Rongwei Zhu wins the Matteo Ricci, SJ International Studies Honors Thesis Award

The Matteo Ricci, SJ International Studies Honors Thesis Award is named in honor of the 16th century Italian Jesuit known for his work in China as a scholar, scientist, and missionary. The winner of the 2024 Ricci Award is Rongwei Zhu, whose Scholar of the College thesis is titled “Escaping the Quagmire: How Credibility Shaped War Termination Policies for the United States in Vietnam." He used primary sources from several archives, along with secondary materials and International Relations theory, to demonstrate how an emphasis on maintaining national credibility carries great costs in asymmetrical wars. Congratulations to Rongwei, and thank you to thesis supervisor Jennifer Erickson and second reader Prof. Timothy Crawford.