CWP alum Ayumi Teraoka shortlisted for 2024 Holland Prize Recipient

Congratulations to Ayumi Teraoka and Ryo Sahashi on having their paper shortlisted for the 2024 Holland Prize. Each year, the editorial staff selects one outstanding article published in Pacific Affairs which best reflects a deepened understanding of the spaces, practices, and peoples of Asia and the Pacific. Their article is now open access and can be downloaded on our website: https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/news/holland-prize/2024-holland-prize-recipient-sopheak-chann-sango-mahanty-and-katherine-chamberlin/

Ayumi Teraoka is Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. Previously, she was an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on coercive diplomacy, alliance politics in the Indo-Pacific, and Japanese foreign policy and national security. Her current book project, Strategy of Alliance Management: Procedural Autonomy in U.S.-China Competition, examines the interactive effects of U.S. alliance management efforts and China’s attempts to weaken U.S. alliances from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Her writing has appeared in PS: Political Science & Politics, Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs, The Japan Times, and Foreign Policy, among others. She is a past recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, including Princeton University’s A.B. Krongard fellowship, the Lynde and Harry Bradley fellowship, and the Smith Richardson Foundation’s World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship. 

Previously, Dr. Teraoka worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, an M.A. in Asian Studies from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Law from Keio University. 

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