Ryan Singsank

Education

MSc, London School of Economics, 2024
MA, Columbia University, 2024
BA, The George Washington University, 2022

Biography

Ryan Singsank is a PhD student in International History and the Norman A. Graebner Bicentennial Fellow in Diplomatic History. His research explores transatlantic relations and the making of the post-Cold War Euro-Atlantic order, with a specific emphasis on diplomacy and security.

Drawing on extensive archival research in both Europe and the United States, Ryan's scholarship uses newly declassified and underutilized sources to better understand the origins and development of the post-Cold War Euro-Atlantic order. His research considers how decision-making, ideas, institutions and negotiations involving European nations and the United States shaped the transition from the Cold War to the post-Cold War era in Europe. Ryan's current projects examine Germany's role in creating NATO's North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) in the early 1990s, the United States' evolving approach to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) from 1989 to 1992, and transatlantic military cooperation in defense of Berlin during the late Cold War. 

Previously, Ryan was a Research Associate at the O’Brien Notre Dame International Security Center (ONDISC) at the University of Notre Dame, where he assisted with the Hans J. Morgenthau Fellowship. 

Courses Taught

HIEA 3323: China and the United States (Teaching Assistant, Fall 2026)