Dr William D. James is an Assistant Professor in Strategic Studies at RSIS, NTU Singapore. William’s research interests include: transatlantic relations, alliance politics, UK defence policy, grand strategy, the changing character of war, and European security.
William earned a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Between his doctoral studies and joining NTU, he held full-time research fellowships at MIT’s Security Studies Program, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre, and the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London.
William’s first book, British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony, was published with Oxford University Press in early 2024. His work has been published in academic journals such as the European Journal of International Security and International Politics, as well as outlets such as War on the Rocks and Engelsberg Ideas. One of William’s goals is to produce academically rigorous research which is accessible and useful for policymakers. To that end, he has submitted written evidence to three parliamentary inquiries on British foreign policy. In December 2020, he won the Royal United Services Institute’s Trench Gascoigne essay competition for original writing on defence and security.
William teaches ‘The Analysis of Defence and Security Policy’ (SR 6005), a core course in RSIS’s MSc in Strategic Studies, along with ‘Military Alliances and Security Cooperation’ (IR 6048) and ‘Grand Strategy from Ancient Rome to Modern China’ (SR 6046).
