Triangle

raian hoassain

Raian Hossain

Current research topic: Geopolitics of Asia’s Secondary Powers amid the US-China-India Strategic Triangle in the 21st Century

Expertise keywords: Indo-Pacific affairs, the US-China-India strategic triangle, South and East Asian Geopolitics, Bangladesh’s politics and foreign policy, Taiwan in South Asia, and the Taiwan Issue in Sino-U.S. relations.

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Biography

Mr. Raian Hossain is a Doctoral Researcher at the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK. Previously, he completed his undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Arts (Social Science), majoring in International Studies from Monash University (Malaysia) and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Nottingham, UK. He received the University of Nottingham's flagship scholarship, the Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship, in 2019 and the Taiwan Research Hub PhD scholarship in 2022. He has held a Visiting Research Fellow position at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Taiwan Fellowship. His work has been cited in the research briefing on Taiwan: Relations with China of the House of Commons Library and Taiwan chapter of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission 2022 Annual Report to Congress.

Mr Hossain is a Lecturer (currently on study leave to acquire PhD) at the Department of Global Studies and Governance of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Science (SLASS) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). His experience of working as a Research Associate in a renowned South Asian think tank, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) gave him good exposure to policy relevant research. Since starting his PhD, he has worked as an Education Assessment Preparation Tutor under the School of Education at the University of Nottingham. Also, he taught as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for a year two module, "Asia Pacific Security", for the School of Politics at the University of Manchester.

 
 
Ping An Wei

Ping-An Wei

Current research topic: Republican Chinese Military Culture in late Cold War Taiwan

Expertise keywords: Chiang Kai-shek, China–United States relations, military education, state- and nation-building, Republic of China (ROC)

Biography

Ping-An is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham, who is the recipient of TRH PhD scholarship from 2024-2027.His research focuses on war and society in twentieth-century China and Taiwan. In addition, he is interested in comparing the Asian and European military revolutions. Prior to joining Nottingham, Ping-An underwent his compulsory military service as an infantryman (66th Marine Brigade) in Taiwan. Before that, he completed an MA in History at the National Taiwan University (2018-2022) and a BA in History at the National Chi Nan University (2014-2018).