A group of scholars and practitioners founded the International Studies Association (ISA) in 1959 to pursue mutual interests in international studies. Representing eighty countries, ISA has over four thousand members worldwide and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in this field.
The 2009 annual conference will be held at New York Marriott Marquis Times Square on February 15-18, 2009. Additional information is at: http://www.isanet.org/newyork2009/.
China-related presentations at the conference are listed below.
SA44: Sunday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Environmental Protection and Local Political Changes in China
Chair Katherine Morton, Australian National University
Disc. Katherine Morton, Australian National University
International environmental non-governmental organizations in local politics: Comparing the different structures of Greenpeace networks in solid toxic waste campaign in the Philippines and China
Wai Man Natalie Wong: Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Local People’s Congress and the Inland Nuclear Power Project
Xiang Fang: University of Edinburgh
Beyond the Decision: Environmental “Impact Litigation” in China
Rachel E. Stern: University of California at Berkeley
Development, Disaster, and Environmental Protection: A Comparative Study of Local Environmental Politics in China
Fengshi Wu: Chinese University of Hong Kong
SB06: Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Advances in the Study of Foreign Policy: Modeling Beliefs and Decisions
Chair Akan Malici, Furman University
Disc. Jerel A. Rosati, University of South Carolina
Learning in China's Decision-Making toward Multilateral Institutions: The Cases of APEC, APT and ARF
Huiyun Feng: Utah State University
Kai He: Georgia State University
SB09: Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The Resource Curse and Democracy
Chair Allison Chatrchyan, Cornell University
Disc. Allison Chatrchyan, Cornell University
The China Card and American Politics: The Domestic Sources of US Policy toward China, from 1868 to 2008
Jungkun Seo: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
SB46: Sunday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The BRICs as "Responsible Global Stakeholders?" Implications for the United States, Great Power Competition and World Order
Chair Cynthia Roberts, Hunter College, City University of New York and Saltzman Institute on War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
Disc. Parag Khanna, London School of Economics and Political Science & New America Foundation
China as a (More?) Responsible Stakeholder: A Requirement for Recognition as a Great Power
Michael Glosny: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SC30: Sunday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Novel Perspectives: Integrating National and State Level
Chair Ronald L. Tammen, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
Disc. Michelle Benson Saxton, University at Buffalo - State University of New York
Provincial Investment Decisions: The Spatial Diffusion of FDI in China and India
Tadeusz Kugler: La Sierra University
Travis Coan: Claremont Graduate University
SC38: Sunday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
China's Foreign Economic Policies
Chair Xiaowen Zhang, Augustana College
Disc. Xiaowen Zhang, Augustana College
China in Africa: A Mutually beneficial Strategic Partnership? The Case of Sudan
Daniela Nascimento: University of Coimbra
Carmen A. Mendes: University of Coimbra
Chinese vs. US Political Warfare In Africa
Sterling Johnson: Central Michigan University
China's Quest for Energy Security: Political, Economic, and Security Implications
Jean A. Garrison: University of Wyoming
Regional Implications of China’s New Foreign Policy in Latin America: The Energetic Factor
Carmen A. Mendes: University of Coimbra
Maite J. Iturre: University of the Basque Country
China’s Preferential Trade Policies and Small State Diplomacy
Marc Lanteigne: University of St. Andrews
SC44: Sunday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Climate Change and Human Security in Developing Countries
Chair Clionadh A. Raleigh, Trinity College, Dublin
Disc. Henrik Urdal, Peace and Research Institute Oslo(PRIO)
Climate Change, Energy Security and China’s Development Dilemma
Paul J. Smith: Naval War College
SD09: Sunday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
IGOs, NGOs: Activities and Historical Role
Chair Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
Disc. Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
The Evolution of China’s Relationship with the World Bank: From Debtor and Beneficiary to Partnership
June Park: Boston University
SD26: Sunday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Constituting the Knowledge Economy: Governing the New Regional Spaces of Higher Education
Chair Kanishka Jayasuriya, Murdoch University
Disc. Eleni Tsingou, University of Warwick
Questing for Global Competitiveness: The Search for New Regulatory Modes in Higher Education in Greater China
Ka Ho Mok: The University of Hong Kong
SE01: Sunday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
International Organizations and Trade
Chair Richard W. Chadwick, University of Hawaii
Disc. Gregory P. Corning, Santa Clara University
Challenging China at the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Which Cases Are Brought and How Are They Settled?
Xiaowen Zhang: Augustana College
SE28: Sunday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Processes of Securitisation and the Role
Chair Jef Huysmans, The Open University
Disc. R. B. J. Walker, University of
Media Environments as Sites of Securitization Contestation in China
Juha A. Vuori: University of Turku
SE46: Sunday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
China's Foreign Policy
Chair Wanfa Zhang, Florida Institute of Technology
Disc. Wanfa Zhang, Florida Institute of Technology
Intentions Matter: Why China's Foreign Policy will be Peaceful
Dingding Chen: Hamilton College
Understanding China’s Foreign Policy ? A Political Economy Perspective
Julia Bader: German Development Institute
Rhetoric on the Past, Responses to the Present, and Anticipation of the Future in Japan-China Relations
Mary McCarthy: Drake University
MA17: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Status and the Great Powers
Chair Deborah W. Larson, University of California at Los Angeles
Disc. Christopher Layne, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University
Disc. Richard Rosecrance, Harvard University
Prestige, Delegitimation, and War: What Is China’s Vision for International Order?
Xiaoyu Pu: The Ohio State University
Randall L. Schweller: The Ohio State University
Status, Power, and World Order: Integrating Russia and China
Deborah W. Larson: University of California at Los Angeles
Alexei Shevchenko: California State Fullerton
MA18: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Understanding Small State Behavior: Alternate Explanations
Chair Laura Cristina Ferreira-Pereira, University of Minho
Disc. Cristina S. Pecequilo, UNESP
The Individual is a Function of the State: The State Level of Analysis as an Explanation for the Caribbean’s Increased Engagement with China
Dana Marie Morris: University of Denver
MA41: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
China's Energy Relations with the Global South
Chair Carrie Currier, Texas Christian University
Disc. Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville
China's Search for Energy Security in the Middle East: Strategic Implications
Manochehr Dorraj: Texas Christian University
Carrie Currier: Texas Christian University
China, Russia, and Central Asia: Triangular Energy Politics
Gregory Gleason: University of New Mexico
China, Latin America, and the United States: The Political Economy of Energy Policy in the Americas
Gregg B. Johnson: University at Buffalo - State University of New York
Jesse T. Wasson: State University of New York at Buffalo
Competition and Cooperation: China's Energy Relations with Japan and India
Jian Yang: University of Auckland
MA46: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Continuity and Change in Institutions and Networks
Chair Robert D. Duval, West Virginia University
Disc. Robert D. Duval, West Virginia University
Who Would Have Thunk It? Investing in China and Socialism in Venezuela: Understanding Regime Change
Anthony P. Spanakos: Montclair State University
MA48: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The World Trade Organization
Chair Surupa Gupta, University of Mary Washington
The Ins and Outs of China's WTO Compliance
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard: San Francisco State University
MA95: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Nationalism and Conflict in China
Disc. Stephen B. Herschler, Oglethorpe University
The Reverse Linkage Effect?: Assessing the Impact of Chinese Integration on the Democratization of Hong Kong
Ilan Alon: Rollins College
Dexter Boniface: Rollins College
The History of Victimization: New Trends in China’s Nationalism
Xuecun Liang: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mêlée Apart for Human Rights: Comparative Studies on Silenced Tibetans and Native Americans
Maorong Jiang: Creighton University
China’s Ethnic Regime in Comparative Perspective: Implications for Future Conflict
Erin E. Williams: University of British Columbia
Clash of Cultures: Rethinking Chinese Nationalism
Zheng Wang: Seton Hall University
MA97: Monday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
China: Internal Threats and External Challenges
Disc. Yu-Wen Chen, University of Konstanz
Is the Traditional East Asian System a Hierarchy?
Feng Zhang: London School of Economics and Political Science
The Future of Regional Cooperation in East/Southeast Asia
Soleiman Dias: Hanyang University
The New Development of Cross-Strait Relations since 2008
Hsiao-Yun Yu: Chinese Culture University
Winning Without Victory: Why China Has Failed to End the Separatist Struggle in Tibet
Lisa M. Rickmers: City University of New York
Peasant Protes and Long-term Political Stability in China
Zhang Wu: Union College
MB27: Monday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Regional Security Governance in the New Millennium II
Chair Emil J. Kirchner, University of Essex
Disc. Bruce Bagley, University of Miami
Russia, China & US Missile Defense: Shanghai Cooperation Framework on the Line?
Imtiaz A. Hussain: Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
MB28: Monday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Energy and Security in Asia
Chair Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
Disc. Taylor M. Fravel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Disc. Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
From Soft Balancing to Strategic Hedging: The Case of Chinese Energy Security Policy
Wojtek M. Wolfe: Rutgers University
Brock Tessman: University of Georgia
MB41: Monday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Regional Responses to the Rise of China
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Panel: Foreign Policy Analysis
Chair Lui Hebron, California Maritime Academy
Disc. Lui Hebron, California Maritime Academy
Beijing-Taipei Relations and Policy Adjustments across the Taiwan Straits
Kevin G. Cai: University of Waterloo
Accommodation or Engagement? Australia’s Response to a Rising China
James Manicom: Flinders University
Andrew O'Neil: Flinders University
Hu Jintao's New Taiwan Policy and Relations Across the Taiwan Straits: An Analysis of the Beijing-Taipei Interactions
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Shang-chih Chen: Natioanal Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
“Chindia” or Rivalry? Indian Perspectives on the Rise of China
Priyanka R. Dubey
Vincent W. Wang: University of Richmond
MB48: Monday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The Politics of Preferential and Regional Trade Agreements
Chair Patricia Mary Goff, Wilfred Laurier University
Disc. Patricia Mary Goff, Wilfred Laurier University
China’s FTA Negotiation in Asia and its Multilateral Implication
Wei Liang: Monterey Institute of International Studies
Ka Zeng: University of Arkansas
MC04: Monday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Ideology, Use of Force and US Foreign Policy
Chair Andrea M. Lopez, Susquehanna University
Disc. Lippert Jacques, IERI
Disc. Carlos L. Yordan, Drew University
Apology and Historical Memory: Nationalist Interpretations of Crises between the US and China
Elizabeth Susan Dahl: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Gang Wu: University of Nebraska at Omaha
MC27: Monday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Building Stable Societies in the Post-Communist Realm
Chair Mariya Y. Omelicheva, University of Kansas
Disc. Mariya Y. Omelicheva, University of Kansas
Social Networks and Institutional Change: Lessons from China and the Balkans
Iva Bozovic: University of Southern California
MD01: Monday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Puzzles of South Korea and East Asian Superpowers
Chair Jungmin Seo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Disc. Jungmin Seo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Problem of Political Legitimacy in China and its Implication to the Security Order of the Korean Peninsula
Jungmin Seo: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Neighbors Are Charming to Each Other? A Study of Korea-China Mutual Perception
Jih-Un Kim: Webster University
The Yellow Dragon: Cooperation on Desertification in Northeast Asia
Esook Yoon: Kwangwoon University
Status Hierarchies and South Korea's Regional Relations
David C. Kang: University of Southern California
The Impact of International Organizations on Identity Politics: Vehicle or Obstacle?
Chair Aart A. Holtslag, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Disc. Carolyn M. Stephensen, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sustaining Cosmopolitanism: The Role of International Organizations in Hong Kong
Wai-man Lam: The University of Hong Kong
MD18: Monday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Public and Private Diplomacy: Their Effects on Foreign Policy
Chair Kathy R. Fitzpatrick, Quinnipiac University
Disc. Steven F. Jackson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
The Banding Spirit Lives Forever: Communist China, Africa, and Transracial Political Solidarity
Vera L. Fennell: Lehigh University
Mixed Images: Beijing's Public Diplomacy Regarding the "Genocide Olympics" Campaigns
Courtney J. Richardson: Fletcher School, Tufts University
MD38: Monday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Infectious Diseases and Threat Responses in Asia
China’s Response to Newly Emergent Infectious Diseases: The International Implications of Local Threats
Nicholas David Thomas: City University of Hong Kong
Health and Human Security in East Asia: Issues and Challenges
Mely C. Anthony: Nanyang Technological University
China’s Response to Epidemics: Insights from the English School
Elizabeth Wishnick: Montclair State University
Assessing Health Security Threats in Asia
Yanzhong Huang: Seton Hall University
MD94: Monday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
International Organization Poster Session 2
Disc. Dexter Boniface, Rollins College
China and Russia in the post?Cold War UN Security Council: Obstructors or Sentinels of Global Security?
David Mickler: Murdoch University
ME41: Monday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Assessing Alliance Behavior Among Allies in Asia
Chair Sunny Lee, Institute for Korea-US Political Development
Disc. Maorong Jiang, Creighton University
Towards an Asymmetrical Dyadic Alliance Model: Case Study Taiwan-US Relations
Joshua Su-Ya Wu: The Ohio State University
ME09: Monday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Regional Perspectives on Preventing Mass Atrocities: Advancing the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia Pacific
Chair Alex Bellamy, University of Queensland
Disc. Ramesh C. Thakur, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Strengthening China’s Role in Protecting Populations from Mass Atrocity Crimes
Sarah E. Teitt: University of Queensland
ME29: Monday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
The European Union as a Global Power
Chair Walter Carlsnaes, Uppsala University
Disc. Walter Carlsnaes, Uppsala University
The EU, China and the United States: Institutions, Power and Norms in Bi-Multilateral Commercial Relations
Michael H. Smith: Loughborough University
ME44: Monday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Civil Society Approaches to Environmental Mobilization: Lessons from around the World
Chair Cristina M. Balboa, Yale University, Doctoral Studies
Disc. Jack Manno, State University of New York Col of Environ Sci & Forestry
How Global is Global Environmental Governance through Partnerships? –Partnership Governance in China and India
Sander Chan: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
ME46: Monday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Politics, Globalization, and Redistribution
Chair Rajaram Krishnan, Earlham College
Disc. Rajaram Krishnan, Earlham College
Contemporary Energy Security: Understanding US and China Energy Competition and Cooperation
Wojtek M. Wolfe: Rutgers University
TA01: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Metaphors, Blends, and Concepts for Studying the Political: Understanding the Past and Constituting the Future
Chair Ido Oren, University of Florida
Disc. Alan Cienki, Vrije Universiteit
Constituting China: The Role of Metaphor in the Discourses of Sino?American Relations
Eric M. Blanchard: University of Southern California
From Mao’s Dao to Deng’s Dao: Vital Relations and Socalled Pragmatic Thinking
Stephen B. Herschler: Oglethorpe University
TA16: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
International Communication and Free Expression as Soft Power
Chair Matthew D. Evans, Penn State University
Disc. Eytan Gilboa, Bar?Ilan University
The Premises of Soft Power: A Comparative Analysis of Public Diplomacy Policy Rhetoric in China and Japan
Craig Hayden: American University
TA23: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The Role of FDI for Development: Lessons Learned
Chair Zeev Yoram Haftel, University of Illinois at Chicago
Disc. Zeev Yoram Haftel, University of Illinois at Chicago
Foreign Capital Liberalization and Development: Lessons from China, India, and Russia
Roselyn Hsueh: University of Southern California
TA31: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Rising China and the International Future
Chair Daniel Lynch, University of Southern California
Disc. Fei-Ling Wang, Georgia Institute of Technoogy
Chinese Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Nonofficial Intellectuals' Views of the Future
William A. Callahan: University of Manchester
Chinese Thinking on the Future of International Relations
Daniel Lynch: University of Southern California
China's Telecommunications Revolution and Implications for a Future International Role
Eric Harwit: University of Hawaii
Lighters and Litigation: Political Pluralization of the Trade Policy Process
Andrew Mertha: Cornell University
Appeasing a Rising Authoritarian China: Implications for Democracy and Peace
Edward Friedman: University of Wisconsin
TA42: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Foreign and Domestic Policy in China and East Asian Regional Movements
Chair Vincent W. Wang, University of Richmond
Disc. Vincent W. Wang, University of Richmond
Debating Chinese Reform: New Left vs Liberals
He Li: Merrimack College
Imperialism, Acculturation and Cognitive Reintegration: The Origins of Korean Millenarian Nationalism
James F. Rinehart: Troy University
The Impact of China’s Rise on Asian Regional Security Order: China’s Emerging Role in Central Asia
Nadine Godehardt: German Institute of Global and Area Studies
‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?’: China’s Engagementin Africa
Monika Thakur: McMaster University
Corruption in China: Cancer on the System
Lui Hebron: California Maritime Academy
TB02: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Securitizing Science and Technology in World Affairs: Implications for International Security in the 21st Century
Chair Dan Plafcan, University of Virginia
Disc. Lynn Eden, Stanford University
Policy Innovation in Energy Security: Knowledge Production and Expertise in China, Japan, and the United States
Dan Plafcan: University of Virginia
TB11: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Celebrities, Spectatorship, and International 'Good' Causes
Chair Lisa Ann Richey, Roskilde University
Disc. Craig J. Calhoun, Social Science Research Council
Celebrity Cultivation in Modern China and the Moral Politics of China's HIV/AIDS Heroes
Johanna L. Hood: University of Technology Sydney
TB18: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Current Questions in Chinese Security Policy
Chair Terence Lee, National University of Singapore
Disc. Wooseon Choi, Ramapo College of New Jersey
People’s Army with Private Weapons? Interpreting the Contemporary Changes in China Defense Industries
Emmanuel Puig: CNRS France
China's Nuclear Weapons Policy Since the 1990s
Nicola Ann Horsburgh: University of Oxford
When Does China’s Military Modernisation Become Dangerous? US Arms Sales to Taiwan and the Cross-Strait Offence-Defence Balance: A Reflection
Chih-yu Shih: National Taiwan University
Ching-Chang Chen: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
TB27: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Geopolitics of Central Asia
Chair Gregory O. Hall, Morehouse College
Disc. Reuel Hanks, Oklahoma State University
Power Politics in Central Asia: China and Russia’s SCO Dialogue
Tiara Grant: New Mexico State University
TB29: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Legislatures, Bureaucracies, and Foreign Policy: Their Role and Their Effect
Chair Brian D. Ripley, Mercyhurst College
Disc. Brian D. Ripley, Mercyhurst College
Revisiting Trade Policy towards China, 1989?2001: Vote Choice and Change in a Polarized Congress
Jungkun Seo: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
TB31: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
China and Latin America: An Evolving Relationship
Chair Gonzalo Sebastian Paz
Disc. Jorge I. Dominguez, Harvard University
China and Venezuela: Potential Allies?
Gonzalo Sebastian Paz
Chinese Opportunities: An Outlook for Latin American Trade
Rolando Avendano: Paris Scool of Economics
Goeril Havro: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Just Biding its Time? The Strategic Implications of China's Expansion in Latin America
William E. Ratliff: Hoover Institution Fellow
China as an Imperialist Power
June Teufel Dreyer: University of Miami School of Business
TC26: Tuesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Central Banks and Currency Politics
Chair Jennifer Dwyer, Hunter College
Disc. Jennifer Dwyer, Hunter College
Challenge and Response: US Dollar Disturbance and Prospects for Sino?Japanese Monetary Cooperation in East Asia
Wolf Hassdorf: China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing
TC31: Tuesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Security and Cooperation in Asia
Chair Hidekazu Sakai, Kansai Gaidai University
Disc. Tsuneo Akaha, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Constructing Transpacific Security Community: The Matured Stage of US-Japan Alliance
Hidekazu Sakai: Kansai Gaidai University
China Embraces Multilateralism: From Reluctance to Activism
Jing-Dong Yuan: Monterey Institute of International Studies
Security Cooperation in Asia: Who is the Leader of the East Asian Community?
Hiro Katsumata: University of Bristol
Is China a Black Swan?: Implications for America and East Asian Security
Kevin Cooney: Union University
Network Governance and East Asian Security
Anja Elisabeth Jetschke: University of Freiburg
TC42: Tuesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment
Chair Yu Zheng, University of Connecticut
Disc. Yu Zheng, University of Connecticut
China and India: Variation in the Reregulation of Foreign Direct Investment in the Age of Globalization
Roselyn Hsueh: University of Southern California
TC97: Tuesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Human Rights, Responsibility and War
Disc. Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow
Is there an Eastern Way to Practice Human Rights? A Comparison of Christian and Buddhist Transnational Networks in China
Yun Wang: University of California at Riverside
TD08: Tuesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Eclectic Approaches to Conceptualizing the Asian Region
Chair David Leheny, Princeton University
Disc. William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth
Status Hierarchy and War in Early Modern East Asia
David C. Kang: University of Southern California
China’s Rise: Return, Rupture or Recombination?
Peter Katzenstein: Cornell University
Ideas, Collective Beliefs, and Power Transition in Asia
Evelyn Goh: Royal Holloway, University of London
TD19: Tuesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
US - China Relations
Chair Wojtek M. Wolfe, Rutgers University
Disc. Wojtek M. Wolfe, Rutgers University
The US and the PRC as Third Parties in Conflict Management of Southeast Asia
Kwei-Bo Huang: National Chengchi University
Differences over 9/11: Back to the Post?11/9 in China and US Relations?
Burcu Sari: Bilkent University, Turkey
Engagement as Power Strategy: Strategic Logic of US China Policy
Wooseon Choi: Ramapo College of New Jersey
TD28: Tuesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Security Governance as a Collective Action Problem: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results
Chair Timothy J. McKeown, University of North Carolina
Disc. Mark J. Crescenzi, University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Disc. Peter Dobrowski, Naval War College
In the Crossfire: Vietnam’s Relations with China and the Soviet Union during the Vietnam War (1965-1972)
Minh Quang Pham: Department of International Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University
TD31: Tuesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Assessing China’s Diplomacy, Past, Present and Future
Chair Yaqing Qin, China Foreign Affairs University
Disc. Yaqing Qin, China Foreign Affairs University
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the New Diplomacy of China
Fei Gao: China Foreign Affairs University
China' New Diplomatic Model:Bridging Past and Future
Liqun Zhu: China Foreign Affairs University
Relationality and Processual Constructivism: Chinese Elements in IRT
Yaqing Qin: China Foreign Affairs University
Norms, Structures and the Networking of Track II Process
Ling Wei: China Foreign Affairs University
China's Rise and its Partnership with ASEAN
Yan Wang: China Foreign Affairs University
TD95: Tuesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Geopolitics and Energy
Disc. Andoura Sami, EGMONT ? Royal Institute for International Relations
Disc. Cathryn Thurston, George Mason University
First Century? China’s Search for Oil and Sudan’s Upward Economic Mobility
Astra Bonini: The Johns Hopkins University
TE16: Tuesday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Globalization, Anti-Globalization and Media Framing
Chair Mehpare Selcan Kaynak, Bogazici University
Disc. Douglas A. Van Belle, Victoria University of Wellington
Journey of Harmony VS Disharmony ? Flame of friendship VS shame, China VS the West ——Thoughts over 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay
Debao Xiang: Macquarie University
TE31: Tuesday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Assessing China’s Rise: Power and Influence in the 21st Century
Chair Robert Ross, Boston College
Disc. Robert Ross, Boston College
Morality and Necessity Combined: The Role of the United Nations in China’s Diplomatic Rise
Liselotte Odgaard: Royal Danish Defence College
China’s Rising? An Assessment of China’s Military Power
Taylor M. Fravel: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Strategic Forces and the Rise of China: Causal, Derivative, or Irrelevant?
Christopher Twomey: Naval Postgraduate School
Prosperity, Politics and Power: The International Dimensions of China’s Rise as a Trading Giant
Scott Kastner: University of Maryland
WA13: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Follow the Money: Insights into Foreign Aid and Foreign Investment in Environmental Politics
Chair Ruth Ben-Artzi, Providence College
Disc. Ruth Ben-Artzi, Providence College
Are Foreign Investors Attracted to "Pollution Havens": The Case of China
Ka Zeng: University of Arkansas
WA20: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Chinese Diaspora and the Rise of China
Chair Fei-Ling Wang, Georgia Institute of Technoogy
Disc. Fei-Ling Wang, Georgia Institute of Technoogy
Disaporic Chinese Business: The "Food Chain" of Chinese Family Enterprises in the UK
Gordon C. K. Cheung: University of Durham
Edmund Terence Gomez: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
The Role of Diasporas in Hong Kong in Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy
Simon Xu-Hui Shen: HK Institute of Asia?Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Chinese Digital Diaspora and Beijing's National Image Management
Sheng Ding: Bloomsburg University
China’s Diaspora and Returnees: Impact on China’s Globalization Process
Henry Huiyao Wang: China Western/Overseas Returned Scholars Association
WA32: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The Influence of Non-State Actors on State Behavior in 21st Century International Water Management
Chair Jeroen F. Warner, CSMR, Radboud University Nijmegen
Disc. Paula Duarte Lopes, University of Coimbra
The Impact of Domestic Actors on State Behavior in Managing International Rivers: An Examination of China and India
Neda Zawahri: Cleveland State University
Oliver M. Hensengerth: Chatham House, London
WA36: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The Future of Great Power Strategic Rivalry in Asia
Chair John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago
Disc. John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago
Triangular Peace among Beijing, Taipei, and Washington: An Analysis of the Impact of Economic Independence and Institutions on Cross-Strait Relations
Jun Wei: University of Chicago
The Sino-US Strategic Balance and the Prospects for an Asian “Nuclear Peace”
Keir A. Lieber: University of Notre Dame
Daryl G. Press: Dartmouth College
East Asia in 2025: Cooperation, Competition, or Conflict?
Christopher Layne: Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University
China's Naval Nationalism and Great Power Rivalry
Robert Ross: Boston College
WA48: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Tibet Protests and the Questions of Representations
Chair Dibyesh Anand, Westminster University
Disc. Dibyesh Anand, Westminster University
Free Tibet, Ready or Not
P. Christiaan Klieger: California Academy of Sciences
The Formation and Implication of Two Uniform Images about Tibet
Xiaoyang Tang: New School for Social Research
Is There a Pattern of Tibetan Protest?
Anne-Sophie Bentz: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)
Pro-Tibetan Activism and Challenges for China's Public Diplomacy
Lu Tang: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Hongmei Li: University of Pennsylvania
WB23: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Assessing the Impact of Remittances on Development
Chair Luis Cabrera, University of Birmingham
Disc. Luis Cabrera, University of Birmingham
Transnational Engagement, Remittances and Policy Change: Political Bargain between Taiwanese Government and Businesspeople
Yu-Sung Su: Columbia University
WB37: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
International Organizations: A Critical View
Chair Mark T. Berger, Naval Postgraduate School
Disc. Mark T. Berger, Naval Postgraduate School
The Evolution of China’s Relationship with the World Bank: From Debtor and Beneficiary to Partnership
June Park: Boston University
WB41: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
IR Theory and Foreign Policy Behavior in Asia
Chair Eundak Kwon, Northern Kentucky University
Disc. Brent E. Sasley, University of Texas at Arlington
Chinese Strategic Culture through Different Notions of Strategy in 60 Chinese Strategy Classics – A Novel Abstraction of Strategy Universe?
Matti Nojonen: Finnish Institute of International Affairs
China's Deliberate Compliance in the United Nations: Beyond IR Theories
Chih-ji Hsiu: Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University
WC09: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Foreign Aid and Interventions in Africa and Beyond China's Impact on Human Rights in Africa
Carolyn M. Shaw: Wichita State University
WC23: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Latin America and the World Economy
Chair Arie M. Kacowicz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Disc. Arie M. Kacowicz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“The New Nationalism” Oil Strategy of Chavez and Mommer: Can China, Iran and International Oil Companies Enable Venezuela to Escape the Markets of “El Imperio” and Reverse PDVSA Production Declines?
Thomas W. O'Donnell: The New School for Social Research
WC24: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Power and States in the International System
Chair J. David Singer, University of Michigan
Disc. J. David Singer, University of Michigan
A Forward Reasoning Approach to the Possibility of a China-US Transition
David Paul Rapkin: University of Nebraska
William R. Thompson: Indiana University
WC25: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
The Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Building
Chair Jay M. Parker, Georgetown University
Disc. Daniel Pinkston, International Crisis Group
Disc. Scott Snyder
China and the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Building
Xiao Ren: Fudan University
WC41: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
The Foreign Policy Impact of Major Powers on Region and States
Chair Gregory P. Corning, Santa Clara University
Disc. Vincent W. Wang, University of Richmond
Do Regional Powers Export their Political Regimes? Comparing China, India and Russia
Joerg Faust: German Development Institute
Julia Bader: German Development Institute
The Role of Greater China in Latin America
Thomas Cieslik: University of Wuerzburg
WC96: Wednesday 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Navigating the Politics and Uncertainties of Climate Change
Disc. Fariborz Zelli, German Development Institute
China’s Participation in the Post?2012 Climate Change Regime
Ho-Ching Lee: National Central University
WD05: Wednesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
State Behaviour and Global Norms: Comparing Hegemonic and Emerging Powers
Chair Andrew Walter, London School of Economics and Political Science
Disc. Amitav Acharya, University of Bristol
The United States, China and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Explaining Norm Convergent Behaviour
Rosemary J. Foot: University of Oxford
Behavioural Convergence in Financial Regulation: The US and China
Andrew Walter: London School of Economics and Political Science
WD17: Wednesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy
Chair Robert Ross, Boston College
Disc. Robert Ross, Boston College
Thinking About Intervention: Chinese Elite Views of Peace Enforcement Operations
Courtney J. Richardson: Fletcher School, Tufts University
Half-Circle: China’s Policy Shifts on Track II Security Regimes
Marc Lanteigne: University of St. Andrews
Assesssing Chinese Dissatisfaction with the International Status Quo
Katharine Jefferson: University of Arizona
China’s Foreign Aid Policy: Rediscovering an Old Tool of Diplomacy
Michael Glosny: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WD26: Wednesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
China and the World
Chair Xiaowen Zhang, Augustana College
Disc. Xiaowen Zhang, Augustana College
Explaining the Implementation of Intellectual Property Rights Policy in China after the country’s WTO Entry: The Case of Copyright
Zhenqing Zhang: University of Minnesota
China's Investment in Africa: A Catalyst for Growth and Development or a "Trojan Horse" for Exploitation
Emmanuel Ezi Obuah: Alabama A&M University
Global Capitalism and China's Uneven Integration into the World Economy
Ling Chen: Johns Hopkins University
China, the West and the New Scramble for African Oil
Jesse S. Ovadia: York University
WD33: Wednesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
The Developmental State Revisited
Chair Lynn White Jr., Princeton University
Disc. Lynn White Jr., Princeton University
Policy Learning and Diffusion Analysis: China’s FDI Liberalization in the Shadow of Japanese Developmental State
Min Ye: Boston University
Institutions, Governance, and Foreign Investment: A Comparative Analysis of Special Economic Zones in China and India
Yu Zheng: University of Connecticut
WD41: Wednesday 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Multiple Targets of Chinese Foreign Policy
Chair Julia Bader, German Development Institute
Disc. Julia Bader, German Development Institute
Comparative Diplomacy: Chinese Relations with Sudan and Angola, 1959-2009
Steven F. Jackson: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Impact of China’s Latin-American Policy Strategy on Taiwan's Relations with Its Latin American Allies
Johnny Shaw: Chinese Culture University
The Relevance (or Irrelevance) of the Hong Kong Experience Under China's One Country Two Systems Concept for Taiwan
James W. Chui: London School of Economics and Political Science
WE05: Wednesday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Human Security Issues in Regional Cooperation in East Asia
Chair Susan Kang, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/ City University of New York
Disc. Jing-Dong Yuan, Monterey Institute of International Studies
China's Non-Traditional Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia
David Arase: Pomona College
WE29: Wednesday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Public Opinion, Media and Foreign Policy Actions
Chair Ulf Bjereld, University of Gothenburg
Disc. Mehpare Selcan Kaynak, Bogazici University
Public Opinions, Elite Faction and Foreign Policy in China: Anti Americanism and PRC (Re)action to the United States
Xiaojun Li: Stanford University
WE43: Wednesday 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Investigating Bodies, Minds, and Ideas through Critical Human Security
Chair Nikola Hynek, Institute of International Relations
Disc. Vit Stritecky, Institute of International Relations
Critical Human Security and HIV/AIDS: Provincial/Municipal Responses in Thailand and China
Neil G. M. Renwick: Coventry University
Jing Gu: Institute of Development Studies