Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams is an instructor at the University of Notre Dame’s Washington Program. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the International Relations department at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University, and a PhD in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Global Affairs at Tufts University. In 2018 Christopher was a Bradlow Fellow at The South African Institute of International Affairs. His research focuses on elite foreign policy decision-making and security issues in sub-Saharan Africa.