Steve Tsang (PhD, University of Oxford) is Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics at St Antony’s College, Oxford University.  He is Director of the Taiwan Studies Programme and the Pluscarden Programme for the Study of Global Terrorism and Intelligence. He had previously served as Dean of St Antony’s College and Director of its Asian Studies Centre.  He has published extensively on the modern history and politics of Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, as well as on countering global terrorism.  He is the author or editor of 14 books.  His most recent books are: Governing Hong Kong: Administrative Officers from the 19th Century to the Hand-over to China, 1862-1997 (London: I.B. Tauris, 2007); Intelligence and Human Rights in the Era of Global Terrorism (ed.), (Stanford: Stanford Security Studies, 2008); The Cold War’s Odd Couple: The Unintended Partnership between the Republic of China and the United Kingdom, 1950-1958 (London: I.B. Tauris, 2006); If China Attacks Taiwan: Military strategy, politics and economics (ed.) (London & New York: Routledge, 2006).  His current research projects include the peaceful rise of China and a biography of Chiang Kai-shek.