Norris, William
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Albritton Center for Grand Strategy, Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government and Public Service
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Associate Professor, International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service
overview
Dr. William Norris is currently a professor of Chinese foreign and security policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University where he teaches graduate-level courses in Chinese domestic politics, East Asian security, and Chinese foreign policy. His broad research interests include East Asian security, business-government relations, Chinese foreign and security policy, and international relations theory--particularly the strategic relationship between economics and national security. His work examines the use of commercial sector actors to achieve national foreign policy objectives in the context of Chinese grand strategy.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 2010
- A.B. in Politics (Summa Cum Laude), Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1999
selected publications
Academic Articles2
- Hinck, R., Kluver, R., Manly, J., & Norris, W. J (2018). geopolitical dimensions of 'the china dream' exploring strategic narratives of the chinese communist party. China Media Research. 14(3),
- Hinck, R. S., Manly, J. N., Kluver, R. A., & Norris, W. J (2016). Interpreting and shaping geopolitics in Chinese media: the discourse of the ‘New style of great power relations’. Asian Journal of Communication. 26(5), 427-445.
Books1
- Norris, W. J (2016). Chinese economic statecraft: Commercial actors, grand strategy, and state control. Cornell University Press.
Chapters3
- Li, M (2017). China's Economic Statecraft. Series on Contemporary China. China's Economic Statecraft: Co-optation, Cooperation and Coercion. 193-212. World Scientific.
- Norris, W. J (2017). China’s Economic Statecraft in Sino-American Relations. Series on Contemporary China. China's Economic Statecraft. 193-212. World Scientific.
- Norris, W (2016). Economic statecraft as a tool of peacemaking? China’s relationships with India and Russia. The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking. 169-191. University of Michigan Press.
Internet Publications1
awards and honors
- China and the World Program Fellow conferred by Columbia University - (New York, New York, United States) - Columbia-Harvard 2010
recent teaching activities
- INTA621 Chinese Foreign Policy Instructor
- INTA670 Intl Affairs Capstne Sem Instructor
- INTA672 East Asian Security Instructor
- INTA673 Chinese Dom Pol Trans Instructor
- INTA684 Prof Internship Instructor
Email
wjnorris@tamu.edu
First Name
William
Last Name
Norris
mailing address
Texas A&M University; International Affairs; 4220 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4220
USA