Kwei-Bo HUANG 

 

 

 

 

Current Position

  • Secretary-General, Association of Foreign Relations (AFR), Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)
  • Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National ChengChi University (NCCU)
  • Founding Director, Center for Foreign Policy Studies, NCCU College of International Affairs
  • Board Director & President, Foundation for the People (Taiwan)
  • Supervisor, Alumni Association of Department of Diplomacy, National ChengChi University
  • Advisor for Public Participation, Taipei City Government
  • Advisor for International Affairs, Third Wednesday Association-Young Entrepreneur Group (Taiwan)

Past Positions/Experiences

    • Chairman, Research and Planning Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (ROC) (Feb. 2009–Jan. 2011)
    • Member of Advisory Committee, Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan, ROC (Sep. 2014–Sep. 2016)
    • Member, Government Scholarships for Study Abroad Committee, Ministry of Education, ROC
    • Deputy Secretary-General at the Kuomintang (KMT), overseeing mainland affairs and international affairs departments (Apr. 2020—Sept. 2021)
    • Founding Director, International Master’s Program in International Studies (IMPIS), NCCU (Aug. 2012–Jul. 2013) & Director, IMPIS Preparatory Office, NCCU (Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012)
    • Visiting Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP), Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (Mar. 2012 – Jun. 2012)
    • Fulbright Senior Visiting Scholar, China Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. (Sept. 2009–Dec. 2009)
    • Erasmus Senior Visiting Scholar, Cracow University of Economic, Cracow, Poland (A)
    • Adjunct Researcher, National Strategic Studies Institute, National Defense University of the ROC
    • Trustee, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), Taipei (Jul. 2020–Mar. 2024) & Vice President, TFD (Jul. 2009–Jan. 2011)
    • Board Director, Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, Taiwan
    • Board Director, The Prospect Foundation, Taipei (Nov. 2009–Jan. 2011)
    • Vice Chairman, X Innovation Association (Taiwan)
    • Board Director, Chinese Association of Political Science (Taiwan)
    • Board Director, Association of International Relations, the Republic of China
    • Board Director, Taiwan Fulbright Alumni Association (TFAA) & Standing Supervisor, TFAA

Education

  • Ph.D., Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park (May 2001) (supervised by Dr. George H. Quester)
  • M.A., Political Science, The George Washington University
  • LL.B., Diplomacy, National ChengChi University, Taiwan, Republic of China

Research Interests

  • international conflict management & negotiation
  • US foreign policy and decision-making toward the Asia Pacific
  • regional security issues in Southeast Asia
  • external affairs in cross-Taiwan Strait relations
  • public diplomacy

Recent English Publications

  • Kwei-Bo Huang, "Bringing Ethics of Global Governance Back In: A case study of Taiwan," Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, Vol.6, No.1. (April 2020) (forthcoming)
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, “The United States and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations after 1979,” Asian Journal of International Studies, Vol. 24-1 (June 2019), pp. 21-35.
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, “The Origins of the ASEAN Community’s Humanitarian Component,” Chinese Journal of International Review, Vol.1, No.1 (April 2019), pp. 89-109.
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, "More International Space for Taiwan or Less?," in Andre Beckershoff and Gunter Schubert, ed., Assessing the Presidency of Ma Ying-jiu [jeou] in Taiwan (London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 249-274.
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, "Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Background, Objectives, Framework and Limits", UNISCI Journal, Vol. 46 (January 2018), pp.47-68.
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, "Taiwan's Foreign Policy and International Space," in Gunter Schubert, ed., Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan (London: Routledge, 2017), pp. 465-481.
  • Kwei-Bo Huang, "The Politics of Mainland China’s Economic Statecraft in Relation to Current Cross-Strait Relations,” in Mingjiang Lee and Natalie Yan Hong, ed., China’s Economic Statecraft - Co-optation, Cooperation and Coercion (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2017), pp. 1-35.
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