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Yuen Khong

b. 1956

Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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Born 1956. Yuen Khong is a political scientist.

Yuen Foong Khong (; born 1956) is the Singaporean Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He was previously Professor of International Relations at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University. A cited expert whose highest cited paper is Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 at 894 times, according to GoogleScholar.

He received his PhD (Political Science/International Relations) from Harvard University in 1987.

Selected publications Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 (Princeton University Press, 1992; 6th printing 2006). With Neil MacFarlane, The United Nations and Human Security: A Critical History (Indiana University Press, 2006). With David Malone (co-ed.) Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: International Perspectives(New York: Lynn Reiner, 2003). With Charles Kupchan, Emmauel Adler, and Jean Marc Coicaud, Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2001)

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Born
1956
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Education
Harvard University
Employers
Harvard University, University of Oxford
Also known as
Yuen Foong Khong, Khong Yuen Foong

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Who is Yuen Khong?

Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

When was Yuen Khong born?

Yuen Khong was born in 1956.

What is Yuen Khong's occupation?

Yuen Khong is a political scientist.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Yuen Khong

Β· Wikidata: Q20055491

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