Portrait of Dr. Ionut Catalin Popescu

Dr. Ionut Catalin Popescu

  • Associate Professor at Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, Academic Program Review Committee. September 15, 2024 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Young Conservatives for Texas. August 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Defence Studies, Armed Forces & Society, Contemporary Security Policy, Texas National Security Review, SUNY Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Cambria Press, Polity Press. September 2018 - Present.
  • Speaker, Texas State University International Studies Club. September 18, 2018 - Present.

2023

  • Organizer, Challenges and Opportunities for American Foreign Policy in an Election Year. October 3, 2023.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, SCONA Conference -Texas A&M. November 2018 - September 1, 2023.

2022

  • Chair, Honors College Research Conference. November 18, 2022.
  • Organizer, Cold War Radio Book Talk with Dr. Mark Pomar. November 2, 2022.
  • Organizer, State Department Official Visit with TXST Students. October 13, 2022.
  • Organizer, Russia, Ukraine, and the Future of International Order. April 20, 2022.
  • Participant, “What is Putin Up To? Understanding Russian Foreign Policy- A Conversation with Brian Taylor. April 6, 2022.
  • Organizer, War in Ukraine: Russia, Ukraine, and NATO. March 7, 2022.

2021

  • Organizer, US-Russia Relations Discussion with Dr. Mark Pomar. March 23, 2021.

2019

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. September 1, 2018 - 2019.
  • Chair, Change and Challenge in Practices and Theories of IR, ISSS-IS Annual Conference. October 18, 2019.
  • Speaker, The Wisdom Factory Podcast. February 26, 2019.

2018

  • Panel Chair and Discussant, ESMOAS Conference. November 2, 2018.

2017

  • Chair, “Defense Economics and National Security” Panel, ISSS-ISAC Annual Conference. October 14, 2017.