John Ciorciari

John Ciorciari's interests include international law, politics, and international finance. His current research project focuses on "sovereignty-sharing" arrangements in which international actors partner with troubled national governments and assume authorities normally reserved for the state. That research features analyses of cases including Cambodia, Guatemala, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste. He also has ongoing research on foreign policy strategies, human rights, and regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific.

He has served as a National Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and as a Shorenstein Fellow at the university's Asia-Pacific Research Center. From 2004-07, he served as a policy official in the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of International Affairs. Since 1999, he has been a legal advisor to the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which promotes historical memory and justice for the atrocities of the Pol Pot regime.

His first book, The Limits of Alignment, investigates the power alignments of small and middle states, with a focus on Southeast Asia. His second book, with Anne Heindel, is entitled Hybrid Justice and examines the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia. He is a 2015-17 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

Affiliation(s)

Public Policy

Award(s)

National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (2008-09)

Shorenstein Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (2007-08)

Meritorious Service Award, U.S. Treasury Department (2007)

Secretary’s Honor Award, U.S. Treasury Department (2005)