Jackson School faculty Scott L. Montgomery is quoted on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth and references related research by the Jackson School’s Donald C. Hellmann Task Force Program, an undergraduate capstone course, in “Amid U.S.-China Resource Race, ISIS Makes Afghan Mines Hard to Reach for Xi” published on Feb. 16 by Newsweek. The Task Force cited was

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, was quoted in “When Taiwan overthrew China,” an article by the China Project, a New York-based media outlet dedicated to reporting on China, on Taiwan’s historical February 28th Incident (1947).

Jackson School Faculty and China expert David Bachman gave an interview on February 16th about Falun Gong, a spiritual organization in China, and its founding of Shen Yun, the dance troupe that travels around the U.S. annually. Listen to the 16-minute interview here.

Oct 20, 2022 – Oct 22, 2023 By land and by sea, the premodern global world was deeply interconnected. This exhibition narrates a few of the many stories related to the Silk Roads and maritime routes, where innumerable transnational artistic traditions emerged. A monumental deerskin map provides a commanding view of Tainan, a port city

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert in Taiwan history, has authored an article titled “Taiwan’s History Shows Why We Need a Global Democratic Order,” that was published in Jacobin on Jan. 20, 2023.

UW Professor Saadia Pekkanen has co-authored an article titled, “Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation,” which was published on Dec. 19, 2022, under Policy Insights, German Marshall Fund online platform.

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.