B. Bryan Barber

PhD, Florida International University, International Relations, 2019

MA, Florida International University, Asian Studies, 2015

MS, Oklahoma State University, Geography, 2007

BA, University of Central Oklahoma, Geography, 2001

• security studies
• foreign policy
• political economy
• geopolitics
• Asian politics

• Department Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia, November 2025
• Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Learning and Development, University of Georgia, September 2023
• Teaching Academy, University of Georgia Fellow 2023-2024 Academic Year

• Association for Asian Studies
• International Association for Energy Economics
• International Studies Association

• INTL 1100 Introduction to Global Issues
• INTL 3200 Introduction to International Relations
• INTL 3300 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• INTL 4230 International Political Economy
• INTL 4340 Post-Communist Politics
• INTL 4360 East Asian Politics
• INTL 4364 Politics of Japan
• INTL 4770 Special Topics: Religion and International Relations
• INTL 4780 Special Topics: Politics of Central Asia

Book:

 Japan’s Relations with Muslim Asia. Palgrave MacMillan, 2020 Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-34280-7

Journal articles:

“Strategizing Asia: Japan’s Values-Based Diplomacy amid Great Powers’ Competing Visions for Broader Asia.” Japan Studies Review 24(1), 2020 (pp. 3-34).

“Far, yet so Near: Normativity in Japan’s Diplomacy with the Central Asian Republics.” Asian Affairs: An American Review 45(1), 2018 (pp. 18-39).

“Comprehensive Security 2.0: (Re)applying a Distinctive Security Concept to the 3/11 Disasters in Japan.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies 16(2), 2016 Link: https://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol16/iss2/barber.html