Elizabeth Freund Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered a guest lecture “US-Taiwan Relations under President Trump: Continuity and Change,” March 7, 2018 at Tamkang University in Taiwan. Preceding the talk, Dr. Larus exchanged views on Washington-Taipei relations with several scholars and former government officials.

Elizabeth Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, was featured in Financial Times article on US-Taiwan relations.

However, it is “increasingly unlikely” the US will use Taiwan as a bargaining chip,” said Taiwan defense expert Elizabeth Freund Larus, a political-science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “Trump appears to be disappointed not to have more co-operation from Xi Jinping after their Mar-a-Lago meeting,” she said.

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered her presentation “Re-affirming U.S.-Taiwan Relations” at the Taiwan Roundtable Refocusing Taiwan-U.S. Relations at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2017.

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented her paper “Assessment of President Obama’s China Policy, with a focus on U.S. Rebalance to the Asia Pacific,” at the conference U.S., China, Taiwan Relations in the Second Obama Administration and Beyond,  Dec. 12, 2016, at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Waple Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered political commentary on the South China Sea issue on the Channel NewsAsia July 6 episode of “Between the Lines: Great Power Politics in the Asia Pacific.”