Jeffery Shih-Chieh Wang is a PhD candidate in Political Science and Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. His research examines how non-binding international organizations, such as APEC and ISO, facilitate strategic alignments through cooperation networks, with a focus on Taiwan and China. From 2013 to 2016, he served as the APEC SME Working Group focal point on behalf of Taiwan’s Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, hosting APEC meetings in Taiwan, attending APEC ministerial meetings, contributing to joint-ministerial declarations, and drafting APEC-funded projects that were successfully approved and implemented.
