Dr. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang 
Department of Political Science
University of Richmond

Education

Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1995 (Political Science)

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)

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

Selected Publications

“The Logic of China-ASEAN FTA: Economic Statecraft of ‘Peaceful Ascendancy,’” in Southeast Asia and China: Global Changes and Regional Challenges, Khai Leung Ho and Samuel Ku, eds., pp. 17-41 ( Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, forthcoming)

“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, chapter 8 (Routledge, 2005, forthcoming)

“Refunctionalizing a Frayed American China-Taiwan Policy: Incrementalism or Paradigmatic Shift?” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 2 (October 2004): 1-46 [with Da-chi Liao]

“How Chen Shui-bian Won: The 2004 Taiwan Presidential Election and Its Implications,” Journal of International Security Affairs, no. 7 (summer 2004): 33-42

“President Chen Shui-bian’s Mainland China Policy: Normalizing or Electioneering the Cross-Strait Impasse?” Cross-Strait and International Affairs Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 3 (July 2004): 103-51

“ U.S. Policy Toward Strategic Asia Since September 11: Expanding Power or Promoting Values?” Issues & Studies: An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs 39(4)(December 2003): 169-82

“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), pp. 107-143 

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