Joseph Fewsmith
is Director of East Asian Studies Program and Professor of International Relations and Political
Science at Boston University. Professor Fewsmith is the author of four books:
China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition (2001),
Elite Politics in Contemporary China (2001), The Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate (1994), and
Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1980-1930 (1985). He is very active in the China field, traveling to China frequently and presenting papers at professional conferences such as the Association for Asian Studies and the American Political Science Association. His articles have appeared in such journals as Asian Survey, Comparative Studies in Society and History, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China, Problems of Communism, and Modern China. He is also a research associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University.
Robert Ross
Professor
Robert Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Professor
Ross’s research focuses on Chinese foreign and defense policy, with an emphasis on China’s use of force and deterrence strategies, China’s security policy in East Asia, and U.S.-China relations. His current research project examines deterrence dynamics in East Asia and the implications of the rise of China for East Asian security and U.S.-China relations.. His major works include
U.S. China Relations, 1955 1971: A Reexamination of Cold War Conflict and
Cooperation, Engaging China: The Management of an Emerging Power, and
Great Wall and Empty Fortress: China’s Search for Security. Robert S. Ross is
also Research Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Joseph Fewsmith
is Director of East Asian Studies Program and Professor of International Relations and Political
Science at Boston University. Professor Fewsmith is the author of four books:
China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition (2001),
Elite Politics in Contemporary China (2001), The Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate (1994), and
Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1980-1930 (1985). He is very active in the China field, traveling to China frequently and presenting papers at professional conferences such as the Association for Asian Studies and the American Political Science Association. His articles have appeared in such journals as Asian Survey, Comparative Studies in Society and History, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China, Problems of Communism, and Modern China. He is also a research associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University. 
Professor
Robert Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Professor
Ross’s research focuses on Chinese foreign and defense policy, with an emphasis on China’s use of force and deterrence strategies, China’s security policy in East Asia, and U.S.-China relations. His current research project examines deterrence dynamics in East Asia and the implications of the rise of China for East Asian security and U.S.-China relations.. His major works include
U.S. China Relations, 1955 1971: A Reexamination of Cold War Conflict and
Cooperation, Engaging China: The Management of an Emerging Power, and
Great Wall and Empty Fortress: China’s Search for Security. Robert S. Ross is
also Research Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.