Expertise
China; U.S.-Asian relations; China's foreign policy; Asian security
- Language Fluency:
- Chinese
Background
Current Positions
Director, China Policy Program, and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science, George Washington University
Past Positions
Director, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University (1996-1998); The Phi Beta Kappa Society, Visiting Scholar Program (2011-2012); Ngee Ann Kongsi Professorship in International Relations, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (3/2011); Visiting Professor, Department of International Relations, Australian National University (8/2010); Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, China Academy of Social Sciences Institute of World Economics & Politics (8/2009-7/2010); Board of Directors, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (2009—); Honorary Research Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (2009—); Honorary Research Fellow, Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos da China, Asia e Pacifico (IBECAP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008—); Distinguished Visiting Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (05/2007); Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore, East Asia Institute (11/2002); Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2002—2003); Hong Kong S.A.R. Government. Distinguished Visitor Program, 12/2002; Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader in Chinese Politics, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (1988-1996); Editor, The China Quarterly (1991-1996); Acting Director, Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1987-1988); U.S. National Security Council, East Asia Bureau, staff assistant (1977-1978); U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence & Research, Office of East Asia & the Pacific, analyst (1977)
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan Dept. of Political Science; M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1980; B.A., George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, 1977