Author - Sean Chen

Asia-Pacific’s growing importance in the world creates both unique opportunities and challenges to solving global problems. From issues ranging from the world economy to the environment, the policy decisions and events of this dynamic region will continue to significantly impact the rest of the world. Thus, the blog aims to cover the Asia-Pacific by providing analysis and commentary on the latest news and issues of the region.

The blog is written by Sean Chen, a Trans-Pacific Fellow at Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington, D.C. based think tank. He specializes in the politics and international relations of the Asia-Pacific, specifically on China, Taiwan, cross-Strait relations, Japan, and U.S. foreign policy towards the region. Sean published “China’s Military Spending: Soft Rise or Hard Threat?” in the academic journal Asian Perspective. He received a Master of Science in Comparative Politics (Empire) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia. His graduate dissertation evaluated China’s peaceful rise doctrine through the lens of its Taiwan policy.

During college, Sean also spent a summer studying politics at Oxford University. Previously, he worked as a paralegal at the law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP and interned at the United States Supreme Court. Sean has lived in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom while traveling extensively to many other countries all around the world.