Prof. Min Ye appointed first Rosenberg Institute Scholar at Suffolk University

The Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University is pleased to announce that we have appointed our first Rosenberg Institute Scholar. She is Dr. Min Ye, Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University.

As part of this appointment, Dr. Ye will prepare a research paper which the Rosenberg Institute will publish on its website.  The title of her research paper is “China and the Corona Virus: China remains a pragmatic globalist.” The paper examines the debates among policy communities in China and actions by the Chinese state to combat the corona epidemic and revive the economy. It suggests that the Chinese policy communities are divided across three groups: One, the pessimists who have focused on U.S-China relations and the stability of the existing world order; Two, the optimists who are affiliated with new think tanks and whose research focuses on China’s Belt and Road initiative; Three, the pragmatists who expect grave challenges facing China and the world and advocate for China to save itself while helping to stabilize the world market. In terms of actions, the central and local governments are both making concerted efforts to save domestic industry, attract foreign capital and stabilize international trade.

Dr. Ye received her PhD degree from Princeton University. She has published three books: The Belt, Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China, 1998 – 2018, (Cambridge University Press, 2020); Diasporas and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India, (Cambridge University Press, 2014); The Making of Northeast Asia, Stanford, CA: (Stanford University Press, 2010), co-authored with Kent Calder.

Min Ye is appointed for the period from March to June 2020. During this time she will remain at her home institution and at the end of her appointment will submit her paper to the Rosenberg Institute.  She will also be invited to visit the Suffolk campus in the fall semester, to present her work and meet with Suffolk faculty and students.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Ye as our first Rosenberg Institute Scholar. This appointment follows an international competition conducted in late 2019 by the Advisory Council of the Rosenberg Institute.  An additional three scholars were selected, who will each receive a six-month appointment in rotation between September 2020 to December 2021.  Details of this major initiative by the Rosenberg Institute will be announced in the coming weeks.

Ron

Ronald Suleski, PhD
Professor and Director
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies
Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Suffolk University, Boston
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