Oriana Skylar Mastro is an American political scientist and author. She is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and assistant professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a strategic planner at the US Indo-Pacific Command. Her research focuses on Asia-Pacific security.
Oriana Skylar Mastro | |
|---|---|
 Mastro in uniform | |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | 梅惠琳 |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Political scientist, China specialist |
| Employer(s) | Stanford University, American Enterprise Institute |
| Spouse | Arzan Tarapore |
| Awards | U.S. Air Force Individual Reservist Company Grade Officer of the Year (2016 and 2022) |
| Website | www |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Air Force Reserve |
| Rank |  Major |
| Awards | Meritorious Service Medal |
Career
editMastro holds a Bachelor of Arts (2006) in East Asian studies from Stanford University[1] (where she studied Mandarin) and a Master of Arts (2009) and PhD (2013) in politics from Princeton University.[2] From 2006 to 2007, Mastro was a junior fellow for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's China program.[3][4] In 2008, while a doctoral student at Princeton, Mastro met with then deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Lieutenant General Dan P. Leaf, at a conference. Leaf suggested that she enlist in the U.S. military after learning about her plan to pursue a summer internship with USINDOPACOM to better research how the military dealt with issues in the Asia–Pacific region.[1] Despite initially deciding to continue with an internship instead, Mastro enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in late 2008 and later started officer training to commission as a second lieutenant.[1]
In 2009, Mastro joined the Department of Defense as an analyst for USINDOPACOM. Subsequently, in 2010, she worked for the Project 2049 Institute as a summer associate. From 2012 to 2013, she was a fellow at the Center for a New American Security.[5] In 2013, Mastro was appointed assistant professor of security studies at Georgetown's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,[5] and in 2020, she was appointed a center fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[6][7]
In the meantime, Mastro has also continued her military service in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.[2] She was named the Air Force's Individual Reservist Company Grade Officer of the Year in both 2016 and 2022.[5][8][9]
Publications
edit- Upstart: How China Became A Great Power, Oxford University Press, May 23, 2024[10][11]
- The Military Challenge of the People's Republic of China, in Defense Budgeting for a Safer World: The Experts Speak, Hoover Institution, November 1, 2023[12][13]
- Project Atom 2023: A Competitive Strategies Approach for U.S. Nuclear Posture through 2035, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 30, 2023 (co-authored with Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, Robert Soofer, Tom Karako, Franklin Miller, Leonor Tomero, and Jon Wolfsthal)[14]
- Deepening US–Taiwan Cooperation Through Semiconductors, in Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security, Hoover Institution, July 18, 2023 (co-authored with Kharis Templeman)[15][16]
- The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, Cornell University Press, Security Affairs Series, 2019[17]
Personal life
editMastro is married to Arzan Tarapore, a research scholar at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[18][19]
References
edit- ^ a b c University, Stanford (November 11, 2021). "Combining military service and scholarship". Stanford News. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "AF Reservist is leading scholar on Chinese military". Air Reserve Personnel Center. May 8, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
- ^ "Press Release: China's Military Escalation Could Destabilize Taiwan Strait". carnegieendowment.org. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security". carnegieendowment.org. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Oriana Skylar Mastro". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Oriana Skylar Mastro". fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "China and East Asian Security Expert Oriana Skylar Mastro to Become FSI's". fsi.stanford.edu. February 10, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Center Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro Named 2022 Air Force Individual". aparc.fsi.stanford.edu. July 13, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Konicki, John (October 23, 2020). "Congratulations to Oriana Skylar Mastro". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ Mastro, Oriana Skylar (2024). Upstart: how China became a great power. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-769507-4.
- ^ "Transcript: China's great power strategy". Financial Times. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ Mastro, Oriana Skylar (November 1, 2023). "The Military Challenge of the People's Republic of China" (PDF). Hoover Institution. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Defense Budgeting for a Safer World: The Experts Speak". Hoover Institution. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Williams, Heather; Hartigan, Kelsey; MacKenzie, Lachlan; Soofer, Robert; Karako, Tom; Mastro, Oriana Skylar; Miller, Franklin; Tomero, Leonor; Wolfsthal, Jon (September 29, 2023). "Project Atom 2023". Center for Strategic and International Studies.
- ^ Templeman, Kharis; Mastro, Oriana Skylar. "Deepening US–Taiwan Cooperation through Semiconductors" (PDF). Hoover Institution. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security". Hoover Institution. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime". American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Georgetown Visitors | campion-hall". www.campion.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Arzan Tarapore". fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved December 6, 2023.