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Muthiah ALAGAPPA, Malaysia
Affiliation: University Malaya; Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Research Topic: Asian security, the political legitimacy of governments, civil society and political change, and the political role of the military in Asia
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Rumi AOYAMA, Japan
Affiliation: Waseda University
Research Topic: Chinese contemporary foreign policy and politics
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Pramanita BARUAH, India
Affiliation: Researcher, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses
Research topic: Japan vs. China: A Tug of War Over Regional Leadership in East Asia
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Fumitaka CHO, Japan
Affiliation: Rikkyo University
Research Topic: The Transformation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Order and U.S. Japan Relations
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Kee Shin CHOI, South Korea
Affiliation: Major, Republic of Korea Army
Research Topic: An Analysis of US-China Multilateral Diplomacy in East Asia
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Xuetang GUO, China
Affiliation: Professor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
Research Topics: China’s national development strategy and foreign policy, the South Asian security, geopolitics
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Atsuhito ISOZAKI, Japan
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Keio University
Research Topics: contemporary North Korean politics and Japan-North Korea relations
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Shixin JIAO, China
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Research Topic: China’s relations with Southeast Asia, China’s soft power, and China’s relation to international human rights regimes
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Trien LE, Vietnam
Affiliation: Lecturer, Vietnam National University
Research Topic: SOEs Privatization and Corporate Governance in Vietnam: A Conceptual Framework on Governmental Dilemmas
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Hanjin LEE, South Korea
Affiliation: Major, Republic of Korea Army
Research Topic: A new Cold War structure and prospects for regional stability with multilateral security cooperation in East Asia
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Zhifei LI, China
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Research Topic: China’s trans-boundary river issues, Climate change and water resource security, non-traditional security in Asia
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Risa NAKAYAMA, Japan
Affiliation: Associate Professor, National institute of Technology, Okinawa College
Research Topic: Representation of Okinawa in film
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Sheng PENG, China
Affiliation: PhD Candidate, University of Oxford
Research Topic: Cold War competition in East Asia
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Danielly RAMOS BECARD, Brazil
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Brasilia
Research Topic: China’s Policy and Strategies in Latin America: Implications for Brazil, China-Brazil relations
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Aamer TAJ, Pakistan
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Institute of Management Sciences
Research Topic: Clientelism in Social Services Delivery
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Kai WANG, China
Affiliation: PhD Candidate, Fudan University
Research Topics: A Quantitative Study of The International Dimensions of Ethnic Civil War
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Michael YAHUDA, United Kingdom
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Research Topics: Research for The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific (4th ed., Routledge, 2019); China’s relations with Asia
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Chunying YUE, China
Affiliation: PhD Candidate, Fudan University
Research Topic: The Usage of Social Media in Taiwan Elections
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Shengsong YUE, China
Affiliation: PhD Candidate, China Foreign Affairs University
Research Topic: Chinese foreign policy, US–China relations, and discursive politics