Author profile: Daniel Clausen

Daniel Clausen is a full-time special lecturer at Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies. His research has been published in Asian Politics and Policy, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, and East Asia Forum, among other publications. His teaching experience includes over seven years of experience as a TESOL instructor. He has also written several novels and short story collections. You can learn more about his work on his Amazon page here or on his Goodreads page here.

 

Towards a ‘Challenge-Driven’ International Relations Education?

Daniel Clausen • Sep 1 2016 • Articles

One of the problems that IR faces is that its students cannot do it in the way that engineers, for example, can design and build in workshops.

Preaching the Craft of Reading

Daniel Clausen • Jul 27 2016 • Articles

Students should be encouraged to read outside their comfort zone to work out their reading muscles, or even to just turn off their TV, radios, and electronic devices.

Cultivating Your Silence in the Classroom

Daniel Clausen • May 8 2016 • Articles

Scholars often talk too much in the classroom. They should re-evaluate how they can reduce teacher talk time by encouraging students to take more of a lead.

Crude Thinking — 7 Ways of Dealing with the Complex in IR

Daniel Clausen • Jan 29 2016 • Articles

Complexity and chaos theory have been associated with modeling and literary fancy, but the suggestions explored here are based on the ethos of rugged practitioners.

IR Theory, Method, and Training: Toward a Polyglot Culture?

Daniel Clausen • Aug 25 2015 • Articles

Central to learning is the question of whether it is better to know something deeply or to know a little bit about something in order to get by when the occasion arises.

Leadership, Competitive Strategy and Entrepreneurship in International Relations

Daniel Clausen • Oct 24 2014 • Articles

The tradition of taking leaders, their strategies, and their entrepreneurial activities seriously will continue, regardless of how the discipline of IR regards the topic.

Rethinking Change and Continuity in Japanese Defense Policy and Politics

Daniel Clausen • Aug 25 2014 • Articles

Japan has been following a deliberate course in the reform of its defense policy. This has emphasized gradual change over revolutionary breaks. More changes are to come.

Four Steps to Support English Language Learners in an IR Classroom

Daniel Clausen • May 9 2014 • Articles

In an IR classroom, is there anything beyond empathy and courtesy from an educator that can help students who are struggling?

Review – Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy

Daniel Clausen • Feb 23 2014 • Features

Michele Acuto successfully employs unorthodox theories to argue that cities must be seen as vital agents in domestic and international diplomatic and governance processes.

Should Graduate Students Pursue Professional Skills?

Daniel Clausen • Oct 3 2013 • Articles

Acquiring professional skills may provide just the right amount of leverage to allow professionals to eat well, network well, and build resources for great contributions to their field.

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