Susan Shirk
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Susan L. Shirk (born c. 1945[citation needed]) is a professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. Her research field is Chinese politics.[1]
Susan Shirk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Spouse | Samuel L. Popkin |
Shirk served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs of the US State Department from 1997 to 2000 during the Clinton administration.[2]
Early life and education
Susan Shirk was born circa 1945.[citation needed]
Shirk received a bachelor of arts with a major in political science from Mount Holyoke College at South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1967. She received a master of arts in Asian studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968 and a doctor of philosophy in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.[3][4]
She first traveled to China in 1971 as a member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.[5]
Career
Shirk is the Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair of China and Pacific Relations in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. She heads the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a track II diplomatic initiative.[citation needed]
Selected books
- Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise, 2022. ISBN 978-0190068516.
- China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise, 2007. ISBN 978-0195373196.
- How China Opened Its Door: The Political Success of the PRC's Foreign Trade and Investment Reform, 1994. ISBN 978-0815778530.
- The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China, 1993. ISBN 978-0520077072.
- The Challenge of China and Japan: Politics and Development in East Asia, 1985
- Competitive Comrades, 1982. ISBN 978-0030717994.
References
- ^ "Susan Shirk". china.ucsd.edu. from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ October 17, Susan L. Shirk; 2022. "Susan L. Shirk". Time. from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dr. Susan Shirk". NCNK. from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Shirk, Susan. "SUSAN L. SHIRK" (PDF). School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego. (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Conversation with Susan Shirk, p. 2 of 4". globetrotter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2018.