Dr. Alan Hao Yang is Executive Director of TaiwanAsia Exchange Foundation (TAEF). He also serves as Deputy Director of the Institute of International Relations (IIR) and Executive Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. He teaches at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies (GIEAS) on Southeast Asia regionalism and SinoSoutheast Asian relations. Dr. Yang engages in track II diplomacy as the Executive Director of the Secretariat of Taiwan Participatory Group to the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP Taiwan).



His research interests cover ASEAN regionalism, disaster governance, border politics and resistance politics in Southeast Asia. Dr. Yang has published more than 70 journal articles on China-ASEAN relations, international relations of Southeast Asia, international political economy in the Asia-Pacific in international refereed journals such as Pacific Affairs, Pacific Review, Issues & Studies, Journal of Asian Public Policy, China Brief.