[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #16] China’s Foreign Invested Enterprises in the Era of Decoupling
- Presenter: Jack Zhang (University of Kansas)
- Date and Time: December 12, 2022 ㅣ 11:00
- Venue: Political Science and Economics Building 412
On December 19, 2022, Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Institute and Department of Political Science and International Relations invited Professor Jack Zhang (University of Kansas) to hold the 16th Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium. The author presented his research titled “China’s Foreign Invested Enterprises in the Era of Decoupling.”
About the author:
Jiakun Jack Zhang is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas (KU) and Director of the KU Trade War Lab (TWL). He teaches courses on East Asian politics, International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, and U.S.-China relations. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a certificate in East Asian studies from Duke University. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University (2018-2019) and a Wilson China Fellow (2021-2022). His research explores the political economy of trade and conflict in East Asia. He is currently working on a number of projects on the U.S.-China Trade War as well as a book manuscript on the national security implications of economic interdependence with China. Dr. Zhang has been the recipient of various grants and awards, including a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant, the Charles Koch Foundation Foreign Policy Research Grant, the Minerva Research Initiative DECUR Partnership, the Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, and the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Herb York Dissertation Fellowship. He is an alumnus of the Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Network, the Bridging the Gap Scholar Network, the YPFP U.S.-China Futures Project, and the CSIS Pacific Forum Young Leaders Program. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Zhang worked as a China researcher for the Eurasia Group and consulted for the Economist Intelligence Unit. Follow him on Twitter @HanFeiTzu
