Randall Doyle - Background

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Central Michigan University
History Department
106 Powers Hall
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Tel (989) 774-1094 Fax (989) 774-1156


Dr. Randall Doyle has taught East Asian History, Pacific Rim History, Modern China and American Diplomatic History at Central Michigan University since 2005. Dr. Doyle has studied, taught and/or lived in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America during his academic career.

Professor Doyle has recently published a new book, The Roots of War in the 21st Century: Geography, Hegemony, and Politics in Asia-Pacific; the book was nominated for the Lionel Gelber Book Prize in 2010. This particular literary competition is for books concerning international affairs.

In 2009, Dr. Doyle was a Teaching Fellow at Aichi University in Nagoya, Japan; He lectured on Chinese Law and Politics. Professor Doyle was also a Research Fellow at the International Center for Chinese Studies (ICCS) at Aichi University.

Also, in 2009, Dr. Doyle was a Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing, China. And, he was a Visiting Scholar at Catholic University in South Korea, where he presented an academic paper at an international technology conference.

In 2008, Professor Doyle taught, as a Teaching Fellow, American Diplomatic History at North China University of Technology (NCUT) in Beijing, China; He was a Research Fellow from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing, China. Dr. Doyle also visited Vietnam for the first time.

In 2007, Professor Doyle taught, as a Teaching Fellow, U.S. Government and Politics at North China University of Technology (NCUT) in Beijing, China; Dr. Doyle, as a Visiting Scholar, spoke on the major geopolitical issues confronting America, China and the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st Century at the International Center for Chinese Studies (ICCS) at Aichi University in Nagoya, Japan. And, Professor Doyle was invited to speak at an international conference at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.

Also, in 2007, Dr. Doyle received a Research Fellowship from the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Research Centre at the University of South Australia, to research and study the origins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – which is one of the primary regional institutions concerning economic and trade issues.

Professor Doyle’s current research for his next book, Modern China and the New World: The Reemergence of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century (due in 2011); it focuses upon the modernization and empowerment of modern China, and its potential future role within the Asia-Pacific region, as well as in the international community.

Professor Doyle’s first encounters with Asia occurred during his stint in the U.S Navy (1976-1980) – he was stationed overseas at U.S. naval communication bases in Western Australia (NCS Harold E. Holt) and Guam (Naval Communications Station).







Friday, April 2, 2010

New China Emerging

The Chinese government is in the process of increasing its restrictions concerning foreign businesses starting up in the country...In short, the government is not as open to foreign businesses as in the past three decades...A new climate is evolving...I will srite more on this subject later on...

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