Contact: Ｍｅｌａｎｉｅ Ｓｅｒｅｎｙ ｍｓ５１＠ｄｕｋｅ．ｅｄｕ
Sponsor: Ｄｕｋｅ Ｃｈｉｎａ Ｆｏｒｕｍ
Where:
Hudson Hall 125
Duke West Campus
Why:
Duke China Forum cordially invites you to a talk by Professor *Emerson Niou*, Professor of Political Science, Duke University：
"Public Opinion and Security Stability in the Taiwan Straits"
*EMERSON M.S. NIOU* (Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin, 1987), Professor of Political Science, specializes in Formal Theory, International Relations, Political Economy, and East Asian Politics. He is the co-author of *The Balance of Power*, Cambridge University Press, 1989. His publications in the field of international relations include: "Less Filling, Tastes Great: The Realist-Neoliberal Debate," coauthored with P. C. Ordeshook, *World Politics*, January 1994 and "Alliances in Anarchic International Systems," coauthored with P. C. Ordeshook, *International Studies Quarterly*, June 1994. In the field of East Asian politics, his recent publications include: "An Analysis of Dr. Sun Yet-sen's Self-Assessment Scheme for Land Policy," with G. Tan, *Public Choice*, December 1993; "Seat Bonuses under the Single Non-Transferable Vote for Large Parties: Evidence from Japan and Taiwan," with G. Cox, *Comparative Politics*, January 1994; and "Police Patrol vs. Self-Policing: A Comparative Analysis of the Control Systems Used in the Ex-Soviet Union and the Communist China," with John Brehm, *Journal of Theoretical Politics,* 1996. His current projects include studies of local self-government in China and alliance politics in anarchic international systems. Professor Niou is Director of the Program in Asian Security Studies at Duke University.