Dr. Vincent Wei-cheng Wang
Associate Professor of Political Science
Chair, Political Science
202B Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-8533
Fax: (804) 287-6833
http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~vwang/
Research:
Asian Governments and Politics
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Education:
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Selected Publications:
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Indian Perspectives on the Rise of China: Geopolitical, Geoeconomic, and Geocivilizational Paradigms,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 13, no. 1 (July 2009), pp. 1-29
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Respond to China’s Rise and Engage Taiwan,” Asia Policy, no. 7 ( January 2009), pp. 46-48
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Taiwan: Conventional Deterrence, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Option,” in Muthiah Alagappa, ed., The Long Shadow: Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia (Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2008), pp. 404-428
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “The Impact of Taiwan’s 2008 Elections on Cross-Strait Relations: A Game-Theoretical Analysis,” Asian Perspective, vol. 32, no. 2 (Summer 2008): 145-172
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Will Taiwan Contemplate a “Nuclear Option”? Security Imperatives and Normative Transformation,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 11, no. 4 (April 2008): 31-76
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “The Chinese Military and the ‘Taiwan Issue’: How China Assesses Its Security Environment,” Southeast Review of Asian Studies, vol.29 (2007): 119-36
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “The Chinese Military and the ‘Taiwan Issue’: How China Assesses Its Security Environment,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 10, no. 4 (April 2007), pp. 89-130
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations,” in Edward Friedman, ed., China’s Rise, Taiwan’s Dilemmas, and International Peace (London and New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 149-173
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “China’s Economic Statecraft Toward Southeast Asia: Free Trade Agreement and “Peaceful Rise,’” American Journal of Chinese Studies, vol. 13, no. 1 (April 2006): 5-34
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang and Samuel C.Y. Ku, “Transitional Justice and Prospect of Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan: Democracy and Justice in Newly Democratized Countries,” Journal of National Development Studies, vol. 4, no. 2 (July 2005): 1-38
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “The Logic of China-ASEAN FTA: Economic Statecraft of ‘Peaceful Ascendancy,’” in Khai Leung Ho and Samuel Ku, eds., Southeast Asia and China: Global Changes and Regional Challenges (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005), pp. 17-41
Vincent Wei-cheng Wang, “The U.S.-Japanese Alliance Redefined: Implications for Security in the Taiwan Strait,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 9, no. 2 (October 2005): 1-50
Wang, V., & Liao, D. (2004) Refunctionalizing a Frayed American China-Taiwan Policy: Incrementalism or Paradigmatic Shift? Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 2 : 1-46.
Wang, V. (2004) How Chen Shui-bian Won: The 2004 Taiwan Presidential Election and Its Implications, Journal of International Security Affairs, no. 7: 33-42.
Wang, V. (2004) President Chen Shui-bian’s Mainland China Policy: Normalizing or Electioneering the Cross-Strait Impasse? Cross-Strait and International Affairs Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 3: 103-51.
Wang, V. (2003) U.S. Policy Toward Strategic Asia Since September 11: Expanding Power or Promoting Values? Issues & Studies: An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs, 39(4): 169-82.
Wang, V. (2003) The New Dawn of Strategic Asia: U.S. Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific Since September 11, RIES (Research Institute for European and American Studies) Research Paper, no. 91: 1-42.
Wang, V., & Ku, S.C.Y. (2003) Learning Democracy: Citizen Attitudes Toward Electoral Democracy In Taiwan, CGOTS Working Papers in Taiwan Studies, 56: 1-36.
Wang, V. (2003) China’s Information Warfare Discourse: Implications for Asymmetric Conflict in the Taiwan Strait, Issues & Studies: An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs 39(2), pp. 107-143.
Wang, V. (2002) "September 11 and U.S. Relations with Asia: Change and Continuity," in American Policy in Asia Pacific Region After 9-11, ed. Dachi Liao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Sun Yat-sen America Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2002), pp. 1-24.
Wang, V., & Stamper, G. (2002) Asymmetric War? Implications For China’s Information Warfare Strategies. American Asian Review, XX(4): 167-207.