Elizabeth Larus, Taiwan Fellow and Professor Political Science and International Affairs presented a paper, “Assessing the US Rebalance to Asia: Implications for US-China-Taiwan Trilateral Relations and Taiwan’s Strategic Choices,” at the 2015 AAS-in-Asia conference, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan in June. She also participated in the international conference Maritime Governance in the 21st Century at National Chengchi University in Taipei in late June. 

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Larus has been awarded a Taiwan Fellowship for 2015. The Taiwan Fellowship is the Republic of China’s version of the Fulbright Program. Dr. Larus will conduct field research in Taiwan on U.S.-China-Taiwan trilateral relations.  In recognition of the award, Dr. Larus was the honored guest of Ambassador Shen Lyushen, Taiwan’s representative to the United States, at an Oct. 29 luncheon held at Twin Oaks, the official residence for Taiwan ambassadors.

Elizabeth Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented a paper “The Pivot versus the Dream: The Battle for Seapower in the Asia-Pacific” at the 2014 meeting of the American Association for Chinese Studies at George Washington University, Oct. 10-12, 2014.

Elizabeth F. Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, participated in the 2014 Commandant’s National Security Program (CNSP) at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania in July 2014. Participation was by nomination only. Larus joined senior military officers as well as 60 other guests from law, business, the intelligence community, medicine and academia to participate in a series of lectures and small group discussions on pressing national security issues.

Elizabeth F. Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented a lecture, “The U.S. Pivot to the Western Pacific: Implications for Security in the Asia-Pacific,” on April 11, 2014 to Command and Staff of the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWACS) as part of the National Securities Lecture Series at the UMW Dahlgren Campus. Professor Larus’ lecture was simultaneously broadcast to remote attendees from U.S. Strategic Command and the Pentagon.

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered comments on current events in China on “Tea Talk,” the radio program of the Asian World Center at Creighton University. The first part of her interview aired in mid-October and can be accessed at Episode 3 – Dr. Elizabeth Larus Part 1/2.