She has written extensively on Chinese threat perceptions and views of the strategic environment, China’s foreign policy and U.S.-Chinese military ties. Glaser received her B.A. in political science from Boston University and her M.A. with concentrations in international economics and Chinese studies from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Professor Yuan's research focuses on Asia-Pacific security, global and regional arms control and nonproliferation issues, U.S. policy toward Asia, and China's defense and foreign policy. He is the co-author of China and India: Cooperation or Conflict? (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003) and is currently working on a book manuscript on post-Cold War Chinese security policy. He will be providing the Chinese perspective on the security situation in the Taiwan Strait. Dr. Yuan is a graduate of Xi’An Foreign Language University, China.

Dr. Wang teaches popular courses on comparative politics, political economy, and cross-strait relations. He has published extensively on these topics, including most recently "A Sui Generis Model for Taiwan's Participation in International Organizations" and "U.S. Policy Since September 11 and Asia's Changing Strategic Landscape". Currently he serves as a board member for American Association of Chinese Studies and the coordinator of the Conference Group on Taiwan Studies, American Political Science Association. He earned his BA from National Taiwan University and his PhD from U Chicago. Dr. Wang is a native of Taipei, Taiwan.

A specialist on East Asian political and strategic affairs (especially China), Dr. Pollack was previously affiliated with the RAND Corporation. Dr. Pollack has published widely on China's political and strategic roles; the international politics of Asia; U.S. policy in Asia and the Pacific; and Chinese technological and military development.

Dr. Guo is also the President of Association of Chinese Political Studies, Editor of Journal of Chinese Political Science, and Editor of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers-Lexington’s book series “Challenge Facing Chinese Political Development.” His research interests have focused on China/Asian politics, US-China relations, international relations of East Asia, communist and post-communist studies, democratic transition, and political economy of East and Southeast Asia. Dr. Guo appears on local and national media programs (WFAA-TV, Public Radio-KERA, Dallas Morning News, Atlantic Monthly) to speak on a variety of current issues in U.S.-China-Taiwan relations, US-China trade, China rising and its implications for the world, and Asian security issues. Dr. Guo received his M.A. in international politics from Peking University, China.

His research focus is on Taiwanese national identity, cross-Strait relations, US policy towards China and Taiwan and research method. Professor Wang is on the Advisory Board of the Korean Association of Public Policy and the Editorial Board of the Taiwanese Political Science Review and the Journal of East Asian Studies. He is a graduate of NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan.

Professor Wachman's expertise is on China-US relations and Taiwan Strait relations. Formerly, he served in New York as president of China Institute in America (1995-1997) and, before that, was the American Co-director of The Johns Hopkins University–Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, in Nanjing, People's Republic of China (1993-1995).His book, Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for China's Territorial Integrity (Stanford University Press, 2007) reframes the conflict between Beijing and Taipei in terms of the Beijing's maritime ambitions and geo-strategic concerns. He is currently at work on a manuscript examining Mongolia's national security in the context of the PRC's geo-strategic worldview.

He has 15 years of experience in crisis management and international security consulting. He will be a member of the security and trade relations panel.

Lisa is a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, focusing on analyzing America's economic, security, and political relationships with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

The country’s youngest MP, 30-year old Mr. Pilot is the son of a political family—both his parents served in Parliament. He has a degree from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and hopes to introduce entrepreneurship to his constituency through microfinance and insurance ventures.

He has worked, both in the US and in Pakistan, for major firms like Phillips Electronics and NMS Communications. He is also the founder of startup MessageMachines.com. A founding member of OPEN (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs), Mr. Qidwai holds degrees in Engineering from the University of Michigan, Phillips International Institute of Technology, and the University of Peshawar.

Prior to this post, Mr. Williamson, a Democrat from New York, was President of Williamson International Trade Strategies, a consultancy advising U.S. corporations conducting international business. Mr. Williamson has also served as a member of USAID, as General Counsel to the Office of U.S. Trade Representatives and on former President Bill Clinton’s Partnership for Economic Growth. Mr. Williamson holds a B.A. from Brown University, a Masters from John Hopkins and a J.D. from George Washington University.