Allen R. Carlson

Summary

Allen Carlson is an Associate Professor in Cornell University’s Government Department. He was granted his PhD from Yale University’s Political Science Department. His undergraduate degree is from Colby College. In 2005 he was chosen to participate in the National Committee’s Public Intellectuals Program, and he currently serves as Director of Cornell’s China and Asia Pacific Studies program and advisor of its East Asia Program. Carlson is currently working on a project exploring the issue of nontraditional security in China’s emerging relationship with the rest of the international system. 

Research Focus

• International Relations
• Chinese Foreign Policy
• Asian Security

In the news

• With visit to Taiwan, Pelosi upsets Xi-Biden’s balancing act
• China must protect own interests in decision to provide Russia aid
• Ukraine invasion heightens anxiety in Taiwan
• Contentious issues between U.S., China unlikely to be resolved by zoom call
• Hong Kong resignations may end one country, two systems
• Big Red podcasters: finding their voice
• China’s law is ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Hong Kong
• China–India violence could reignite border tensions
• What's in store for Hong Kong? Look at Tibet.
• China's national security law: For Xi, Hong Kong no different than Tibet, Xinjiang
• Panel discusses global uncertainties surrounding coronavirus
• Government alumnus’s gift boosts program related to U.S.-China relations
• Watershed moment in China examined by faculty experts
• Faculty comment on South China Sea verdict
• China & Asia-Pacific Studies Program celebrates 10 years

Courses - Fall 2022

• GOVT 4000 : Major Seminar
• GOVT 4999 : Undergraduate Independent Study
• GOVT 6827 : China, Tibet and Xinjiang