Susan L. Shirk
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Susan L. Shirk is an American
School of Global Policy and Strategy.[1] She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. State Department from 1997 to 2000 during the Clinton administration.[2]
Early life and education
Shirk received a BA in political science from Mount Holyoke College in 1967, a MA in Asian studies from UC Berkeley in 1968, and a PhD in political science from MIT in 1974.[3][4] She also attended Princeton's Critical Languages Program from 1965 to 1966.[5]
She first traveled to China in 1971 as a member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.[6]
Career
Shirk is the Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair of China and Pacific Relations in the
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. She formerly directed the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a track II diplomatic initiative.[7]
Awards
Shirk is the recipient of the 2024 Association for Asian Studies' Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.[8]
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. ISBN 978-0030717994
- Competitive Comrades: Career Incentives and Student Strategies in China, 1982. ISBN 978-0030717994.
References
- ^ "Susan Shirk". gps.ucsd.edu. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ Shirk, Susan L. (October 17, 2022). "Susan L. Shirk". Time. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Susan Shirk". NCNK. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego. Archived(PDF) from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "SUSAN L. SHIRK" (PDF). UCSD. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ "Conversation with Susan Shirk, p. 2 of 4". globetrotter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue – IGCC". ucigcc.org. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "AAS 2024 Prizes". Association for Asian Studies. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.