Dr. Van Jackson is a scholar of international relations specializing in East Asian and Pacific security, critical analysis of defense issues, and US foreign policy. He is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington and a Senior Research Adviser at APLN.  Van is also a Senior Research Scholar at Security in Context, where he co-directs the "Multipolarity, Great-Power Competition, and the Global South" project, as well as a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.  Van is the author of several books, including Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace (Yale University Press, 2023). He has appeared widely in the media, including on The Majority Report with Sam Seder, HBO’s Vice News Tonight, CNN, BBC Radio, and Planet America. His writing has been featured in Foreign Affairs, Dissent, The Nation, New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic, among others.