
Chinese Energy Security and the South China Sea
Oil has been a critical national resource since the early 20th century, when the British Empire began using oil to power its ships,

Oil has been a critical national resource since the early 20th century, when the British Empire began using oil to power its ships,
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“Say goodbye to Taiwan,” wrote political scientist John Mearsheimer in a widely read article in the March-April 2014 issue of The National Interest.1 Threatened by China’s rising

The Belt and Road Initiative, initially known as One Belt One Road, is China’s latest national development strategy, which aims to: Promote the

Having been an international educator for more than ten years, my entire career has been focused on supporting and enhancing internationalization efforts at

September 7, 2017, marked the day I first began my journey on my Fulbright grant in Taiwan. First and foremost, I wish to

I arrived on the “beautiful island” with my wife, originally a native of Taiwan, and five children nearly ten months ago. That

I spent my Fulbright year engaged in ethnographic research on Taiwan’s indigenous communities and their practices, and the ways in which these practices

For development scholars, few postwar success stories are more fascinating than that of the four Asian Tigers in the twentieth century. Due to

Empires create legacies that successors use in diverse ways. My project explores the court of China’s Ming dynasty (1368-1644) on a broad Eurasian
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In 2016-2017, I conducted research for my dissertation on early medieval Chinese literature in Taipei as a Fulbright Fellow. Upon arriving in Taipei