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Susan Shirk
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
UCSD, IR/PS
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office #1224
Phone: (858) 822-4349
Fax (858) 534-3939
Email: sshirk@ucsd.edu
Expert Sheet
Expertise
Shirk is an Asia specialist, with an emphasis on Chinese politics and
economics, U.S.- China relations, Northeast Asia including North Korea,
and U.S. policies toward Asia. From July 1997 to July 2000, she served as
deputy assistant secretary for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the Bureau
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. From 1991-97 and from 2006-present,
she has been the director of the University of California's systemwide Institute
on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), based at UC San Diego, during
which time she founded the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a track-two
security forum. Shirk visited North Korea in 1993 and fall 2002
and has brought the North Koreans into NEACD.
Current Projects
The domestic sources of Chinese foreign policy;
PRC-Taiwan relations, the six-party talks and multilateral cooperation in
Northeast Asia; and U.S. policies toward Asia.
Perspective
Shirk can provide commentary on domestic developments in China, security
and economic issues in Korea, and U.S. policies toward China, Taiwan, and
the rest of Asia.
Publications of Note
Shirk is the author of How China Opened Its Door: The Political Success of
the PRC's Foreign Trade and Investment Reforms and The Political Logic of
Economic Reform in China, and editor of Power and Prosperity: Economic and
Security Linkages in the Asia Pacific. Previous publications include The
Challenge of China and Japan and Competitive Comrades: Career Incentives
and Student Strategies in China.
Background Notes
Shirk has served on the Defense Policy Board, the board of governors of
the East-West Center in Hawaii, the boards of the U.S.-Japan Foundation
and the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, the editorial board
of the American Political Science Review, and is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations. Shirk, who joined UCSD in 1975, is a
professor at IR/PS and UCSD's department of political science. B.A. in
political science from Mount Holyoke College. M.A. in Asian Studies from
the University of California, Berkeley. Ph.D in political science from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shirk speaks Chinese.
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Last Updated: 10/17/2006 10:26
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