Secondary Title

Sarasohn Dissertation Fellow

Biography

Brendan Flynn is a Sarasohn Dissertation Fellow PhD Candidate at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. His research focuses on IR theory and the U.S.-China-Taiwan relationship. Brendan’s research helps explain instability in the relationship as a consequence of structural, domestic, and individual leader factors. 

Brendan has conducted fieldwork and language-study in Taiwan, and language-study in China. His work has been supported by the Boren Fellowship and the Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) Taiwan Scholarship, and his writing has appeared in a GTI Occasional Report and in The National Interest. 

Selected publications

"An Untenable Status Quo: Structural Change and the U.S.-China-Taiwan Relationship." Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) Occasional Report, April 2024

 "Biden Must Build a New Status Quo on Taiwan." The National Interest. 09/21/2022.