BA (California, Irvine) MA (Johns Hopkins) M Phil PhD(Columbia)
Associate Professor Khoo's research interests pertain to Chinese foreign policy; Asian security; international relations theory; and cold war studies.
Nicholas is author of China's Foreign Policy Since 1978: Return to Power (Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, 2020); author of Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011); co-author of China's Foreign Policy Since 1949: The Emergence of a Great Power (Routledge, 2022) ; co-author of Security at a Price: The International Politics of U.S. Missile Defense (Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), and co-author of Asian Security and the Rise of China: International Relations in an Age of Volatility (Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, 2013).
Teaching
- POLS 250 International Security
- POLS 318 Chinese Foreign Policy
- POLS 540 International Relations Theory
Contact details
Room 4N4, 4th floor, Arts (Burns) Building
Tel +64 3 479 5783
Email nicholas.khoo@otago.ac.nz
Selected books
 | Asian Security and the Rise of China ISBN: 978-1-78100-461-6 |
 | China's Foreign Policy since 1978 ISBN: 978-1-83910-304-9 |
 | China's Foreign Policy: The Emergence of a Great Power |
 | Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance ISBN: 978-0231150781 Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance - Review |
 | Security at a Price: The International Politics of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense ISBN: 978-1-4422-5457-2 |