Mostafa Beshkar

Mostafa Beshkar is an Associate Professor at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on International Trade, Trade Policy, and World Trade Organization (WTO) Studies, with expertise in global value chains and trade agreement design.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University (2008)
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Amir Kabir University

His scholarly work examines the theoretical foundations of trade agreements, dispute settlement mechanisms, and policy interdependence in global production networks. Recent publications address WTO reform, import market power, and trade enforcement under uncertainty.

Key trends in his research include trade agreement flexibility, global value chain dynamics, and WTO institutional resilience. He employs game theory and quantitative analysis to model trade policy negotiations.