Dr. Fang-Ting Cheng is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO), which she joined in 2014. She specializes in international relations, global governance, and environmental politics, with a focus on how major powers and regional actors shape international and regional regimes to address global challenges such as climate change and energy transition.

Building on her extensive work in global environmental governance, Dr. Cheng’s current research examines energy, environmental, and industrial policies promoting low-carbon and decarbonized economies in the great Asian region. Her studies cover key policy instruments such as emissions trading systems, carbon taxation, and carbon neutrality strategies, as well as countries’ responses to climate-related disasters. Integrating perspectives from international relations and security studies, she also investigates how states in the Indo-Pacific region navigate the intersection of climate action, economic security, and geopolitical dynamics.

Dr. Cheng holds a B.A. from National Taiwan University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Law (International Relations) from the University of Tokyo. Her major publications include Japanese Environmental Diplomacy since the Kyoto Protocol (Mie University Press, 2013) and The Formation of Complementary Relationships among Overlapping Regimes: Negotiations on Climate Change, U.S.–China Relations, and the Paris Agreement (Gendaitosho, 2017).

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Dr. Chi-Ting Tsai received his J.S.D. from Cornell Law School in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor of International Law in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He also serves as Director of the Center for China Studies at National Taiwan University. Dr. Tsai’s areas of specialization include maritime security, the law of the sea, marine policy, and international human rights. Over the past five years, he has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, both domestically and internationally, on topics related to the Law of the Sea, including East and South China Sea disputes, maritime governance, and BBNJ Agreement.
Dr. Tsai’s recent research focuses on maritime domain awareness, maritime security and supply chains, transboundary marine protected areas, biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, maritime autonomous surface ships, and greenhouse gas reduction in shipping. In addition to these environmental and regulatory issues, he has conducted several research projects on submarine cables and marine scientific research. Beyond academic publications, Dr. Tsai regularly contributes policy commentaries for U.S. think tanks such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Global Taiwan Institute on topics concerning maritime security and lawfare. He was also a member of CSIS’s South China Sea Expert working group.

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Dr. TING-HUI LIN teaches Law of the Sea and South China Sea issues in the Department of Maritime Police, Central Police University. He is also a commisioner of Taiwan Ocean Affairs Council. He served in the Taiwanese National Security Council and operated think tank, Taiwan Brain Trust and Prospect Foundation as the Vice President of those institutions. He got master degree in National Chengchi University and PhD. in National Taiwan University. Dr. LIN’s research areas are South China Sea, East China Sea, Pacific Islands, International Law and Law of the Sea.

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Mr. William Yang is the Senior Northeast Asia Analyst at International Crisis Group, where he focuses on tracking and analysing China’s foreign and security policies, relations between China and Taiwan, and how China’s activities around the world influence and shape geopolitical dynamics around the world. Prior to joining Crisis Group, Yang worked for twelve years as a correspondent covering China, Taiwan and the rest of East Asia for multiple foreign media outlets. His coverage focused on major political and social issues in China, relations between China and Taiwan, and how China’s growing global impact shapes dynamics in East Asia and other parts of the world. He regularly appears on television and radio programs to talk about issues related to China, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region.

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Dr. Titus C. Chen earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 2008. He specializes in International Relations Theory, international human rights, Indo-Pacific regional security, and Chinese foreign and security policy. He currently serves as a Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Institute of International Relations and a Professor at the International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. He is also the Executive Director of CSCAP Taiwan and the Executive Editor of the journal Issues & Studies. Dr. Chen’s academic contributions include the critically acclaimed book, The Making of A Neo-Propaganda State: China’s Social Media under Xi Jinping, published by Brill in 2022, which examines the profound implications of Xi Jinping’s social media policies. Currently, Dr. Chen is at the forefront of innovative research, utilizing Big Data and AI tools to analyze China’s security policy in territorial disputes. His work combines theoretical depth with cutting-edge methodologies, offering critical insights into the evolving dynamics of Indo-Pacific order and China’s role in it. Dr. Chen’s research continues to shape understanding of contemporary international relations in the 21st century.

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