Denny Roy

Denny Roy (Ph.D. in political science, University of Chicago, 1991) writes mainly on Northeast Asian international security issues, particularly those involving China. His books cover a fairly broad range of topics within the general area of Asian politics. He has also written articles for scholarly journals such as International Security, Survival, Asian Survey, Security Dialogue, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Armed forces & Society, and Issues & Studies.

Employment history:

1990-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

1992-1995 Lecturer, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.

1995-1998 Research Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University (Canberra).

1998-2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, California).

2000-2007 Senior Research Fellow / Associate Professor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Honolulu, Hawaii).

2007 Professor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Honolulu, Hawaii).

2007-present Senior Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii).

Books:

The Pacific War and Its Political Legacies (Praeger, 2009)

Taiwan: A Political History (Cornell University Press, 2003)

China's Foreign Relations (Macmillan and Rowman & Littlefield, 1998)

The Politics of Human Rights in Asia (co-author; Pluto Press, 2000)

Raised in California, Roy is married to the former Lu Jinzhen (now Brittney Roy) from Taiwan. They have two very smart and beautiful daughters.