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Emerson Niou
Professor of Political Science, Duke University

"Taiwanese Public Opinion and Security Stability in the Taiwan Strait"

December 5, 2007, Wednesday
204 Perkins Library, Breedlove Room

EMERSON M.S. NIOU (Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin, 1987) is Professor of Political Science at Duke University and, from 2004-06, Professor of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  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.