T.Y. Wang is Chair of the Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He is an ISU University Professor. He currently serves as the co-editor of the Journal of Asian and African Studies and was the Coordinator of the Conference Group of Taiwan Studies (CGOTS) of the American Political Science Association. Professor Wang’s current research focuses on Taiwanese national identity, cross-Strait relations, and US policy towards China and Taiwan. He has authored, co-authored or edited 10 books/special issues and published over 60 articles/book chapters in such scholarly journals as the American Political Science Review, Asian Survey, International Studies Quarterly, Issues and Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Political Research Quarterly and Social Science Quarterly. He is the co-editor of the Taiwan Voter (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017) (with Christopher Achen).

Yuan-kang Wang is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Michigan University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, and was an International Security Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (2001-2002) and a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (2005-2006). Dr. Wang specializes in international relations, historical China, Taiwan security, and U.S.-China relations. His research examines the nexus between international relations theory and historical China. He is author of Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics (Columbia University Press, 2011), which debunks the myth of Confucian pacifism in Chinese grand strategy, use of force, and war aims. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on peripheral nationalism in China, nationalist mobilization during Taiwan’s democratization, U.S. extended deterrence in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan public opinion on cross-Strait security, a realist explanation of the Sinocentric tribute system, the myth of Chinese exceptionalism, the historical legacy of Chinese security policy, rethinking US security commitment to Taiwan, international order and change, the durability of a unipolar system in East Asian history, and China’s economic statecraft in the Taiwan Strait.

Professor of Instruction and Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.  He studies Taiwan and Hong Kong elections and party developments using big data and language models.  He is the recipient of the best paper award from the American Political Science Association Conference Group of Taiwan Studies.  He is co-editor of the book Taiwan: Environmental, Political and Social Issues and the author of chapters in multiple books including The Taiwan Voter, Taiwan’s Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges and The Maturation of a Mini-Dragon: Seventy Years of the Republic of China on Taiwan.   His peer-reviewed articles appear in journals such as Asian Affairs, Asian Politics & Policy, Asian Survey, Electoral Studies, Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of African and Asian Studies, Journal of Electoral Studies, Journal of Information Technology and Politics and Social Science Quarterly. 

Dr. Dennis Lu Chung Weng serves as an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University, where he also takes pride as the founding Director of the Asia Pacific Peace Research Institute (APPRI). After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2014, he has enriched the academic landscape with his teachings at both Wesleyan University and SUNY Cortland. Holding esteemed research fellowships at Stellenbosch University and National Chengchi University in Taiwan, his scholarly investigations delve into the realms of comparative politics, international relations, and the nexus of domestic political behavior with international politics. Dr.Weng’s recent research sheds light on foreign policy and defense strategies, particularly within the US and Asia Pacific regions. As a distinguished authority in his field, his insights have graced scholarly publications,Opeds, and various media outlets. Dr. Weng is widely recognized for his incisive commentary on US China-Taiwan relations and the political interplay in the US and across Asia.

Professor Emeritus, Politics Department
e-mail: achen@princeton.edu

Chris Achen is the Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Princeton University. His primary research interests are public opinion, elections, and the realities of democratic politics, along with the statistical challenges that arise from those fields. He is the author or co-author of six books, including Democracy for Realists (with Larry Bartels) in 2016, which won two international awards. He has also published many articles. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and Princeton’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. He was the founding president of the Political Methodology Society, and he received the first career achievement award from The Political Methodology Section of The American Political Science Association in 2007. He has served on the top social science board at the National Science Foundation, and he was the chair of the national Council for the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) from 2013-2015. He is also the recipient of an award from the University of Michigan for lifetime achievement in training graduate students and a student-initiated award from Princeton University for graduate student mentoring.

Richard Bush is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, in its Center for Asia Policy Studies. He came to Brookings in July 2002 after nineteen years working in the US government and after five years as the Chairman and Managing Director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
In July 1983, when he became a staff person for Congressman Stephen Solarz, who was then Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. Dr. Bush was Rep. Solarz’s point of contact with members with the Taiwanese-American community, and assisted him on holding hearings and promoting legislation. In July 1995, he became National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, in charge of the analytic work of the intelligence committee the entire region, including Taiwan and China.
Dr. Bush became chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan in September 1997. During his five years as chairman, he played a key role in the conduct and articulation of U.S. policy towards Taiwan, particularly in the transition of power to President Chen Shui-bian and the Democratic Progressive Party after fifty-five years of KMT rule.
He is the author of a number of articles on U.S. relations with China and Taiwan, including Difficult Choices: Taiwan’s Quest for Security and the Good Life, which was published in 2021.

Wen-Chin Wu is a research fellow/professor at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS), Taiwan. His research focuses on comparative and international political economy, comparative authoritarianism, and Chinese politics. He is particularly interested in the economic statecraft and media politics in dictatorships. Dr. Wu received his B.A. from National Chengchi University (NCCU), M.A. from NCCU and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. During the 2019-20 academic year, he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute at Harvard University. He is currently the coordinator of the Institute for Social Science Methodology, funded by Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council. Dr. Wu’s works have appeared in major political science journals, including International Studies Quarterly, China Quarterly, Political Communication, etc. He can be reached at wenchinwu@sinica.edu.tw. 

Dr. Austin Horng-En Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests include political psychology, political behavior, social media, and experimental design. He earned his doctoral degree in political science from Duke University.