【Exploring China Studies】A Conversation with Pete Millwood: Thinking about Taiwan's Democratization Process from a Global Perspective

Dr. Pete Millwood

Senior Lecturer in East Asian History, The University of Melbourne

US–China relations, international history, Cold War history

Pete Millwood is a historian of China’s international and transnational relations, particularly with the United States. His 2022 book, Improbable Diplomats, reexamines the US–China rapprochement through cross-border exchanges involving athletes, musicians, scientists, and other non-state actors. His current research explores “Taiwan networks” during the Cold War from a global historical perspective.

Thomas P. Barrett

Keio University Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Oriental Studies

Political and diplomatic history of early modern and modern China, history of international relations in East Asia

Graduated from the Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies, Aichi University. Completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, and subsequently completed the required coursework for the doctoral program before withdrawing without a degree. Completed the doctoral program at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, and received a DPhil in Oriental Studies. After serving as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, a Tutor on the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford, and a Research Associate at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, assumed the current position.