Katherine Irajpanah

Graduate Associate
Government
Harvard University
Website: Personal / faculty page
Biography
Katherine Irajpanah is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, where she conducts research on international security, US foreign policy, and armed conflict. She is also a research affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. At Harvard, she has taught Government 1790: American Foreign Policy.
Read the origins of Katherine's interests in International Relations in this Stanford Global Studies profile, and read her recent research here: Katherine Irajpanah and Kenneth A. Schultz (2021). “Off the Menu: Post-1945 Norms and the End of War Declarations.” Security Studies 30:4: 605-636.
Selected publications
- Article · 2024 War power through restraint: The politics of unilateral military action after 1945 Presidential Studies Quarterly Why US presidents sometimes seek congressional approval for military action and sometimes do not.
- Article · 2021 Off the Menu: Post-1945 Norms and the End of War Declarations Security Studies
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