Vincent Wei-cheng Wang
Department of Political Science
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA 23173
Tel: (804)289-8533
Fax: (804)287-6833
E-mail: vwang@richmond.edu
Website: http://www.richmond.edu/~vwang
Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Advisor of the Asian Studies Program, University of Richmond
Education
| Ph.D. |
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| M.A. |
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University (with distinction) 1986 (International Relations, Asian Studies, and International Economics) |
| B.A. |
National Taiwan University (magna cum laude) 1982 (Political Science) |
Experience
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond, 2001-present; Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1996-2001
Visiting Associate Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Spring 2003
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Miami, 1995-6; Instructor of Political Science, 1993-5
Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1992-6; Adjunct Associate Research Fellow, 1990-92
Adjunct Lecturer, North Park University, 1989-90, 1991, 1993
Adjunct Instructor, DePaul University, 1992
Adjunct Instructor, Roosevelt University, 1990
Visiting Professor, El Colégio de México, summer 1991
Fellow, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul, Korea, summer 1990
Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 1990
Teaching Assistant, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1986
Research Assistant, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1985-6
Professional and Research Interests
International Relations: politics, economics, security, foreign policy, organization, law
Comparative Politics: general, developing areas, East Asia, Latin America
Public Policy: science and technology (information, biotechnology), industrial policy
Third-World development strategies, economic reform, and democratization
formal analysis
American Politics
Selected Publications (in .pdf format)
“A Sui Generis Model For Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations? Toward a Functional-Competence Approach,” in Edward Friedman, ed., China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas, And International Peace (forthcoming, 2004)
“The New Dawn Of Strategic Asia: U.S. Policy Toward The Asia-Pacific Since September 11,” Issues & Studies: An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs (under review)
“U.S. Policy Since September 11 and Asia’s Changing Strategic Landscape,” in Tun-jen Cheng, ed. (forthcoming, 2004)
“Refunctionalizing a Frayed American China-Taiwan Policy: Incrementalism or Paradigmatic Shift?” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs (forthcoming, 2004) [with Da-chi Liao]
“The New Dawn of Strategic Asia: U.S. Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific Since September 11,” RIES (Research Institute for European and American Studies) Research Paper, no. 91 (October 2003): 1-42
“Learning Democracy: Citizen Attitudes Toward Electoral Democracy In Taiwan,” CGOTS Working Papers in Taiwan Studies 56 (September 2003): 1-36 [with Samuel C. Y. Ku]
“China’s Information Warfare Discourse: Implications for Asymmetric Conflict in the Taiwan Strait,” Issues & Studies: An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs 39(2)(June 2003): 107-143
“September 11 and U.S. Relations with Asia: Change and Continuity,” in American Policy in Asia Pacific Region After 9-11, ed. Dachi Liao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Sun Yat-sen America Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2002), pp. 1-24
“Asymmetric War? Implications For China’s Information Warfare Strategies,” American Asian Review XX(4)(Winter 2002): 167-207 [with Gwendolyn Stamper*]
“The Chen Shui-Bian Administration’s Mainland Policy: Toward a Modus Vivendi or Continued Stalemate?” American Asian Review XX(3)(Fall 2002): 91-124
“Winning the War without Fighting? Overcoming the Superior with the Inferior? China’s Information Warfare Strategies and Implications for Asymmetric Conflict in the Taiwan Strait,” CGOTS Working Papers in Taiwan Studies, No. 53 (September 2002)
“Globalization and the Developmental State: Reflections on the Asian Financial Crisis,” in Robert W. Compton, Jr., ed., Transforming East Asian Domestic and International Politics: The Impact of Economy and Globalization (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 10-35
"Between Convergence and Collision: Whither Cross-Strait Relations?" Cambridge Review of International Affairs XIV(2)(April 2001): 239-256 [with Tun-jen Cheng]
"Beijing Applies Cosmetics to Its 'One China' Formula," Taiwan Outlook 1(4)(January 2001): 3-4
"Whither (or Wither?) the Developmental State: Globalization and the Asian Crisis," Pacific Focus XV(2)(Fall 2000): 65-87
Book Review, Cooperation and Conflict in the Taiwan Strait? By Ralph N. Clough (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), in The Journal of Asian Studies 59(1)(February 2000): 146-148
Book Review, Beyond
the Developmental State: East Asia's Political Economies Reconsidered,
edited by Steve Chan, Cal Clark, and Danny Lam (New York: St. Martin's Press,
1998), American Political Science Review 93(4)(December 1999): 990-991
"Bill
Clinton's 'Three Noes' and Taiwan's Future," in Across the Taiwan
Strait: Exchanges, Conflicts, and Negotiations, eds. Winston L. Yang and
Deborah Brown, pp. 253-303 (Jamaica, NY: St. John's University Center of Asian
Studies 1999)
"China, Taiwan, and the U.S.: Tug of War," University of Richmond
Magazine 62(1)(Fall 1999): 48
"How Can Taiwan Enter the United Nations? Implications of the ROC’s Quest for International Recognition" in China in Transition: Selected Essays, eds. Phylis Lan Lin and David Decker, pp. 25-36 (Indianapolis, IN: University of Indianapolis Press, 1997)
"Taiwan-Hong Kong-PRC-United States: The New Quadrille," The Heritage Foundation Lectures 600 (July 31, 1997): 10-20
"Rethinking U.S.-Taiwan Relations After the Cold War: Creative Ambiguity vs. Assertive Democratization," American Asian Review 14(3)(Fall 1996): 151-179
"All Dressed Up But Not Invited to the Party: Can Taiwan Join the United Nations Now the Cold War Is Over?" in The International Status of Taiwan in the New World Order: Legal and Political Considerations, ed. Jean-Marie Henckaerts (London, the Hague, and Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1996): 85-116
"Does Democratization Enhance or Reduce Taiwan's Security? A Democratic-Peace Inquiry," Asian Affairs 23(1)(Spring 1996): 3-19
"Developing the Information Industry in Taiwan: Entrepreneurial State, Guerrilla Capitalists, and Accommodative Technologists," Pacific Affairs 68(4)(Winter 1995/96): 551-76
"Harnessing High Technology Policy with Development Strategies: Political Economy of Taiwan's Information Industry," Working Papers in Taiwan Studies (APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies) 13(February 1996): 1-70
"Models of High Technology Development in East Asian and Latin American NICs," Pacific Focus IX(2)(Fall 1994): 5-42
"How Can Taiwan Enter the United Nations? History, Issues, and Approaches," Issues and Studies 30(10)(October 1994): 108-31
"High-tech Paths and Economic Development: Comparing NICs’ Accommodative and Assertive Strategies," Chinese Political Science Review 22(June 1994): 141-180
"From the 13th to the 14th Party Congress: Promises and Challenges of the PRC's Economic Reform, the ROC's Political Democratization, and China's National Reintegration," American Asian Review X(3)(Fall 1992): 81-118