{"id":22,"date":"2022-05-16T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/political-science\/?post_type=person&#038;p=22"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:07:38","slug":"col-michael-sun-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/political-science\/faculty-staff\/col-michael-sun-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Michael Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-michael-sun\">Dr. Michael Sun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-associate-professor\">Associate Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sun is a veteran of the Taiwanese army, retiring as colonel. He joined the Citadel faculty in the fall of 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science. Prior to this, Michael was a Visiting Scholar at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and adjunct assistant professor at The National Defense University of Taiwan. Dr. Sun is the author of&nbsp;<em>China\u2019s Cultural Soft Power in the United States<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The U.S. Government Decision-Making Process in the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis<\/em>. His research interests are East Asian security and politics, U.S.-China relations, and U.S. security policy in Asia. He teaches East Asian Affairs and International Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> Asia-Pacific Studies (National Cheng-chi University)<br><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> American Studies (Tamkang University)<br><strong>M.A.<\/strong> National Security and China Studies (National Cheng-chi University)<br><strong>M.A.<\/strong> Public Administration (National Cheng-chi University)<br><strong>M.A. <\/strong>Foreign Language &amp; Literature (National Defense University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Michael Sun Associate Professor Dr. Sun is a veteran of the Taiwanese army, retiring as colonel. He joined the Citadel faculty in the fall of 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science. 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