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Research network

The Center strives to interact with governments and international organizations, research centers and individuals in the region and the west in order to maximize its outreach. One part of this is to connect leading scholars in the region as well as internationally.

The Center has an extensive, and expanding, network of affiliated researchers working together with the Program on both formal and informal basis. and and other experts working with us to increase the understanding the security issues and conflicts in the Silk Road Area, incorporating Northeast Asia. The researchers presented here is a number of our core associates.

Associated Researchers

Prof. Arthur Shuhfan Ding
is a fellow of the Institute of International Relation (IIR) at National Chengchi University, Taiwan, where he has also been Director of China Politics Division under IIR. He has extensive research experience from numerous US institutes. and is a member of numerous editorial boards. His current field of study is the PRC's national defence and military affairs; and Asia-Pacific security.

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Ann Dismorr
is head of the international department of the Swedish Parliament. She is a former Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, and serves as senior advisor to the Turkey Initiative.

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Johan Engvall
is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Uppsala University. He is an expert in state-building and security affairs in Central Asia.

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Major-General (retd) Fu Liqun
is a retired PLA general, now serving in the Military Science Academy of the PLA as a member of the Expert Group of the Academy and as doctorate-teacher.

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Dr. Han Hua

is an Associate Professor at the School of International Studies (SIS), Peking University. She also heads a project on Arms Control and Disarmament, a second university-based arms control studies in China. Further, she has been involved in second-track dialogues relating to a number of subjects of concern. Her research interests rest on security-related issues, such as international arms control and non-proliferation, and China's security strategy on its periphery, including Asia-Pacific and South Asia. She has published in various academic journals and newspapers both in China and abroad.

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Kyudok Hong
is a professor and teacher at the Sookmyung Women's University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul, Korea. Prof. Hong's research areas include: multilateral security cooperation, U.S.-R.O.K. relations, R.O.K.-Vietnam relations. Professor Hong also specializes in arms control with a particular interest in arms trade, conversion and chemical weapon conversion. He is also an expert on preventive diplomacy, peace negotiations, United Nations studies and international organizations.

Prof. Karl Jackson
is C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He is former assistant to the vice president for National Security Affairs; former special assistant to the president and senior director for Asia, National Security Council, and former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific affairs. He hold a ; Ph.D., political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Prof. Hiroshi Kimura
Professor Kimura a professor of Political Science and teacher Institute of World Studies , Takushoku University, Tokyo, Japan. Professor Kimura research focus on Russian politics, with particular emphasis on Russo-Japanese Relations. Throughout his professional career, Professor Kimura has been Special Research Follow at the Japanese Embassy in Vienna and Moscow. He was also a Fulbright Exchange scholar at the Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies, Washington University and a Visiting Research Follow and Scholar at the Arms Control and Disarmament Program at Stanford University and at the Harriman Institute for Russian Studies at Columbia University. Professor Kimura has is also member of “The Comprehensive National Security Group” and author of the final report of the groups.

Dr. Chyungly Lee
received her Ph.D. from the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland in 1995 and then joined in the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University. She is an active participant in the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and has been coordinating Taiwan’s participation in CSCAP-related activities since May 2000. Dr. Lee has been a primary co-organizer of many international conferences and co-initiator of several international projects. Currently, she has collaboration with ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS), South African Institute of International Affairs, Centre for Defence and International Security Studies in the UK, and the Institute of Security and Development Studies, the Philippines.

Prof. Kyongsoo Lho
is Executive Director of the Korean Institute of International Studies (KIIS) and Dean for International Affairs, Office of International Affairs at Seoul National University. He has extensive experience from both the research and the policy area, and he is affiliated with a large number of professional societies and a member of numerous advisory committees in Korea and elsewhere. He has written numerous books and articles on Korea and international studies.

Prof. Song Xinning
is Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Integration and the Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. He is also the Director of the National Research Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China. He is the member of numerous editorial boards and comitees. He has also received Honorary Professorships at the University of Durham, UK, PLA Academy of International Relations and China University of Political Science and Law. Prof. Song has a extensive international experience. He has been a Research Scholar at London School of Economics and Political Science, a Visiting Professor at University of Kent at Canterbury, the University of Durham, and the Free University Brussels (VUB).

Prof. Su Hao
is Deputy Director for the Center for International Studies at the Foreign Affairs University of China, Beijing. He is also affiliated with some other institutions in China, such as, member of Chinese Committee, Council of Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific; board members of China Association of Armscontrol and Disarmament, China Association of Asia-Pacific Studies, China Association of Asian-African Exchange. He is researching China's Foreign Policy, Strategy and International Security, and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region. He has extensive international experience, including advanced study in SOAS, University of London, and two Fulbright Scholarships to Columbia University and the University of California at Berkley, USA. His publications relate to the fields of China's foreign policy, international security, regional integration in the Asia-Pacific.

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Dr. Zha Daojioing
is Associate Professor at Renmin University. He is the Director for the Center for International Energy Security and the Department of International Political Economy at Renmin University. Prof. Zha is an expert on International Energy Security and International Political Economy. He has extensive experience of international research environments and has been a fellow at among others the International University of Japan, the University of Macao, and the Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. He is also a member of several organizations such as the International Studies Association, (USA), the Japan Association for International Studies (Japan) and the Korean Association for International Studies (Korea).

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Dr. Zhang Li
is research professor of international relations at the Institute of
South Asian Studies, Sichuan University (China). He is an experienced scholar of South Asian security and strategic analysis. His areas of research and teaching include China-South Asia strategic nexuses, China’s post-Cold War neighborhood diplomacy, and Asia-Pacific security and crisis management, with dozens of publications to his credit.

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Dr. Zhang Tiejun
is Deputy Director of the Department of European Studies at Shanghai Institute for International Relations. He received his PhD at the Department of Peace and Development Research at Gothenburg University, Sweden with a PhD Dissertation entitled “Reconstructing the Great Wall: China’s Security Strategy in the Early 21 st Century”. His areas of expertise include East Asian regionalization, Sino-US strategic relations, and Chinese foreign policies.

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Visiting Fellows and Researchers:

Professor Richard W. Hu (12-17 May, 2007, Uppsala)
Professor Richard W. Hu is Director of the Master of International & Public Affairs (MIPA) program at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). (bio)

Dr Shoichi Itoh (6-16 May, 2007, Uppsala)
Dr Shoichi Itoh, Associate Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Japan, is visiting Uppsala as part of the Energy and Cooperation project [bio].

Major Xu Manshu (29 April - 29 May 2007, Uppsala)
Major Xu Manshu, National Defense University, People's Liberation Army (PLA), China, is visiting Uppsala [bio].

Dr. Arthur Ding (27 April - 8 May 2007, Uppsala)
Arthur Ding from National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, is visiting Uppsala.

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Dr Janet Xuanli Liao (16 April - 15 May 2007, Uppsala)
Dr Janet Xuanli Liao from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland is visiting Uppsala [bio].

Dr Zhang Li (1 April - 31 May 2007, Uppsala)
Dr Zhang Li, Centre of Asian Studies, Sichuan University, China, is visiting Uppsala [bio]. He will be doing research on China’s South Asia policy in the post-Cold War context.

Dr. Sangsoo LEE (23 February - 10 May 2007, Uppsala)
Dr. Sangsoo LEE graduated from Peking University in 2006 where He holds a Ph.D. of the Northeast Asian Studies. His Ph.D. thesis dealt with China, Japan and Korea’s Energy Policy Comparative Studies and was entitled: “ A Study on Oil Crises and China, Japan, and Korea’s Energy Measures ”. His areas of interest are focused on East Asian Regional Cooperation and Conflict Prevention in Northeast Asia.

He also is a Visiting Researcher at the Northeast-Asia Institute of Peking University and worked at the Council on East Asian Community Department of Japan Forum On International Relations, INC in 2005 and the Comparative Regional Integration Studies Program of the United Nation University (UNU-CRIS) in 2006. He is fluent in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and advanced level in English and has good knowledge in Italian .

Associate Prof. He Yin (Uppsala)
Associate Prof. He Yin from China Peacekeeping CIVPOL Training Center; Armed Police Academy in Langfang, China is visiting Uppsala. Professor He's visit is sponsored by the Swedish Institute.

Dr. Oscar Almén (Uppsala)
Dr . Almén is a researcher at the Department of Peace and Development Research, Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is currently working in a collaborative research project, involving several Swedish China experts, studying the implementation of law in China.

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Andreas Jarblad (Uppsala)
Mr. Jarblad is doing research on Chinese foreign and security policy from both regional and global perspectives within the Chinese Foreign Policy project.

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Dr. Aftab Kazi (Washington)
Tel. 1-202-663-5642; E-mail
Dr. Kazi holds a Ph.D. in international studies (Pittsburgh). He is a former civil servant with the U.S. government. His areas of expertise include the history, politics and international/security issues of South and Central Asia. His research has focused on issues of ethnicity and nationalism in these areas.

Dr. Kemal Kaya (Washington)
Tel. 1-202-663-5642; E-mail
Dr. Kaya holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering. He is a former officer in the Turkish Parliament and Ministry of Defense. He is an expert on Turkish defense and aerospace industry, on Turkish politics and on Euro-Atlantic defense relations.

Mr. Mahmadamin B. Mahmadaminov (Washington)
Tel. 1-202-663-7723; E-mail
Mr. Mahmadaminov is the General Manager of the Mountain Societies Development Support Program of the Aga Khan Foundation. He is an expert in development and socioeconomic issues in Central Asia, especially Tajikistan.

Dr. Anara Tabyshalieva (Washington)
Tel. 1-202-663-5642
Dr. Tabashalieva is a specialist on political and social issues in Central Asia. Her areas of expertise include gender issues in the region, as well as its culture and history.

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