Andrew Mertha Explained

Andrew Mertha is an American political scientist and the Inaugural Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University.[1] He is a scholar of Chinese and Cambodian politics with a particular emphasis on bureaucracy, institutions, Leninist Party Systems, policymaking and implementation, and China–United States relations.[2] [3] Mertha speaks Khmer, Mandarin, French, and Hungarian.[4] He is one of few American scholars on China-Cambodia relations due to his proficiency in Khmer.[5]

Andrew Mertha
Alma Mater:University of Michigan
Workplaces:Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
Washington University in St. Louis
Main Interests:Bureaucracy, Institutions, Leninist Party Systems, Policy Making and Implementation, US-China Relations

Education

Mertha holds a BA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan.[6]

Academic career

Mertha has worked and researched in China and Cambodia: he lived in China for seven years as an English teacher (1988–1989), a representative for a toy company (1991–1994, 1995, and 1996), and a scholar (from 1998). He has been conducting field and archival work in Cambodia since 2009.[7]

Mertha joined the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2018[8] and served as the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and International Research Cooperation from 2019 to 2021. At SAIS, he teaches courses such as Leadership in China and Contemporary Chinese politics. Before he joined SAIS, he was a Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University from 2008 to 2018. He was also the director of Cornell's China and Asia-Pacific Studies programs and a core faculty member in the East Asia and Southeast Asia programs.[9] From 2001 to 2008, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science/Program in International and Area Studies at the Washington University in St. Louis.[10]

Mertha has authored three monographs: The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China (Cornell University Press, 2005), China’s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change (Cornell University Press, 2008), and Brothers in Arms: Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979 (Cornell University Press, 2014). He published an edited volume, May Ehara’s Svay: A Cambodian Village, with an Introduction by Judy Ledgerwood, in 2018.[11]

In 2006, Mertha testified for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission and briefed the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.[12] He was part of congressional delegation to Beijing, Xinjiang, and Shanghai to discuss terrorism and narcotics trafficking.[7]

Mertha is on the board of directors of the Center for Khmer Studies, the only American Overseas Research Center in mainland Southeast Asia.[13] He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and an alumnus of its Public Intellectuals Program, 2008–2010, a fellowship program that aims to strengthen links among U.S. academics, policymakers, opinion leaders, and the public to increase Americans' understanding of China.[14] He is also a member of the American Political Science Association, Association for Asian Studies, and International Studies Association and sits on several editorial committees of Journal of Comparative Politics, The China Quarterly, and Asian Survey.

Publications

Monographs

Edited volumes

Selected scholarly journal articles

Selected chapters in edited volumes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: amertha1 Johns Hopkins SAIS. 2021-10-18. sais.jhu.edu. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212028/https://sais.jhu.edu/users/amertha1. live.
  2. Web site: RENTON. BENJY. Project Pengyou Speaker Discusses International Relations. 2021-10-18. The Middlebury Campus. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212029/https://middleburycampus.com/37099/features/project-pengyou-speaker-discusses-international-relations/. live.
  3. Web site: Andrew Mertha Joins Johns Hopkins SAIS as Director of SAIS China Johns Hopkins SAIS. 2021-10-18. sais.jhu.edu. 4 September 2018 . 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212042/https://sais.jhu.edu/news-press/andrew-mertha-joins-johns-hopkins-sais-director-sais-china. live.
  4. Web site: Studies. Global. 2017-07-31. IAS Speaker Series: Prof. Andy Mertha. 2021-10-18. Global Studies. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212050/https://globalstudies.wustl.edu/events/1690. live.
  5. Web site: 2014: China's Environmental Crisis: Is There A Way Out?. 2021-10-18. Speaker & Award Events. en-US. 2022-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817001227/https://www.furman.edu/riley/speaker-award-events/speaker-events/chinas-environmental-crisis-there-way-out/. live.
  6. Web site: Participants: Conference on Building State Capacity in China and Beyond U-M LSA Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. 2021-10-18. ii.umich.edu. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212028/https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/building-state-capacity-in-china-and-beyond/participants--conference-on-building-state-capacity-in-china-and.html. live.
  7. Web site: Yes. . .But: The Dialectics of Political Pluralization in China, 2003–2010. 2021-10-18. liberalarts.utexas.edu. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212042/https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/eastasia/events/yes-but-the-dialectics-of-political-pluralization-in-china-2003-2010. live.
  8. Web site: Winter 2019. Feature: On the Shoulders of Giants. live. October 13, 2021. The Johns Hopkins SAIS Magazine. October 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018213527/https://magazine.sais-jhu.edu/winter-2019/on-the-shoulders-of-giants/.
  9. Web site: International Disorganization: State Capacity in China's Aid to The Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979. 2021-10-18. www.international.ucla.edu. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212041/https://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/event/11064. live.
  10. Web site: JHU Faculty Expert: Andrew Mertha. 2021-10-18. The Hub. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212029/https://hub.jhu.edu/experts/profiles/andrew-mertha/. live.
  11. Web site: 2017-01-19. Andrew Mertha. 2021-10-18. ChinaFile. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212037/https://www.chinafile.com/contributors/andrew-mertha. live.
  12. Web site: Hearing: China's Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and the dangers of the Movement of Counterfeited and Pirated Goods into the United States U.S.- CHINA ECONOMIC and SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION. 2021-10-18. www.uscc.gov. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212028/https://www.uscc.gov/hearings/hearing-chinas-enforcement-intellectual-property-rights-and-dangers-movement-counterfeited. live.
  13. Web site: Studies. Global. Events. 2021-10-18. Global Studies. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212037/https://globalstudies.wustl.edu/events/169. live.
  14. Web site: Public Intellectuals Program National Committee on United States – China Relations. 2021-10-18. www.ncuscr.org. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212037/https://www.ncuscr.org/program/public-intellectuals-program. live.
  15. Web site: Product Details. 2021-10-18. Cornell University Press. en-US. 2021-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219093640/https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/. live.
  16. Mertha. Andrew. March 2017. "Stressing Out": Cadre Calibration and Affective Proximity to the CCP in Reform-era China. The China Quarterly. en. 229. 64–85. 10.1017/S0305741017000042. 158025656 . 0305-7410. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212026/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/abs/stressing-out-cadre-calibration-and-affective-proximity-to-the-ccp-in-reformera-china/4D5CEA69769409A3B39DE2F7CA4F9B56. live.
  17. Mertha. Andrew. 2015. 'International Disorganization': Fragmentation and Foreign Policy in SinoCambodian Relations, 1975–1979. Issues & Studies. 1. 129–163. Research Gate. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212027/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282997780_International_disorganization_Fragmentation_and_foreign_policy_in_Sino-Cambodian_relations_1975-1979. live.
  18. Web site: Surrealpolitik: The Experience of Chinese Experts in Democratic Kampuchea, 1975–1979 Cross-Currents. 2021-10-18. cross-currents.berkeley.edu. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212027/https://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/e-journal/issue-4/Mertha. live.
  19. Mertha. Andrew. December 2009. "Fragmented Authoritarianism 2.0": Political Pluralization in the Chinese Policy Process*. The China Quarterly. en. 200. 995–1012. 10.1017/S0305741009990592. 154393829 . 1468-2648. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212029/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/abs/fragmented-authoritarianism-20-political-pluralization-in-the-chinese-policy-process/EA5E4FE9316DA47EB53C777C879DCA29. live.
  20. Mertha. Andrew C.. Lowry. William R.. 2006. Unbuilt Dams: Seminal Events and Policy Change in China, Australia, and the United States. Comparative Politics. 39. 1. 1–20. 10.2307/20434018. 20434018 . 0010-4159. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212042/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20434018. live.
  21. Book: Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations. July 2021. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-55402-2. Thurston. Anne F.. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212027/https://cup.columbia.edu/book/engaging-china/9780231201292. live.
  22. Book: Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi. June 2019. Verso Books. 978-1-78873-476-9. Franceschini. Ivan. Loubere. Nicholas. Sorace. Christian. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212027/https://www.versobooks.com/books/2932-afterlives-of-chinesecommunism. live.
  23. Web site: Chinese Politics as Fragmented Authoritarianism: Earthquakes, Energy and Environment. 2021-10-18. Routledge & CRC Press. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212026/https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Politics-as-Fragmented-Authoritarianism-Earthquakes-Energy-and/Brodsgaard/p/book/9781138588110. live.
  24. Web site: Case Studies in Comparative Politics. 2021-10-18. www.pearson.com. en. 2022-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817001104/https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program.html. live.
  25. Web site: Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market. 2021-10-18. Routledge & CRC Press. en. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018212028/https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Politics-State-Society-and-the-Market/Lynch-Rosen/p/book/9780415564038. live.

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