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January 12, 2021
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Saadia Pekkanen, a professor at the Jackson School and co-director at the University of Washingtonʼs Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC), is quoted in an article titled “Beidou’s Global Mark”
December 8, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
As the Taiwan Studies Program of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington enters its fourth year, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
December 7, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
As co-author of the opinion piece “The Path to a New China Policy” Amy Sommers, who received her undergraduate degree with a focus on China Studies from the Jackson and
October 9, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
David Bachman, professor and expert on China, tells Politico that another strategic approach for U.S.-China relations is to restore full diplomatic relations with Taipei, in the same way President Obama
October 7, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Tabitha Grace Mallory, Jackson School affiliate faculty, is interviewed on Al Jazeera’s “Counting the Cost” show about increasing tensions in the South China Sea over shrinking fish stocks. Watch the
October 2, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Are borders a political language? An ideology? A way of thinking? A way of being in this world? What are the implications of borders on globalization, identity, democracy, migration, global
August 17, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Professor Emeritus Kenneth B. Pyle, a Japan expert and recipient of an Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, is interviewed in a video feature on Japan
August 5, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Jackson School affiliate faculty Tabitha Grace Mallory, who also earned her bachelor’s degree at the Jackson School, is quoted in “China bans squid catch in some overseas waters with overfishing in
July 23, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Eryk Waligora (M.A. International Studies; M.S. Information Management, 2020), who specialized in Taiwan studies while at the Jackson School, is quoted in “How Taiwan’s Unlikely Digital Minister Hacked the Pandemic.”
May 29, 2020
Posted by: Monique Thormann
David Bachman, a Jackson School professor and China expert, is quoted on recent negative impacts in U.S.-China relations in “Tensions grow in the South China Sea between the US and