Welcome!

I am Samuel Liu, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Cornell University.

My research is on international security, with an emphasis on coercion theory, interstate signaling, and East Asian security. My dissertation examines the relationship between international security and public opinion dynamics across the Taiwan Strait.

I am a Predoctoral Fellow at The Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). I am also a World Politics & Statecraft Fellow of the Smith Richardson Foundation. Previously, I was a doctoral fellow of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and an East Asia Program fellow at the Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Before I came to Cornell, I completed a master’s degree at University College London and a bachelor’s degree at the University of Hong Kong.

You can contact me at kl933[at]cornell.edu.