Ja Ian Chong — Northeast Asia is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order (at Harvard, Sept. 9 2024)

Harvard’s Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies invite you to hear 

Northeast Asia is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order

Ja Ian Chong (Associate Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore)

Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Monday, September 9 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm 

Registration site: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqf-6opz4rGNecwwA132Vq1rTroCFdQ7hv#/registration

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Speaker: Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor, Political Science, National University of Singapore

Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

The focus of Ja Ian Chong’s teaching and research is on international relations, especially IR theory, security, Chinese foreign policy, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific. Of particular interest are issues that stand at the nexus of international and domestic politics, such as influences on nationalism and the consequences of major power competition on the domestic politics of third countries. In addition to their academic background, they have experience working in think-tanks both in Singapore and in the United States. The speaker is the author of External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation–China, Indonesia, Thailand, 1893-1952 (Cambridge, 2012), which received the 2013 Best Book Award from the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association.

Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.

Also via Zoom.
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