Michael D. Swaine
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Michael D. Swaine is an expert in China and East Asian security studies and a Senior Associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
. Prior to joining the Carnegie Endowment as co-director of the China Program in 2001, Swaine worked for 12 years at the RAND Corporation
, where he was appointed as the first recipient of the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy Chair in Northeast Asian Security.
Swaine is a regular contributor to the China Leadership Monitor, a journal published by the Hoover Institution
at Stanford University
. He has published several books, monographs, and articles related to U.S.-China relations, East Asian international relations, the Chinese military, Taiwan, Japan, and Chinese foreign policy and grand strategy
. An article in a leading Chinese foreign affairs journal identified Swaine as one of the four major scholars in the third generation of American "China watcher
s," along with David M. Lampton
, Harry Harding, and Jonathan D. Pollack.
Swaine has conducted several joint research studies with institutions and scholars based in China, Taiwan, and Japan. He coordinates the U.S.-China Crisis Management Program co-sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment and the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS) . This program's annual conference brings together scholars and practitioners from China and the United States to analyze past crises and discuss how to manage potential crises in the Sino-American relationship. Swaine's 2006 book Managing Sino-American Crises: Case Studies and Analysis (with Zhang Tuosheng and Danielle F. S. Cohen) compiles several of the papers and analyses that arose from the 2004 conference in Beijing. A book review by Steven Goldstein published in The China Quarterly
called this program "clearly one of the more ambitious joint Sino-American social science projects that has been undertaken since scholarly contacts were restored in the 1980s."
Swaine also coordinates an annual Conference on People's Liberation Army Affairs, co-sponsored by the Taipei-based Center for Advanced Policy Studies , the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the RAND Corporation, and the National Defense University
. The 22nd annual Conference on PLA Affairs was held in Taipei
, Taiwan, from October 27 to November 1, 2010, with a keynote address by Ma Ying-jeou
, president of Taiwan
.
Before starting at RAND in 1989, Swaine worked at a private sector firm and studied as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and as a research associate at Harvard University
. He studied Mandarin and Japanese at Stanford University's Inter-University Center for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei and Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo and earned a PhD and MA from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree from George Washington University
.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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. Prior to joining the Carnegie Endowment as co-director of the China Program in 2001, Swaine worked for 12 years at the RAND Corporation
RAND
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, where he was appointed as the first recipient of the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy Chair in Northeast Asian Security.
Swaine is a regular contributor to the China Leadership Monitor, a journal published by the Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford....
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He has published several books, monographs, and articles related to U.S.-China relations, East Asian international relations, the Chinese military, Taiwan, Japan, and Chinese foreign policy and grand strategy
Grand strategy
Grand strategy comprises the "purposeful employment of all instruments of power available to a security community". Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart says about grand strategy:...
. An article in a leading Chinese foreign affairs journal identified Swaine as one of the four major scholars in the third generation of American "China watcher
China watcher
China watcher, or, less frequently, Pekingologist, is a person who monitors current events and power struggles in People's Republic of China....
s," along with David M. Lampton
David M. Lampton
David M. Lampton is George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies . He is Director of China Studies at SAIS. He is Former President of the National Committee on United States-China Relations in New York City...
, Harry Harding, and Jonathan D. Pollack.
Swaine has conducted several joint research studies with institutions and scholars based in China, Taiwan, and Japan. He coordinates the U.S.-China Crisis Management Program co-sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment and the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS) . This program's annual conference brings together scholars and practitioners from China and the United States to analyze past crises and discuss how to manage potential crises in the Sino-American relationship. Swaine's 2006 book Managing Sino-American Crises: Case Studies and Analysis (with Zhang Tuosheng and Danielle F. S. Cohen) compiles several of the papers and analyses that arose from the 2004 conference in Beijing. A book review by Steven Goldstein published in The China Quarterly
The China Quarterly
The China Quarterly, founded in 1960, is an interdisciplinary academic journal that focuses on all aspects of contemporary Mainland China and Taiwan. It covers a range of subjects including anthropology, business, literature and the arts, economics, geography, history, international affairs, law,...
called this program "clearly one of the more ambitious joint Sino-American social science projects that has been undertaken since scholarly contacts were restored in the 1980s."
Swaine also coordinates an annual Conference on People's Liberation Army Affairs, co-sponsored by the Taipei-based Center for Advanced Policy Studies , the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the RAND Corporation, and the National Defense University
National Defense University
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Navy Vice Admiral...
. The 22nd annual Conference on PLA Affairs was held in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan, from October 27 to November 1, 2010, with a keynote address by Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman...
, president of Taiwan
President of the Republic of China
The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Republic of China . The Republic of China was founded on January 1, 1912, to govern all of China...
.
Before starting at RAND in 1989, Swaine worked at a private sector firm and studied as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and as a research associate at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He studied Mandarin and Japanese at Stanford University's Inter-University Center for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei and Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo and earned a PhD and MA from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree from George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
.
External links
- Official Biography at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=119#education
- Website of the China Leadership Monitor http://www.hoover.org/publications/china-leadership-monitor
- Listing of RAND Publications by Michael Swaine http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/s/swaine_michael_d.html
- Website of the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS) http://cfiss.org.cn/
- Official Biography in Chinese http://chinese.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=486