Stephan Haggard

Expert Sheet
Expertise
Haggard's research interests center on international relations and political economy, with a focus on East Asia and Latin America.

Current Projects
He is currently conducting research on the politics of social policy in East Asia, Latin America and Central Europe.

Perspective
Haggard can provide commentary on current developments in the Asia-Pacific, including particularly Korea, and on the politics of economic reform and globalization.

Publications of Note
He has written on East Asia's economic growth, the Latin American and East Asian financial crises, democratization and federalism. His books include Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries (1990); The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions (1995, with Robert Kaufman); Developing Nations and the Politics of Global Integration (1995); and most recently, The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis (2000) and From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry (2000).

Background Notes
Prior to joining IR/PS in 1992, he was an associate professor in the department of government at Harvard University. Haggard was named director of the Korea-Pacific Program in 1999. He earlier served as director of the University of California's systemwide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), based at UC San Diego. B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from University of California, Berkeley.

Op-eds:

San Diego Union-Tribune, October 23, 2002
"North Korea Threat Re-emerges"

San Diego Union Tribune, February 3, 2002
"North Korea and 'the axis of evil'"

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