South China Sea

The University of Pennsylvania has experts who can discuss a variety of topics related to the South China Sea and operations therein.

William Burke-White

Richard Perry Professor and Inaugural Director, Perry World House; Professor of Law.
Law School.
University of Pennsylvania.

William Burke-White, is a legal expert on international law and global governance, as well as secession and self-determination. His work has addressed issues of post-conflict justice; the International Criminal Court; international human rights, and international arbitration. His current research explores gaps in the global governance system and the challenges of international legal regulation in a world of rising powers and divergent interests.



Rebecca Anderson | 215-898-9216 | randers@law.upenn.edu


Jacques deLisle

Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law, School of Law.
Professor of Political Science, School of Arts & Sciences.
Director, Center for East Asian Studies.
University of Pennsylvania.

Serves as the deputy director at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at Penn, co-director of the Center for Asian Law and the director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute His research and teaching focus on contemporary Chinese law and politics, including legal reform and its relationship to economic reform and political change in China; legal and political issues of Taiwan a



Rebecca Anderson | 215-898-9216 | randers@law.upenn.edu


Avery Goldstein

Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary China; Associate Director, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics.
School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.

His research focuses on international relations, security studies and Chinese politics. Author of Rising to the Challenge: China’s Grand Strategy and International Security; Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution; and From Bandwagon to balance of Power Politics: Structural Constraints and Politics in China, 1949-1978 David M.



Jill DiSanto | 215.898.2956 | jdisanto@upenn.edu


Michael C. Horowitz

Associate Professor, Political Science.
School of Arts & Sciences.
University of Pennsylvania.

The associate director of Penn’s Perry World House, Dr. Horowitz and has authored many books, including Why Leaders Fight and the award-wining The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics.



Jill DiSanto | 215.898.2956 | jdisanto@upenn.edu