Dr Maria Ryan

Dr. Maria Ryan is an Associate Professor in American History at the University of Nottingham. Her research interests are broadly in the field of post-Cold War US foreign policy, with a particular focus on the development of neoconservatism, intellectuals and foreign policy, humanitarian interventionism, the Bush administration, and the 'Global War on Terror'.

Dr. Ryan has published several notable works, including her second monograph, "Full Spectrum Dominance: Irregular Warfare and the War on Terror on the Periphery," which examines the smaller fronts of the U.S. 'war on terror' in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the Philippines, and the Caspian Sea. Her first monograph, "Neoconservatism and the New American Century," was published in 2010.

In addition to her academic work, Dr. Ryan has contributed to various publications and was on secondment to the Foreign Office as a Senior US Research Analyst from 2019-20212. She is currently working on a British Academy-funded project about the US-China 'tech war'.