Publications

2026 Public alignment orientation under US–China competition: Hierarchy, identity, and the Japanese case Alastair Iain Johnston · International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 0 2025 Racialization in the Rivalry Between the United States and China Alastair Iain Johnston · Getting China Right at Home: Addressing the Domestic Challenges of Intensifying Competition — 2024 American Vaccine Diplomacy, Cross-Domain Signaling, and Geopolitics in Asia: Evidence from a Public Opinion Survey in Taiwan Alastair Iain Johnston · Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Taiwan and Its Strategic Neighbors — 2024 Foreign Policy Orientation without Party Cues: A Case Study of Taiwan Alastair Iain Johnston · Asian Survey 4 2024 Racism and Security Dilemmas Alastair Iain Johnston · International Politics 6 2023 When might US political support be unwelcome in Taiwan? Alastair Iain Johnston · Brookings Institution — 2022 Is China Trying to Undermine the Liberal International Order? Alastair Iain Johnston · The China Questions II 0 2022 Translation Matters: Problems of Inference in the 2020 State Department Policy Planning Report “The Elements of the China Challenge” Alastair Iain Johnston · Interpret: China — 2021 China’s Contribution to the US-China Security Dilemma Alastair Iain Johnston · After Engagement: Dilemmas in U.S.-China Security Relations — 2021 The Ambiguity of Strategic Clarity Alastair Iain Johnston · War on the Rocks — 2021 The Effect of Imagined Social Contact on Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Japanese People Alastair Iain Johnston · Journal of Conflict Resolution 7 2019 China in a World of Orders Alastair Iain Johnston · International security · Scholar only 426 2019 China In a World of Orders: Rethinking Compliance and Challenge in Beijing’s International Relations Alastair Iain Johnston · International Security 7 2019 Memes, Narratives, and the Emergent US–China Security Dilemma Alastair Iain Johnston · Cambridge Review of International Affairs 112 2019 Shaky Foundations: The ‘Intellectual Architecture’ of Trump’s China Policy Alastair Iain Johnston · Survival 15 2019 The Failures of the ‘Failure of Engagement’ with China Alastair Iain Johnston · The Washington Quarterly 122 2019 網⺠看兩岸（1）：社群媒體，政黨傾向，和對兩岸關係的看法 (with George Yin) [Formosa Magazine, Netizens View Cross-Strait Relations 1: Views on Social Media, Political Party Orientation, and Cross-Strait Relations] Alastair Iain Johnston · Formosa Magazine — 2018 Beijing wants Taiwanese to identify as Chinese. But how do Taiwanese really feel? Alastair Iain Johnston · The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage blog) — 2018 美麗島2018兩岸關係⺠調（⼀）: ⼤多數台灣⺠眾是否只認同台灣，不認同中國？ [Formosa Magazine, “2018 Survey of Cross-Strait Relations 1: Do The Vast Majority of Taiwanese People only Identify With Taiwan, and not with China?”] Alastair Iain Johnston · Formosa Magazine — 2018 美麗島2018兩岸關係⺠調（⼆）：此綠⾮彼綠？台灣年輕世代對中國的觀感 (with George Yin) [Formosa Magazine, “2018 Survey of Cross-Strait Relations 2: This Green Is Not That Green? Perception of Taiwanese Youth Toward China”] Alastair Iain Johnston · Formosa Magazine — 2017 Can China Back Down? Crisis De-Escalation in the Shadow of Popular Opposition Alastair Iain Johnston · International Security 158 2017 Does Chinese Exceptionalism Undermine China’s Foreign Policy Interests? Alastair Iain Johnston · The China Questions 13 2016 Is Chinese Nationalism Rising? Evidence from Beijing Alastair Iain Johnston · International Security 282 2016 The Evolution of Interstate Security Crisis-Management Theory and Practice in China Alastair Iain Johnston · Naval War College review 71 2015 Perception and Misperception in American and Chinese Views of the Other Alastair Iain Johnston · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — 2015 The Tea Party and China Policy Alastair Iain Johnston · Perception and Misperception in American and Chinese Views of the Other 3 2014 Anti-Foreigner Propaganda is not Spiking in China Alastair Iain Johnston · The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage blog) — 2014 Chinese Signaling in the East China Sea? Alastair Iain Johnston · The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage blog) — 2014 Debating China's Assertiveness Alastair Iain Johnston · International Security · Scholar only 181 2013 How New and Assertive is China’s New Assertiveness Alastair Iain Johnston · International Security 1,051 2012 What (If Anything) Does East Asia Tell Us About International Relations Theory? Alastair Iain Johnston · Annual Review of Political Science 209 2011 Stability and Instability in Sino-US Relations: A Response to Yan Xuetong's Superficial Friendship Theory Alastair Iain Johnston · The Chinese Journal of International Politics 51 2011 《中国的崛起： 对概念运⽤的探讨》(China’s rise: an investigation of the uses of a concept) Alastair Iain Johnston · 中国国际战略评论 2001 — 2009 Is China Rising? Alastair Iain Johnston · Is China Changing the Rules of the Game? 62 2009 Measuring Identity: A Guide for Social Science Research Alastair Iain Johnston · New York: Cambridge University Press 520 2009 Measuring Identity: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Alastair Iain Johnston · Measuring Identity: A Guide for Social Scientists 0 2009 Measuring Identity Content and Comparing Social Identities Alastair Iain Johnston · Qualitative & Multi-Method Research 0 2008 Beijing's Security Behavior in the Asia-Pacific Alastair Iain Johnston · Rethinking security in East Asia: identity, power, and efficiency · Scholar only 90 2008 Chinese-English English-Chinese Glossary on Nuclear Security Terms Alastair Iain Johnston · Atomic Energy Press — 2008 Social States: China in International Institutions, 1980-2000 Alastair Iain Johnston · Princeton University Press 1,511 2007 Chinese Attitudes toward the United States and Americans Alastair Iain Johnston · Anti-Americanisms and World Politics 109 2007 Comparing Regional Institutions: An Introduction Alastair Iain Johnston · Crafting Cooperation: Regional Institutions in Comparative Perspective 190 2007 Conclusion: Institutional Features, Cooperation Effects and the Agenda for Further Research on Comparative Regionalism Alastair Iain Johnston · Crafting Cooperation: Regional Institutions in Comparative Perspective 51 2007 Crafting Cooperation: Regional Institutions in Comparative Perspective Alastair Iain Johnston · Cambridge University Press 48 2007 Crafting cooperation: regional international institutions in comparative perspective Alastair Iain Johnston · Cambridge Univ Pr · Scholar only 700 2006 Conclusion Alastair Iain Johnston · New Directions In the Study of China’s Foreign Policy — 2006 Identity as a Variable Alastair Iain Johnston · Perspectives on Politics 1,195 2006 New Directions in the Study of China’s Foreign Policy Alastair Iain Johnston · Stanford University Press 212 2006 The Correlations of Beijing Opinion toward the United States, 1998-2004 Alastair Iain Johnston · New Directions In the Study of China’s Foreign Policy 40 2006 中国外交政策研究:理论趋势及⽅法辨析［Trends in Theory and Method in the Study of Chinese Foreign Policy] Alastair Iain Johnston · 世界经济与政治 [World Economics and Politics] —