Jean-Marc Blanchard

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Associate Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at San Francisco State University (SFSU). He received Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include China ’s integration into the global economic system, China ’s interactions with multinational corporations, Chinese multinational corporations, Sino-Japanese relations, and Chinese territorial and maritime issues. He is a co-editor of Harmonious World and China’s New Foreign Policy (Lanham: Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2008), a co-editor of and contributor to Power and the Purse: Economic Statecraft, Interdependence, and National Security ( London : Frank Cass, 2000), and the author of nearly 20 book chapters and refereed journal articles. Examples include “China, MNCs, and Globalization” (2007), “China’s Peaceful Rise and Sino-Japanese Territorial and Maritime Tensions” (2006), “Linking Territorial Disputes and War” (2005), “Giving the Unrecognized their Due: Regional Actors, International Organizations, and Multilateral Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia” (2003), and “The U.S. Role in the Sino-Japanese Dispute over the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands, 1945-1971” (2000). At SFSU, he teaches courses on Chinese Foreign Policy, Multinational Corporations, and the International Political Economy.