Yujen Kuo

Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan)

Dr. Yujen Kuo is director and professor at the Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies of National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. He is also vice president at the Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) and the chairperson of the Global Risk Assessment Team (GRAT) at INPR.

He has served as adviser at the Mainland Affairs Council since 2016. He is also an adviser to the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce and has been the president of the Taiwan Society of Japan Studies since 2019.

Dr. Kuo’s main research interests include Japan’s defence industry and policy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. Dr. Kuo is the author of many academic volumes and articles in Chinese, English, and Japanese.

Dr. Kuo was formally invited to give talks to the Japanese ministry of defence, the U.S. State Department, and France’s ministry of defence to share his expertise and recommendations on security issues in the Indo-Pacific.