Elizabeth Van Wie Davis

Elizaabeth Van Wie Davis is a Professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) with a focus on Chinese domestic, foreign, and defense policies. She has books on Islam, Oil & Geopolitics: Central Asia Since September 11 (2007), Chinese Perspectives on Sino-American Relations (2000) and China and the Law of the Sea Convention (1995) and her articles appear in journals around the world. The views in this article are personal opinions of the author, and are not official positions of the U.S. Government, U.S. Pacific Command or APCSS.