2008-09 PASS Speaker Series -- 4.
Professor Emerson Niou
"Public Opinion and Security Stability in the Taiwan Straits"
125 Hudson Hall, Duke University(map)
Friday, November 7, 2008, 3:30-5:00 pm
EMERSON M.S. NIOU (Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin, 1987) is Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the co-author of The Balance of Power, Cambridge University Press, 1989. His recent publications include: "Strategic Voting under Plurality and Runoff Rules," Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2001; "A Theory of Economic Sanctions and Issue Linkage," with Dean Lacy, Journal of Politics, 2004; "Understanding Taiwan Independence and Its Policy Implications," Asian Survey, July 2004; "Term Limits as a Response to Incumbency Advantage," with Kongpin Chen, Journal of Politics, May 2005; and "External Threat and Collective Action," with Guofu Tan, Economic Inquiry, 43(3), July 2005, pp. 1-12. His current research projects include: (1)security balance in the Taiwan Strait, (2) institutions and reforms in China, (3) local self-governance in China, (4) alliance formation and alliance politics, and (5) calculus of voting.