Dean P. Chen

Commentaries by Dean P. Chen

Dean P. Chen

Associate Professor of Political Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Dean P. Chen (陳鼎) is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is the author of "US-Taiwan Strait Policy: The Origins of Strategic Ambiguity" (Lynne Rienner, 2012) and articles that appeared in Asian Survey, Asian Security, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. Chen can be reached at dchen@ramapo.edu

How America’s Midterm Elections Could Impact U.S.-China Relations
Jun 28, 2018
Dean Chen analyzes the potential impact of America’s upcoming midterm elections on U.S.-China relations. For short-term electoral prospects, Trump and GOP candidates will likely campaign to brandish their anti-China credentials to attract nationalist votes, while the Democrats will likely seek every opportunity to scrutinize whether the administration is retreating from its pressure campaign against Beijing.
American Politics Trade War
What the Xi-Kim Meeting Means
Apr 06, 2018
There are many uncertainties and moving parts, but one thing is certain: Kim’s short trip to China has shaken up the strategic dynamics of East Asia.
China-U.S.-North Korea Relations Korean Peninsula North Korea North Korea Nuclear Test Trump-Kim Meeting
Why “America-First” Jacksonianism May Bring an End to the “One China” Policy
Feb 06, 2017
The inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2017 suggests that U.S. foreign policy is moving away from the Wilsonian liberal internationalism, which has guided American foreign policymaking since the end of World War II, toward the “America-first” Jacksonian populism.
Trump and China Policy Taiwan China-US Relations One-China Principle China’s Diplomacy