Professor Garay currently serves as Director of the Master’s Program in International Studies at USACH and is the long-standing Coordinator of the Manuel Bulnes Chair on Security, Defense, and Society. He is an alumnus of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) at the U.S. National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and has extensive experience in defense policy, civil-military relations, and strategic studies.
He has served as a member of the Committee of Historians in proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, on behalf of Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Professor Garay has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous nationally and internationally funded research projects, including multiple FONDECYT grants.
His academic output includes over 150 peer-reviewed articles, more than 30 authored or edited books, and dozens of book chapters published across Latin America, Europe, and North America. He is a member of numerous editorial boards of journals in international relations, security, and defense, and frequently serves as an evaluator for national and international research and accreditation agencies.
Within the field of Security Science, Professor Garay’s work integrates historical analysis, strategic studies, and normative approaches to security, emphasizing the interplay among international order, defense policy, and civil–military relations. His research contributes to a multidisciplinary understanding of security that aligns with INIS’s conceptual approach, bridging theory, policy, and applied security analysis.
His research interests focus on the history of international relations, security and defense policy, strategic culture, civil-military relations, and regional security dynamics, with particular emphasis on Latin America and comparative international security.
