ relations in Central Asia,” China in Central Asia, June 3, 2015.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: Russian (highly proficient), Chinese (highly proficient), Spanish (intermediate)
Honors: First Place, William Randolph Hearst Foundation National Writing Championship (2001);
Runner-up, Leonard Marks Foundation Essay Contest on U.S. foreign policy (2009)