Tyler Jost
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Tyler Jost’s research focuses on national security decision-making, bureaucratic politics, and Chinese foreign policy. His current book project examines domestic institutions designed to decide and coordinate national security policy, such as the U.S. National Security Council. He completed his doctoral degree in the Department of Government at Harvard University and held postdoctoral fellowships in the International Security Program at the Kennedy School of Government, as well as in the China and the World Program at Columbia University. He completed his undergraduate studies at West Point and served as a military officer with assignments to Afghanistan, U.S. Cyber Command, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Tyler Jost’s research explores the institutions responsible for national security decision-making. His book project offers a theory of the origins and consequences of national security institutions, coupling an original cross-national time series dataset with new archival and interview data from China, Taiwan, India and Pakistan. Other research projects employ qualitative, statistical and experimental methods to address theoretical puzzles regarding the politics of elite advisers, bureaucracy, and international security.
Fall 2019
POLS1824: Foreign Policy in the People’s Republic of China
Spring 2020
POLS2265: International Security
May 11, 2023 Center for Strategic and International Studies
In an interview on the Pekingology podcast from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Tyler Jost discusses how China’s bureaucratic structure and politics impacts leader decision making.
April 27, 2023 Foreign Affairs
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Tyler Jost explains how China’s bureaucracy guides its leaders into error.
November 14, 2022 Vox
Tyler Jost offered comments for Vox, on the upcoming meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
August 24, 2022
Numerous Watson scholars participate in the American Political Science Association annual conference.
August 3, 2022 U.S. News and World Report
Assistant Professor of China Studies and Political Science, Tyler Jost comments for U.S. News and World Report on how the U.S. position to defend Taiwan in the face of a PRC attack is less credible over time.
June 17, 2022 U.S. News & World Report
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Tyler Jost comments on China's ambitions to retake control of Taiwan, for U.S. News & World Report.
August 13, 2021 U.S. News & World Report
Tyler Jost provided commentary in this article on the relationship between the Taliban and the Chinese government.
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.