Professor Mary Elise Sarotte, director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, heads the program with the support of faculty and staff at Yale and beyond.
On this page, you can meet the promising young scholars conducting cutting-edge research as pre- and postdoctoral associates with the program, as well as the Distinguished Practitioners in Grand Strategy.
Leadership and staff
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Mary Elise Sarotte
- Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy
- Professor of Global Affairs and Management
- Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy
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Leigha Sullivan
- Program Coordinator, Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy
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Elizabeth Vastakis
- Business Administrator
- Operations Manager, Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy
Faculty advisors
Edyta Bojanowska, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Prof. Bojanowska's research interests include 19th century Russian literature and intellectual history, postcolonial and settler colonial studies, history of globalization, and Central European literatures, especially Polish.
Alexandre Debs, Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director of the Nuclear Security Program at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Prof. Debs's research focuses on the causes of war, nuclear proliferation, and democratization.
Paul Kennedy, Professor Emeritus of History and of Global Affairs
Founding director of International Security Studies and an internationally renowned historian, Kennedy's scholarship explores the relationship between military power, economics, diplomacy, and the rise and decline of great powers.