Jessica Chen Weiss

Jessica Chen Weiss
Born
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Other name白潔曦
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of California, San Diego (PhD)
OccupationInternational relations scholar
Employer(s)Johns Hopkins University, Asia Society Policy Institute
Notable workPowerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations (2014 book)
Board member of
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Websitewww.jessicachenweiss.com

Jessica Chen Weiss is an American international relations scholar specializing in China–United States relations. She is currently the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS and Senior Fellow in Chinese Politics, Foreign Policy, and National Security at Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis.

Early life and education

Weiss was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington. She obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Stanford University in 2003 and attended the University of California, San Diego, graduating in 2008 with a PhD in Political Science.

Career

In 2014, Oxford University Press published her book Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations.

She was senior advisor to the United States Department of State's Policy Planning Staff from August 2021 to July 2022. She was the Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University's Department of Government.

She has advocated for the U.S. government to avoid an "overly confrontational" approach in its relations with China, and published an article in Foreign Affairs in August 2022 espousing this approach. Ian Johnson described that article in The New Yorker as catapulting her "to the front ranks of the growing number of China experts concerned that U.S. foreign policy suffers from an unhealthy focus on China as a threat."

Weiss is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations and a board member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

In July 2024, Weiss left Cornell to become the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Publications

Books

  • Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations (Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 9780199387557)

Articles

References

  1. ↑ "Jessica Chen Weiss". Asia Society. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  2. ↑ "CV". Jessica Chen Weiss. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. 1 2 "Jessica Chen Weiss". Cornell University Department of Government. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  4. 1 2 Northrop, Katrina (2022-10-09). "Jessica Chen Weiss on Stepping Back from the Brink". The Wire China. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. ↑ Lynch, Daniel C. (January 2017). "Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations, by Jessica Chen Weiss. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xii+341 pp. £20.99 (paper)". The China Journal. 77: 226–228. doi:10.1086/689243. ISSN 1324-9347.
  6. ↑ Tsang, Matthew (2017-11-01). "Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations | By Jessica Chen Weiss". Pacific Affairs. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  7. ↑ Pu, Xiaoyu (2016-12-01). "Jessica Chen Weiss, Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations". Journal of Chinese Political Science. 21 (4): 501–502. doi:10.1007/s11366-016-9440-0. ISSN 1874-6357. S2CID 255153227.
  8. ↑ Liu, Xiaoyuan (September 2015). "Powerful patriots: nationalist protest in China's foreign relations. By Jessica Chen Weiss". International Affairs. 91 (5): 1203–1204. doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12437.
  9. ↑ Friedman, Edward (June 2015). "Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations. Jessica Chen Weiss. x + 341 pp. $31.95 Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-19-938756-4". The China Quarterly. 222: 550–552. doi:10.1017/S0305741015000466. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 157186399.
  10. ↑ Wu, Kuan-Sheng (2015-07-03). "Jessica Chen Weiss Powerful Patriots New York, NY: Oxford University Press 360 pp., $ 20.99 paperback ISBN: 9780199387564 Publication Date: September 2014". Asian Affairs: An American Review. 42 (3): 170–172. doi:10.1080/00927678.2015.1066212. ISSN 0092-7678. S2CID 157806868.
  11. ↑ Adlakha, Hemant (December 23, 2022). "China, the US, and a Tale of 2 Professors". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Ian (2022-12-13). "A Professor Who Challenges the Washington Consensus on China". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  13. ↑ "The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy". Asia Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  14. ↑ "Board of Directors". Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Jessica Chen Weiss and Jeremy Wallace, Renowned China Experts, to Join SAIS Faculty". Johns Hopkins SAIS. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  16. ↑ Weiss, Jessica Chen (2024-09-16). "The Case Against the China Consensus". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  17. ↑ "What Does America Want From China?". Foreign Affairs. 2024-05-30. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  18. ↑ 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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