Chih-Mao Tang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Soochow University, Taiwan. His research focuses on international conflict and cooperation, international relations of Asia-Pacific, and international political economy. He currently works on the development of East Asian peace and the reinforcing logic of small state’s international political autonomy, military security, and economy development. A recent work of his is: “Southeast Asian Peace Revisited: A Capitalist Trajectory”, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 12(3): 389–417.