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Thomas J. Christensen is an American political scientist. He is the
James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations at the
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University .
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Education
Christensen received his B.A. with honors from
Haverford College , M.A. in International Relations from the
University of Pennsylvania , and Ph.D. in political science from
Columbia University .
[1] Among his advisers at Columbia was
Robert Jervis .
[2] His research interests include international relations, security, and the international relations of East Asia.
[1] He coined the terms
Chain ganging and
Buck passing in international relations with
Jack Snyder .
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Career
From 2006 to 2008, he also served as Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs .
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Christensen taught at
Cornell University ,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
Princeton University , where he co-founded the China in the World program with Harvard professor
Alastair Ian Johnston in 2004. He was the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War at Princeton before joining the Columbia faculty in fall 2018.
[6] He also sits on the faculty of the
Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia.
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He has been described as a China expert by numerous Chinese and American publications.
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Gideon Rose called his views on the international system as neorealist.
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Christensen served as a founding member of the Academic Advisory Council of the
Schwarzman Scholars program.
[13] He was also a silver medalist of the 2016
Arthur Ross Book Award from the
Council on Foreign Relations .
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In 2020, Christensen, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement asserting that President
Donald Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."
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He is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by the
Asia Society 's Center on US-China Relations.
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Publications
Articles
References
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"Thomas Christensen | Columbia SIPA" . www.sipa.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Christensen, Thomas J.; Yarhi-Milo, Keren (2022-01-07).
"The Human Factor" .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Christensen, Thomas J.; Snyder, Jack (1990).
"Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks: Predicting Alliance Patterns in Multipolarity" . International Organization . 44 (2): 137–168.
doi :
10.1017/S0020818300035232 .
ISSN
0020-8183 .
JSTOR
2706792 .
S2CID
18700052 .
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"Christensen selected as deputy assistant secretary of state" . Princeton University . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"Thomas J. Christensen, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary, speaks about U.S.-China Relations, 2007 | US-China Institute" . china.usc.edu . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"Thomas J. Christensen, Expert in Chinese Foreign Relations, Will Join Faculty | Columbia SIPA" . www.sipa.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"Thomas J. Christensen | Weatherhead East Asian Institute" . weai.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
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"谁是未来的李侃如、柯庆生:探微美国研究中国外交的新一代_外交学人_澎湃新闻-The Paper" . www.thepaper.cn . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"陈定定:美国十大"中国通"——有人坚守学术,有人开始"反华"_研究" . www.sohu.com . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Mirsky, Jonathan (2015-07-22).
" 'The China Challenge,' by Thomas J. Christensen" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Sanger, David E. (2021-03-26).
"Biden Defines His Underlying Challenge With China: 'Prove Democracy Works' " . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Rose, Gideon (1998). Brown, Michael E.; Christensen, Thomas J.; Schweller, Randall L.; Wohlforth, William Curti; Zakaria, Fareed (eds.).
"Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy" . World Politics . 51 (1): 144–172.
doi :
10.1017/S0043887100007814 .
ISSN
0043-8871 .
JSTOR
25054068 .
S2CID
154361851 .
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"American Financier Stephen A. Schwarzman Endows International Scholarship Program in China" . Schwarzman Scholars . 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"Past Winners of the Arthur Ross Book Award" . Council on Foreign Relations . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
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"Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden" . Defending Democracy Together . 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021 .
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"The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy" . Asia Society . Archived from
the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29 .
^ Glaser, Bonnie S.; Weiss, Jessica Chen; Christensen, Thomas J. (2023-11-30).
"Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence" . Foreign Affairs .
ISSN
0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-01 .
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