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Dr. Ryan Beasley is a Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on political psychology and foreign policy analysis, with an emphasis on decision-making processes, motivated reasoning, small group dynamics, and public perceptions. He explores topics such as US foreign policy, role theory in international relations, and temporal dynamics in policy-making, particularly in contexts like Brexit and nuclear security. He supervises PhD student Wei Luo and contributes to collaborative projects like the STAGES (St Andrews Group for Empirical Security Studies) initiative.
His work bridges theoretical and practical analyses of foreign policy, emphasizing the role of time in decision-making (FP4D framework) and the social construction of sovereignty. He has published in leading journals like International Affairs, Foreign Policy Analysis, and European Journal of International Security. His research has examined Brexit's timing entrepreneurs, counterfactual scenarios involving US foreign policy, and the implications of leadership personality on policy outcomes.
Beasley is affiliated with the Centre for Global Law and Governance at the University of St Andrews. His publications reflect a commitment to advancing critical international relations theory and methodological innovation in foreign policy studies. While no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, his contributions highlight rigorous empirical and theoretical engagement with contemporary global challenges.
