The Initiative |
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Who We Are |
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Sally Duff is a computer programmer who coded the book Strait Talk into the e-book, as well as the pre-1911 to 2017 entries for the Chronology.
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Judith Norton (PhD Georgia) has 9 years of academic training in Asian Studies and about 10 years of work experience in China and Taiwan. In China, Dr. Norton worked in various sectors including business and education. In the U.S., Dr. Norton worked as a consultant on issues at the nexus of international trade and security.
A former Rotary World Peace Fellow, Judith earned a MA degree in Conflict Resolution. She was a Minerva Initiative Scholar (China Innovation program) and a Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Scholar at IGCC UC San Diego. She received the Taiwan Fellowship to conduct research on U.S.-China-Taiwan relations. As a Fellow, she traveled around Taiwan giving lectures and wrote a forthcoming e-book titled 'One China, Five Interpretations'. Dr. Norton has advanced training in Mandarin Chinese (Middlebury College SILP). She publishes articles on US, China, Taiwan relations in various media outlets. |
Contributors |
Professor Yan Xuetong is serving as the Director of The Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University and the chief editor of The Chinese Journal of International Politics . He is also a vice chairman of China Association of International Relations Studies, a vice chairman of China Association of American Studies, and a board member of the following organizations, China Diplomacy Association, China Association of Peaceful Unification, China Association of UN Studies, China Association of Arms Control and Disarmment, China Association of International Relations Studies, China-US Friendship Association, China Association of Asia-Pacific Studies. He is an adjunct professor of the National Defense University and a senior research fellow of National Security Committee. He is also an academic advisor to The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Journal of Chinese Political Science, World Economics and Politics, Contemporary World, Chinese Journal of European Studies , Southeast Asia Studies, Journal of Strategy and Decision-Making. He is the author of "An Analysis of China's National Interests"
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Chelsea Chia-Chen Chou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of the Graduate Institution of National Development at the National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei. Her research is motivated by an interest in the political economy of policy reform in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on social policy reform in China. Dr. Chou received her Ph.D. in the Department of Government at Cornell University in August 2011. Her broader research interests include the Political Economy of Policy Reform, Comparative Authoritarianism, Social Policies, International Relations, and Chinese Politics.
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