Dr. Oliver Thompson‌ specializes in U.S. political ecosystems and foreign policy strategies. His research features three distinct aspects:

• Utilizing interdisciplinary methods combining electoral geography and communications studies to decode political polarization;

• Developing the “Strategic Toolbox” framework to track U.S. techno-competitive strategies toward China;

• Creating the “Dual-Cycle” model to reveal linkages between domestic inequality and international hegemony maintenance. Expert in quantitative analysis of congressional voting data to assess military-industrial interest group influence, his recent focus examines AI ethics legislation’s impact on exporting American values and international rulemaking amid space militarization.

• His methodology emphasizes deep integration of archival analysis with elite interviews, characterized by empirical rigor.