Steven F. Jackson
Steven F. Jackson
Professorial Lecturer
Part-time Faculty
Contact:
The Elliott School of International Affairs
Foggy Bottom Campus
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 303-C
Washington DC 20052
Steven F. Jackson, PhD was professor of political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for 29 years before retiring in July 2023 to pursue full time research and writing. His focus is on Chinese foreign relations in Asia and Africa, and his book China’s Regional Relations in Comparative Perspective compare China’s behavior with that of other regional hegemons. He has also published scholarly chapters and articles on Chinese environmental diplomacy, China-Japan relations, and China’s challenge to US allies in the Pacific. Dr. Jackson received his PhD in Political Science at the University of Michigan, and his AB degree with distinction at Stanford University.
Chinese foreign relations with Africa, Asia, and the broader developing world.
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars AY 2023-24
Manuscript under review: China's Waters: Foreign Relations and Hydropolitics.
Project: Tiny Countries, Big Suitors: Urgency, Agency, and Great Power Competition in Small Island Countries.
University of Michigan: Ph.D., Political Science, 1994.
Stanford University: A.B. with Distinction in International Relations, 1981.
IAFF 6138.11
China’s Waters: Foreign Relations and Hydropolitics. Completed manuscript for publication, under review.
China’s Regional Relations in Comparative Perspective: From Harmonious Neighbors to Strategic Partners. London; New York: Routledge, 2018.
“The Political Economy of China’s Relations with the Maghreb Countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia” The Maghreb Review vol. 49 no 3 (2024): 198-211.
“Defending a Country That Doesn’t Exist with a Military That Isn’t Allowed: Japan-Taiwan Relations and Potential Defense Role.” June 2024. Monograph. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/defending-country-doesnt-exist-military-isnt-allowed
“China and the Maghreb: Threading the Needle of Algeria and Morocco.” China and MENA, 5 February 2024. Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center. Blog Entry. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/china-maghreb-threading-needle-algeria-and-morocco
“’Radioactive Fish’” and Geopolitics: Economic Coercion and China-Japan Relations.” New Security Beat, 4 January, 2024. The Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center. Blog Entry. https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2024/01/radioactive-fish-and-geopolitics-economic-coercion-and-china-japan-relations/
“Greening the Belt While Paving the Road: China’s Environmental Diplomacy Challenge.” In World Scientific Reference Volume III: Environment, Sustainability, and Human Security, ed. Zhiqun Zhu. Book chapter (forthcoming summer 2022).
“China’s Relations with US Pacific Rim Allies: Tensions Between Trump’s ‘America First’ and Chinese ‘Sharp Power.’” In America’s Allies and the Decline of US Hegemon,. Jonathan Paquin and Justin Massie, eds., 58-77. London; New York: Routledge, 2020.
“Two Distant Giants: China and Nigeria Perceive Each Other.” The Air Force Journal of European, Middle Eastern, and African Affairs, vol 1 no. 2(Winter 2019): 40-74.
“Does China Have a Monroe Doctrine? Evidence for Regional Exclusion.” Strategic Studies Quarterly, vol. 10 no. 4 (Winter 2016): 64-89.
“Pivots, Transitions, and Distractions: Power Transition Theory and the US-Japan-China Relationship 2000-2012.” In David Walton and Emilian Kavalski, eds. The Power Transition in Asia. London; New York: Routledge, 2017.