GTI Insights podcast with CWP alum Ja Ian Chong on Singapore's Complex Ties to Taiwan and China

In Season 4, Episode 8 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and GTI Research Associate Adrienne Wu interview Dr. Ja-Ian Chong, an associate professor of political science at the National University of Singapore. In a compelling conversation, Dr. Chong shares his insights on Singapore's unique cultural, linguistic, and economic ties with Taiwan, China's mounting efforts to influence diaspora communities in Singapore, and potential future avenues for Singapore-Taiwan collaboration.

GTI Insights Season 4, Episode 8: A Conversation with Ja-Ian Chong on Singapore's Complex Ties to Taiwan and China - https://globaltaiwan.org/podcasts/gti-insights/?mc_cid=9749d9bcc6&mc_eid=388b4c19f3

The focus of my teaching and research is on international relations, especially IR theory, security, Chinese foreign policy, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific. Of particular interest to me 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. I also enjoy looking at historical material in my research. In addition to my academic background, I have experience working in think-tanks both in Singapore and in the United States. As such, I also look at the relationship between political science theory and policy, and believe the two can inform each other.

I am 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.

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