Farzaneh Hall, Room 318
Phone: 405-325-1346
Email: graefrath@ou.edu
Website: moritz-graefrath.com
Moritz S. Graefrath is the Wick Cary Assistant Professor of International Security at the College of International Studies. His research, which has appeared in International Theory, the European Journal of International Security, Global Studies Quarterly, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences, operates at the intersection of IR theory and international security, focusing on great power politics and grand strategy. He is particularly interested in understanding the causes, processes, and consequences of order collapse in international politics. In addition, he conducts research on global governance and social science concepts.
Beyond his academic work, Dr. Graefrath has written policy analysis and commentary on U.S. grand strategy, transatlantic relations, and European security for outlets such as War on the Rocks, Lawfare, and Engelsberg Ideas.
Dr. Graefrath received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. Before joining OU, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Security and Foreign Policy at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute (2024-25), a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (2023-24), and a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow with a joint appointment at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and MIT’s Security Studies Program (2022-23).
