Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi

Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her research interests focus on the intersection between international security and political psychology. She is interested in studying how emotions can impact decision-making in foreign policy. She also examines how small states develop and respond to the grand strategies of great powers. She received her B.A. in Political Science at Chulalongkorn University and her M.A. in International Studies, with a concentration in Southeast Asia, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).