Alan M. Wachman

Alan M. Wachman is associate professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He served as president of China Institute in America (1995-1997) and was the American Co-director of The JohnsHopkins University–Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies (1993-1995). He earned an A.B., an A.M., and a Ph.D. from Harvard University and an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School. Chief among Wachman’s publications are two books: Why Taiwan? A Geo-strategic Perspective on the PRC’s Quest for Territorial Integrity (Stanford University Press, 2006) and Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization (M.E. Sharpe, 1994).