YK Wang
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5346 USA
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Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30 – 3:50 p.m.
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 2001
- M.A., International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
- Research methods
- Comparative politics international relations
- International relations
Dr. Yuan-kang Wang is a professor of political science at Western Michigan University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. Wang was an International Security Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies.
Wang specializes in international relations, East Asian security and U.S.-China relations. His research examines the nexus between international relations theory and historical China.
Wang is author of Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics (Columbia University Press, 2011), which examines the influence of Confucian culture on Chinese grand strategy, use of force and war aims. Wang has published articles on peripheral nationalism in China, nationalist mobilization during Taiwan’s democratization and U.S. extended deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
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