Damian Boldt

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the National Security Data and Politicy Institute at the University of Virginia where I use big data and quantitative social science techniques to answer pressing national security questions. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida State University in 2025. Broadly speaking, my research examines questions driven by modern-day great power competition between the United States and China. I am interested in understanding the effects of core features of the status quo international order such as coercive diplomacy, in addition to threats to the status quo such as democratic backsliding and territorial revisionism.