Tyler Jost is an assistant professor of political science at Brown University. His research focuses on national security decision-making, bureaucratic politics, and Chinese foreign policy. His research has been published in International Organization, International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution and International Studies Quarterly.
Jost’s first book, "Bureaucracies at War" (Cambridge University Press, 2024), examines how different types of bureaucratic institutions across the world lead to better and worse foreign policy decisions. He is currently working on a second book examining the role of peripheral states in cooperation between the United States and China.
Jost completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Government at Harvard University and held postdoctoral fellowships at the Belfer Center International Security Program at the Kennedy School of Government, as well as in the China and the World Program at Columbia University. From 2023 to 2024, he was the David and Cindy Edelson Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security at Dartmouth College.
Tyler Jost is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University. His research focuses on national security decision-making, major power politics, and Chinese foreign policy. His research has been published in The China Quarterly, International Organization, International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and International Studies Quarterly. Dr. Jost’s first book, Bureaucracies at War, won the Robert Jervis International Security Book Award and the Herbert A. Simon Book Award from the American Political Science Association, as well as the Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award from the International Studies Association. He is currently working on a second book examining major power cooperation in the modern era, focusing on the evolution of US-China relations since 1989. Dr. Jost completed his doctoral degree in the Department of Government at Harvard University and held postdoctoral fellowships at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Columbia University.
Tyler Jost and Yucong Li, “The Politics of Promotion in China’s Foreign Policy Bureaucracy.” The China Quarterly (June 2025), early view.
Don Casler and Tyler Jost, “Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics.” International Security, 49, no. 4 (Spring 2025).
Tyler Jost and Daniel C. Mattingly, “Networks of Coercion: Military Ties and Civilian Leadership Challenges in China.” American Journal of Political Science (April 2025), early view.
Tyler Jost and Joshua D. Kertzer, “Armies and Influence: Elite Experience and Public Opinion about Foreign Policy.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 68, no. 9 (October 2024).
Tyler Jost, Joshua D. Kertzer, Eric Min and Robert Schub, “Advisers and Aggregation in Foreign Policy Decision-Making.” International Organization, 78, no. 1 (Winter 2024).
Tyler Jost, Bureaucracies at War: The Institutional Origins of Miscalculation. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Chinese Foreign Policy
US-China Relations
International Security
Authoritarian Politics
National Security Decision-Making