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Dr. Joseph Wu Taiwan's Chief Representative in the U.S The Center for Strategic and International Studies welcome Dr. Joseph Wu Taiwan's Chief Representative in the U.S. Dr. Wu’s speech is entitled “Balance of Power in East Asia: A View from Taiwan” Introduction by Dr. Stephen Flanagan Senior V ice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security and Director of International Security Program, CSIS Moderated by Dr. Bates Gill Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS Monday July 9, 2007 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. B-1 Conference Room, CSIS Biographies Dr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu Date of Birth : October 31, 1954 Current Position : ·Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (from April 12, 2007) Academic Certificate : ·Ph.D ., Political Science, The Ohio State University ·M.A., Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis ·B.A., Political Science, National Chengchi University Previous Title : ·Chairman, Mainland Affairs Council, The Executive Yuan (May 20, 2004 -Apri l 11, 2007 ) ·Deputy Secretary -general to the President (2002~May 19, 2004) ·Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University ·Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department, National Chengchi University ·Adjunct Res earch Fellow, Election Studies Center, National Chengchi University Areas of Specialization : ·Taiwan political development ·Cross -Strait relations ·International relations ·Middle East politics Major Publication : ·Taiwan's Democratization: Forces Behi nd the New Momentum Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995 ·Divided Nations: The Experience of Germany, Korea, and China(ed), Taipei: Institute of International Relations, 1995 ·China Rising: Implications of Economic and Military Grow th of the PRC (ed), Taipei, Institute of International Relations, 2001 Stephen Flanagan is senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at CSIS, where he holds the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security Pol icy. Before joining CSIS, he served as director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies and vice president for research at the National Defense University from January 2001 through May 2007. He held several senior positions in government between 1989 and 1999, including special assistant to the president and senior director for Central and Eastern Europe, National Security Council Staff; associate director and member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff; and national intelligence office r for Europe. Earlier in his career, he was a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1978 –1983). Dr. Flanagan has also held several academic and research positions, including senior fellow at the Institute for Nat ional Strategic Studies; faculty member at the National War College, NDU; and executive director, Center for Science and International Affairs and faculty member at Harvard’s Kennedy School; and international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. He has published numerous books and articles on international security affairs and is coauthor of Challenges of the Global Century (2001), and coeditor of The PLA and China in Transition (2003), and Strategic Challenges: America’s Global Security Agenda ( summer 2007). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies and serves on the editorial boards of the journals Joint Force Quarterly, International Security, and Politique Americaine. Dr. Flanag an is a recipient of the State Department’s Superior and Meritorious Service Awards, the CJCS Distinguished Civilian Service Award, as well as decorations from the presidents of Poland and Romania. He earned his B.A. in political science from Columbia Univ ersity in 1973 and his Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in 1979. Bates Gill has held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., one of the mso t prestigious China -watching positions in the United States since July 2002. He previously served as a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and inaugural Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. His curre nt projects focus on U.S. - China -Europe relations, China -Africa relations, on China’s growing influence in Asian regional affairs, and on China’s challenging domestic policy agenda. He is the author, co -author, or co -editor of six books, including, Rising S tar: China’s New Security Diplomacy (Brookings, February 2007) , as well as China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower (PublicAffairs, 2006). His editorial in the New York Times in July 2001 and his article in Foreign Affairs in March 2002 helped focus the attention of the U.S. policy community on China’s looming HIV/AIDS challenge. Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Gill serves on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S. -China Relations, the U.S. -China Policy Foundation, the American Association for Chinese Studies, the Feris Foundation of America, the United States Council on Security and Cooperation in the Asia -Pacific, and the China -Merck AIDS Partnership. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Contemporary China , China Security, the China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, and the Hong Kong Journal, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Dr. Gill received his Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, USA..
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