Dr. Scott L. Kastner
Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Scott L. Kastner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park.
In 2005-2006 he was a visiting research fellow in the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program, and in 2007-2008 he was China Security Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. Much of Kastner’s research examines the political and security-related causes and consequences of international economic exchange, with an empirical focus on the international politics of East Asia.
His book, Political Conflict and Economic Interdependence across the Taiwan Strait and Beyond, was published in the Studies in Asian Security series at Stanford University Press (2009). His work has also appeared in the following journals: International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Security Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Foreign Policy Analysis, Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of East Asian Studies.
He graduated from Cornell University in 1995, and received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2003.