Dr Giuseppe Paparella is a Lecturer in East Asian Security at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Before joining King’s, he held research fellowships at the University of Oxford (Saïd Business School and Rothermere American Institute), the London School of Economics and Political Science (Department of International History), William & Mary (Global Research Institute and Department of History), and George Washington University (Institute for Security and Conflict Studies).

Giuseppe is an expert in US foreign policy and East Asian security. His first monograph – Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898-1972 – was published with Stanford University Press, Studies in Asian Security, in November 2025. His research on these and other relevant topics has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, the Journal of Applied History, the Journal of American-East Asian Relations, The International History Review, National Identities, US Army War College Press, The Diplomat, and others. 

Previously, Giuseppe worked in public and global health policy at the University of Oxford (2016-21) and Picker Institute (2014-16). During this time, he contributed to several national and international research projects and peer-reviewed outputs which, among others, appeared in California Management Review, The Lancet Infectious Diseases and Cambridge University Press.

Research Interests 

• The United States in the Asia Pacific
• U.S.-China Relations
• Applied and Diplomatic History
• Nationalism in International Politics
• Scenario Planning & Historical Thinking 

Teaching

Dr Paparella currently teaches and co-convenes the following modules:

• 5SSW2001 War and Strategy in East Asia
• 6SSW3005 Contemporary Strategy in East Asia
• 7SSWN110 East Asian Security

In the AY 2026/27, Dr Paparella will convene and teach the following modules:

• 6SSW3047 / 7SSWN204 The United States and China

• 6SSW0032 Uses and Abuses of History in Policymaking

Publications

Book 

• Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898-1972. Stanford University Press, Studies in Asian Security, 2025  

Book chapter 

• “Clash of Empires: Economic Nationalism, Strategic Rivalries, and the Rise of the United States in the Asia-Pacific.” In Kennedy, G., Echevarria, A., & Brinkman-Schwartz, A. (Eds.), The Phenomenon of Economic Warfare: Past, Present and Future, United States Army War College Press (2025).  

Book reviews

• “Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism, by Colin Dueck.” Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 31, No. 3 (2020): 596-7.

• “Quest for Status: Chinese and Russian Foreign Policy, by Deborah W. Larson and Alexei Shevchenko.” Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2020): 205-6.

• “The global political system, by Fulvio Attina.” The International Spectator, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2012): 169-70.

Research articles

• “Scientific Racism as Ideology: James G. Blaine and the US Approach to China in the Late 19th Century.” Journal of Transatlantic Studies (2026), Accept.

• “Coercing Taiwan: China, Military Mobilization, and the Abuse of Sun Yat-sen’s Historical Memory.” Journal of Applied History (2026): 1-26. Advance Article.

• From (the Infrequency of) War to Vaccine Nationalism: Understanding Nationalism and Foreign Policy in the Decade of New Nationalism.” National Identities, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2023): 155-76.  

• “Medical and Social Scientists as Strategic Advisors: The Case of GloPIDR in 2021.” California Management Review Insights (2023).

• “Losing China? Truman’s Nationalist Beliefs and the American Strategic Approach to China, 1948-1949.” International History Review, Vol. 44, No. 6 (2022): 1306-26.  

• “Promotion of data sharing needs more than an emergency: An analysis of trends across clinical trials registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.” Wellcome Open Research, 7:101 (2022). With Merson et al.

• “Long COVID: tackling a multifaceted condition requires a multidisciplinary approach.” The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 21, No. 5 (2021): 601-2. With Norton et al.

• “Ending COVID-19: progress and gaps in research-highlights of the July 2020 GloPID-R COVID-19 Research Synergies Meetings.” BMC Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2020): 342. With Boily-Larouche et al.

• “Assessing McKinley’s Decision-Making over the Philippines.” Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Vol. 32, No. 4 (2025): 423-31.

Media articles 

• “The Future Past of U.S. Foreign Policy: Nationalism and The Strategic Implications of a Greenland Takeover,” School of Security Studies, Insight & Analysis, King’s College London, February 16, 2026.

• “The Author’s Corner with Giuseppe Paparella”, Interview for The Way of Improvement Leads Home, December 16, 2025.

• “What US National (Dis)Unity Means for China Policy,” The Diplomat, October 6, 2023.    
• “Back to Diplomacy? The Bumpy Road to Sino-American Détente,” The Diplomat, December 24, 2022.  
• “Fear and the Logic of Othering: Decoding the 2022 National Security Strategy,” H-Diplo/RJISSF, November 11, 2022.   
• “What Comes After COVID-19? Political Psychology, Strategic Outcomes, and Options for the Asia-Pacific “Quad-Plus,” The Strategy Bridge, July 21, 2020.