In her article titled, “Geopolitics goes into orbit with the US and China’s space ambitions,” published by the East Asia Forum on Dec. 7, Saadia Pekkanen analyzes how “space stations are the harbinger of a deepening bipolarity in the international relations of space.”    East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert in Taiwan history, has authored an article titled, “Taiwan Shouldn’t Be Used as a Geopolitical Pawn,” that was published in Jacobin on Nov. 18, 2022, on the history of U.S.-Taiwan relations.

Jackson School Faculty and China expert David Bachman was interviewed via video by Voice of America (Russian language) about the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Congress. David’s interview begins around minute 43:43 in the news clip. There is also a text version of the interview (Russian language).

In a New York Times article titled, “Why People Are Flocking to a Symbol of Taiwan’s Authoritarian Past,” about the Jing-Mei human rights museum in Taiwan, James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, is quoted. The article was published on Oct. 25, 2022.

David Bachman shared perspectives on the growing tension between China and Taiwan in an interview with Morning Wave in Busan, which aired on Oct. 26. Morning Wave in Busan is an early-bird radio program featuring news and current issues and based in Busan, Republic of Korea.

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, was quoted in the radio segment “Taiwan celebrates Oct. 10 or ‘Double 10 Day’,” published by NPR’s The World, which is a co-production of PRX and WGBH that broadcasts from Boston, Massachusetts. James Lin provides insight into the changes of identity that young people in Taiwan

March 12th, Robert Pekannen was featured and quoted in an UW News article titled, “Simulation offers UW students practical experience in crisis negotiation” about the annual MAAIS International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise. In the article, Pekannen shared his insights about the course and talked about the Crisis Negotiation, a capstone experience for Master of Arts in Applied International

James Lin, assistant professor and associate chair of the Taiwan Studies Program at the Jackson School, was quoted in a New York Times obituary that was published this weekend titled, “Peng Ming-min, Fighter for Democracy, Dies at 98.”  

The East Asia Center is proud to announce the final two events of the Navigating Global Careers Speakers Series for Spring 2021, in partnership with the South Asia Center, the Southeast Asia Center, the Center for Global Studies, and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Throughout the quarter, we have hosted professionals and

Thursday, May 19th 2021 | 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) | Online (Zoom) The UW Taiwan Studies Program, along with the UW East Asia Center and the UW Foster School of Business Global Business Center, presents an upcoming panel discussion on Taiwan Entangled in the Global Economy: Silicon, Supply Chains, Geopolitics. This panel invites three experts from