Contact Information:
Email: sluo7@hawaii.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/luoshuxian/home
Educational Background
- Ph.D, International Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS, 2021
- M.A., China Studies, International Economics, and Japan Studies (minor), Johns Hopkins University SAIS, 2016
- M.A., Political Science, Columbia University, 2008
- B.A., English Language and Literature, Peking University, 2007
Shuxian Luo is an Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
Courses
ASAN 320Z: Asia Past and Present
ASAN 688: China: International Relations.
Specializations
Dr. Shuxian Luo is an Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. her research interests include maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, Chinese foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations, especially crisis management. Her current book project, tentatively titled Taking it to the Sea: Escalation Decisions and Strategies in China’s Maritime Disputes, develops an analytical framework to explain when, why, and how China escalates incidents at sea arising from its maritime territorial and boundary disputes in the 21st century. Dr. Luo’s other ongoing research projects look at China’s growing hydrocarbon standoffs in the South China Sea, Sino-Russian relations in the context of China’s territorial disputes with Vietnam and India, the grassroots movement in Hong Kong for defending the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands (Baodiao), and Asian countries’ expanding geo-economic interests in the Arctic.
Selected Publications
- “Addressing Military AI Risks in U.S.-China Crisis Management Mechanisms,” China International Strategy Review, no. 4, 2022, pp. 233-247, DOI: 10.1007/s42533-022-00110-5.
- “China-South Korea Disputes in the Yellow Sea: Why a More Conciliatory Chinese Posture,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 31, issue 138, 2022, pp. 913-930, DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2022.2030999
- “Rising Power’s Audiences and Cost Trade-offs: Explaining China’s Escalation and Deescalation in Maritime Disputes,” Asian Security, vol. 18, issue 2, 2022, pp. 172-199, DOI: 10.1080/14799855.2021.2012159
- “Maritime Crises in the Gray Zone: The 2012 Scarborough Shoal Incident,” in PLA Actions and Behavior in a Crisis, edited volume from the 2022 National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Conference (forthcoming).
- “Provocation without Escalation: Coping with a Darker Gray Zone in the South China Sea,” Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) paper, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, June20, 2022.
- “Could the Arctic Be a Wedge to Drive Between Russia and China?” with Jeremy Greenwood, War on the Rocks, Apr. 4, 2022.
- “Asean running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition,” South China Morning Post, Dec. 4, 2021.
- “China’s land border law: A preliminary assessment,” Order from Chaos, Brookings Institution, Nov. 4, 2021.
- “Strengthening Crisis Prevention in Northeast Asia: A Focus on Subnational and Nonstate Actors in Maritime Crises,” Issues& Insights: Advancing Rule of Law in Maritime Asia, Vol. 21, SR2, July 2021.
- “‘Strategic Competition Act’ takes aim at collaborative exchanges with China,” Responsible Statecraft, Quincy Institute, May 10, 2021.
- “In dealing with China, the U.S. and Japan should avoid conflating island disputes with Hong Kong and Xinjiang,” Responsible Statecraft, Quincy Institute, Apr.16, 2021.
- “China’s Coast Guard Law: Destabilizing or Reassuring?” The Diplomat, Jan. 29, 2021.
- “China’s Maritime Militia and Fishing Fleets: A Primer for Operational Staffs and Tactical Leaders,” with Jonathan G. Panter, Military Review, January/February 2021.