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Miguel Hijar Chiapa

Ph.D. Student
Miguel Hijar Chiapa
Email hijarchi@usc.edu

Biography

Miguel A. Híjar-Chiapa is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California and incumbent president of the Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America. Before coming to USC, he was Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Center for North American Studies of the Pacific Studies Department at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He has been visiting scholar at the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University in New Zealand. His main interests are International Relations Theory (particularly the English School and Constructivism); International Political Economy; Security in the Indo-Pacific; and the Foreign and Defense Policies of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and India.

Education

  • BA , Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, 4/2014
  • MA , Univ. of Guadalajara

  • Tenure Track Appointments

    • Assistant Professor, University of Guadalajara, 2018 – 2022

  • Research Keywords

    International Relations Theory; English School; Constructivism; International Political Economy; Security in the Indo-Pacific; Australian Foreign Policy; New Zealand Foreign Policy; US Foreign Policy

  • Book Chapters

    • Hijar Chiapa, M. A. (2021). Australia, New Zealand and the Quad Plus. Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profilepp. 94-107.Routledge.
    • Hijar-Chiapa, M. (2021). From Distant Relatives to Close Partners: India’s Relations with Australia and New Zealand. Routledge Handbook of South Asian Foreign Policypp. 216-230.Routledge.
    • Hijar-Chiapa, M. (2020). Australia and the Construction of the Indo-Pacific. onflict and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacificpp. 78-93.Routledge.
    • Hijar-Chiapa, M. (2020). Museums as Critical Spaces for Alterity in a Post-Truth World. History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxispp. 251-265.Routledge.

    Journal Article

    • Hijar-Chiapa, M. (2020). A Quad Plus? The Prospects for Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs. Vol. 3 (5), pp. 87-105.
    • Hijar-Chiapa, M. (2018). Navigating Dangerous Waters: Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Rising Powers Quarterly. Vol. 3 (2), pp. 157-173.

  • Professional Offices

    • President, Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America, 2018 –

    Professional Memberships

    • American Political Science Association, 2023 –
    • International Political Science Association, 2023 –
    • International Studies Association, 2020 –
    • International Australian Studies Association, 2018 –
    • Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America, 2017 –
    • Mexican International Studies Association, 2017 –