LUO Shuxian

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I am an assistant professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii, Mānoa, and a non-resident China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I will be a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) for the 2024-25 academic year. I was formerly an assistant professor (tenure-track) at the U.S. Naval War College, post-doctoral research fellow at the Brookings Institution, adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a non-resident Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center.

My research interests include maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, Chinese foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations, especially crisis management. My current book project, tentatively titled Taking it to the Sea: Escalation Decisions and Strategies in China's Maritime Disputes, develops an analytical framework to explain when, why, and how China escalates incidents at sea arising from its maritime territorial and boundary disputes in the 21st century. My other ongoing research projects look at Sino-Russian relations in the Indo-Pacific, China’s strategy toward the Korean Peninsula in the post-Cold War era, Asian countries’ expanding geo-economic interests in the Arctic, and the grassroots movement in Hong Kong for defending the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands (Baodiao). 

I received my Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and hold an M.A. in China Studies and International Economics with a minor in Japan Studies from SAIS, an M.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, and a B.A. in English Literature from Peking University. Before embarking on my academic journey, I had worked as a journalist in Los Angeles.