Robert S. Ross

Robert S. Ross is a professor of political science at Boston College and an associate at the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.


Essays

Economics

Chinese Nationalism and Its Discontents

| 10.25.11

China must choose between kowtowing to domestic nationalism and submitting to a peaceful rise. Lately, nationalist belligerence has ruled the day. Washington is overreacting, encircling China. A latent rivalry ratchets up to dangerous levels.

Security

Assessing the China Threat

| 09.01.05

Does China's military really threaten America's position in Asia? Not yet, but it still must be taken seriously.

Security

The Stability of Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait

| 09.01.01

The Bush Administration should take to heart the lesson learned by its predecessors: leave well enough alone in the Taiwan Strait.

Security

Why Our Hardliners Are Wrong

| 09.01.97

If we step back and evaluate the issues fairly, two truths come clear: China is not a "rogue state", and U.S. policy has made important gains in affecting Chinese behavior over a wide range of issues bearing on important American interests.

The Great Debate

Security

Here Be Dragons

| 09.01.09

China’s military is growing ever larger and may soon unseat us as
hegemon of the Pacific. But does Beijing really harbor fantasies of
world domination?

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