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On September 24, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, director of the Asia Policy Program and Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School, appeared on the On Balance with Leland Vittert show to discuss Chinese state media commentary on the U.S. border situation. She argued that Chinese diplomats and outlets like the Global Times have…

Dr. Wenhong Chen, Asia Policy Program Affiliate, participated in a panel discussion hosted by the John W. Kluge Center on the conflict over technology between the U.S. and China. The Kluge Center at the Library of Congress brings relevant scholarship to the attention of policymakers and the interested public, drawing…

A recent Wall Street Journal article discussed China’s use of its seat on the United Nations NGO Committee to insist that civil society organizations applying for UN consultative status refer to Taiwan as a part of China.  The article cited the work of Professor Rana Siu Inboden, a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar.  As the…

In a recent policy op-ed titled “Countering China and North Korea’s mad dash for missiles,” Jaganath Sankaran, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, discusses the U.S.’s policy options in responding to China and North Korea’s accumulation of ballistic missiles. The U.S. may “respond in kind” by deploying missiles in the region; it may expand missile…

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School and APP’s inaugural director, was recently interviewed on On Balance With Leland Vittert. Greitens discussed the recent news regarding Huawei’s hiring of former Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta as a consultant. Greitens noted the long history of people working in the…

Rana Siu Inboden, an affiliate of the Asia Policy Program, recently published a book entitled China and the International Human Rights Regime, 1982-2017 (Cambridge University Press, 2021).  Dr. Inboden’s book explores China’s rising position in the world through the lens of China’s role in the international human rights regime.  She focuses on three…

Dr. Amy Liu, associate professor of government and an affiliate of the Asia Policy Program, recently released a book entitled The Language of Political Incorporation: Chinese Migrants in Europe (Temple University Press, 2021). Dr. Liu examines the varying levels of political incorporation among Chinese migrants in Central and Eastern Europe, and shows…

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Director of the Asia Policy Program, published an essay on Chinese surveillance technology in the inaugural publication from the Wilson Center entitled The 2020-21 Wilson China Fellowship: Essays on the Rise of China and Its Implications. Her essay finds that the rise of China’s surveillance state has had a clear global…

In March 2021, UT launched a new Center for Taiwan Studies, a multidisciplinary center dedicated to promoting the study of Taiwan’s society, history and culture on the UT campus. The new Center builds on a robust Taiwan Studies program that has been operating at UT since 2009, and is funded through…