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Lawrence C. Reardon

PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-1858
Office: Political Science, Horton Social Science Center Rm 314, Durham, NH 03824

<p>Lawrence C. Reardon received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He wrote <em>A Third Way: The Origins of China's Current Economic Development Strategy </em>(Harvard East Asian Monographs, 2020), <em>The Reluctant Dragon: The Impact of Crisis Cycles on Chinese Foreign Economic Policy </em>(University of Washington Press, 2001), and has written on China's foreign economic policy for <em>China Quarterly</em>, <em>The Journal of Contemporary China</em>, <em>China Business Review</em>, and <em>The Journal of Shenzhen University</em>. He translated two volumes of key Chinese policy documents concerning China's coastal development strategy (<em>Chinese Law and Government</em>, 1994). He also co-edited the volume <em>The Catholic Church and the Nation-State </em>(Georgetown University Press, 2006). He wrote the chapter on the Catholic Church for the <em>Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism, Volume 2.&nbsp; </em>He completed chapters on the Belt and Road Initiative, the United Front Work Department, China's religious policies, and Pope Francis and China.&nbsp; He wrote a chapter entitled "The Return of Spiraling Tension in US-China Relations" for a book he co-edited for Lexington Press entitled <em>Leveraging Insights on China for Informed Integrated Deterrence</em>. He is a research associate at Harvard University's Fairbank Center, a Luce fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a special researcher at Jinan University. At the University of New Hampshire, he teaches Asian foreign and domestic policy, emphasizing China and courses on international political economy and international relations. He is the coordinator for the Asian studies minor.</p>

Courses Taught

  • IA 501: Global Issues Intrntnl Affairs
  • POLT 403: United States in World Affairs
  • POLT 545: People and Politics in Asia
  • POLT 546: Wealth and Politics in Asia
  • POLT 566: Asian Challenge
  • POLT 569: The Rise of China
  • POLT 700/800: Political Science Pro-Seminar
  • POLT 760/860: Theories Internatl Relations
  • POLT 762/862: International Political Econ

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University
  • M.I.A., Columbia University
  • M.Phil., Political Science, Columbia University
  • B.A., International/Global Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests

  • China
  • China foreign relations
  • China religion
  • China's domestic policy
  • East Asia
  • Catholicism

Selected Publications

  • Reardon, L. (2024). The Chinese Communist Party-State and Religion. In D. Ellis (Ed.), Competing for Advantage: The CCP, State Craft and Special Operations Forces, (Vol. 24-2, pp. 133-163). JSOU Press.

  • Reardon, L. C. (2024). Whither the Belt and Road Initiative?. In The Great Power Competition Volume 6 (pp. 223-241). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70767-4_11

  • Reardon, L. (2023). Mentoring Non-Harvard Students, Lawrence Reardon. In Remembering Ezra Vogel. Harvard University Press.

  • Roberts, P. (Ed.) (2022). Chinese Economic Statecraft from 1978 to 1989. In . Springer Nature Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9217-8

  • Reardon, L. C. (2020). A Third Way The Origins of China's Current Economic Development Strategy. Harvard East Asian Monographs.

  • Compton, R. (2020). Transforming East Asian Domestic and International Politics. In R. W. Compton (Ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003073895

  • Reardon, L. C. (2015). The Party Giveth, and the Party Taketh Away: Chinese Enigmatic Attitudes Towards Religion. In RELIGIOUS TRANSFORMATION IN MODERN ASIA: A TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENT (Vol. 148, pp. 26-49). doi:10.1163/9789004289710_003

  • Reardon, L. C. (2000). China's road to disaster: Mao central politicians and provincial leaders in the unfolding of the Great Leap Forward, 1955-1959.. ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 572, 169-171. doi:10.1177/0002716200572001032

  • Reardon, L. C. (1998). Learning how to open the door: A reassessment of China's "opening" strategy. CHINA QUARTERLY, (155), 479-511. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • REARDON, L. C. (1992). JOINT VENTURES IN THE PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA - THE CONTROL OF FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT UNDER SOCIALISM - PEARSON,MM. JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 51(4), 901-903. doi:10.2307/2059067

  • Most Cited Publications