Sharman and Andrew Phillips, International Order in Diversity: War, Trade and Rule in the Indian Ocean (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 276 pages (Winner 2016 Jervis-Schroeder Award, American Political Science Association Winner 2017 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations, International Studies Association). Sharman, The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management: On the International Campaign against Grand Corruption (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2017), 265 pages. Sharman, Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019), 201 pages. Sharman and Andrew Phillips, Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States shaped the Modern World (Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2020). Sharman and Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Vigilantes Beyond Borders: NGOs as Enforcers of International Law (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022). The second deals with the international relations of the early modern world and the historical evolution of the international system.Īside from his academic research, Sharman has worked as a consultant with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Financial Action Task Force, Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering and with a variety of groups in the private sector. The first is focused on the global regulation of money laundering, corruption and tax havens. Sharman’s research is divided into two main streams. Previously, Sharman worked at American University in Bulgaria, the University of Sydney and Griffith University, and he has spent shorter periods as a visitor at St Petersburg State University, Columbia University and the London School of Economics. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999, and his undergraduate degree in history and politics from the University of Western Australia.

Jason Sharman is the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge. Professor Jason Sharman Professor of Politics University Teaching Officer

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