Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2003 

M.A. University of California, San Diego, 1998 

A.B. Cornell University, 1995

Selected Publications:

Commerce in the Shadow of Conflict: Political Conflict  and Economic Interdependence across the Taiwan Strait and Beyond.  Accepted for publication at Stanford University Press (forthcoming, 2009).

Legislative Foundations of U.S.-Taiwan Relations: The Case of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus.  (With Douglas Grob.)  Accepted for publication in Foreign Policy Analysis (forthcoming).

National Unification and Mistrust: Bargaining Power and the Prospects for a PRC/Taiwan Agreement.  (With Chad Rector.)  Security Studies 17, no. 1 (March 2008): 39-71.

When Do Conflicting Political Relations Affect International Trade?  Journal of Conflict Resolution 51, no. 4 (August 2007): 664-688.

Strategic Uses of Economic Interdependence: Engagement Policies on the Korean Peninsula and across the Taiwan Strait.  (With Miles Kahler.)  Journal of Peace Research 43, no. 5 (September 2006): 523-541.

Does Economic Integration across the Taiwan Strait Make Military Conflict Less Likely? Journal of East Asian Studies 6, no. 3 (Fall 2006): 319-346.

Ambiguity, Economic Interdependence, and the US Strategic Dilemma in the Taiwan Strait.  Journal of Contemporary China 15, no. 49 (November 2006): 651-669.

Partisanship and the Path to Financial Openness.  (With Chad Rector.)  Comparative Political Studies 38 (June 2005): 484-506.

International Regimes, Domestic Veto-Players, and Capital Controls Policy Stability. (With Chad Rector.)  International Studies Quarterly 47 (2003): 1-22.

Sleeping with the (Potential) Enemy: Assessing the U.S. Policy of Engagement with China.  (With Paul Papayoanou.)  Security Studies 9 (1999/2000): 157-187.

Fields of Study:

International Relations

International Political Economy

International Politics of East Asia

Relations across the Taiwan Strait

Classes:

Fall 2008:

U.S.-Mainland China-Taiwan Relations (GVPT 409Q)

Seminar in International Relations Theory (GVPT708A, with Prof. Virginia Haufler)

Old Course Syllabi:

Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: East Asia (GVPT 409C)

U.S.-Mainland China-Taiwan Relations (GVPT 409E, Sp05, Sp07))

Seminar in International Relations Theory: Asia-Pacific (GVPT 708C)

Graduate Seminar in International Relations Theory (GVPT 708A, FA04, with Prof. Virginia Haufler)

International Politics and Economic Development in East Asia (GVPT 409A, FA04, FA03)

International Political Relations (GVPT 200, SP04)

Mainland China-Taiwan Relations (GVPT 409A, SP04)