Dr Wu Shang-Su

Wu Shang-su obtained a PhD degree from the New South Wales University, Australia, and a master degree of international relations from the National Taiwan University. Before joining the RSIS, he had worked at the National Defense University and the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.

• Small States’ Security
• Security Issues of Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan
• People’s Liberation Army.

• Assistant Professor, National Defense University, Taiwan, 2013-Present

Policy Reports

• Public Policy Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Singapore

  20 December, 2017

Commentaries

• CO18034 | ‘Indo-Pacific’ vs ‘Asia-Pacific’: Contending Visions?

  28 February, 2018

• CO17020 | Frictions on the New Silk Road

  25 January, 2017

• CO16188 | The Singapore-KL High Speed Rail: Tracking the Challenges Ahead

  22 July, 2016

• CO16030 | Ageing Arsenals in Southeast Asia: Impact on Military Modernisation

  10 February, 2016

• CO15202 | Taiwan’s Continued Conscription: An Unresolved Problem

  23 September, 2015

• CO15108 | Russia’s Railroad Technology: New Source for Southeast Asia?

  06 May, 2015

• CO14071 | Taiwan’s Indigenous Submarine: A Viable Project?

  16 April, 2014

• CO14051 | Taiwan’s Defence: Towards an All-Volunteer Military?

  17 March, 2014

Authored Books

• Wu, Shang Su, The Defence Capabilities of Small States: Singapore and Taiwan’s Responses to Strategic Desperation. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016.

Edited Chapters

• Conscription in Taiwan: A Problematic Evolution

Journal Articles

• Developmental Railpolitics: The Political Economy of China’s High-Speed Rail Projects in Thailand and Indonesia
• Taiwan’s Defense under the Tsai Administration
• Wu, Shang-Su. "Vietnam: A Case of Military Obsolescence in Developing Countries,” The Pacific Review 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2018.1428676.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “The modern naval fortress: an additional sea denial option for coastal states,” Defence Studies, 18 (1), 2018, pp. 76-94.
• Wu, Shang-Su. "The Development of Vietnam’s Sea Denial Strategy,” Naval War College Review, 70 (1), 2017, pp. 143-161.
• Wu, Shang-Su, “Nuclear Disaster in Taiwan: a multidimensional security challenge”, Global Change, Peace & Security: formerly Pacifica Review: Peace, Security & Global Change, Vol. 28, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 289-305.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Struggle for Basic Defence Capacity: The National Defence of the Philippines in the Post Marcos Era,” Taiwan Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 10(1): October 2014, pp. 71-108.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Taiwan in the Cross Strait Arms Dynamics: Past and Present,” International Journal of China Studies, 5(1): April 2014, pp. 107-135.

Op-Eds

• What Indonesia’s Submarine Purchase Tells Us About Its Strategic Priorities
• Why New Submarines Alone Won’t Save Taiwan from China
• Malaysia’s Military Modernisation: A Reset Under the New Government?
• China’s Social Credit System: the black market and inequalities
• Kazakhstan: a growing rail hub
• Myanmar: A New Pattern of China-Japan Interactions?
• The Trouble With the Lancang Mekong Cooperation Forum
• Coast Guard build-up: Taiwan’s approach to the South China Sea
• Redundancy and Risk Management: Lessons from Japan’s Disasters for Southeast Asian Infrastructure
• Competition and Neutrality of Southeast Asian States in Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Teck-Boon Tan and Shang-Su Wu. “Policy Ramifications of Industry 4.0.” Global-Is-Asian, 30 January 2018. http://global-is-asian.nus.edu.sg/index.php/policy-ramifications-industry-4-0/
• Wu, Shang-Su, "The Weak Points in Vietnam's Military", The Diplomat, 27 June 2017.
• Lim, Eddie and Wu, Shang-Su, "Myanmar's Military Modernisation: Impressive, but Challenges Ahead", RUSI Defence Systems, 2 March 2017. Available at: https://rusi.org/publication/rusi-defence-systems/myanmar%E2%80%99s-military-modernisation-impressive-challenges-ahead.
• Ho, Ben and Wu Shang-Su. "Taiwan's Interest in Aegis Warships: Would They Make Operational Sense During Cross-Strait Hostilities?", RUSI Defence Systems, October 31, 2016. https://rusi.org/publication/rusi-defence-systems/taiwan’s-interest-aegis-warships-would-they-make-operational-sense.
• Wu Shang-Su, "Singapore-Kunming Rail Link: A 'Belt and Road' Case Study", The Diplomat, 17 June 2016.
• Wu, Shang-Su, “Taiwan’s New President Will Have to Play Nice with China,” The National Interest, May 24, 2016.
• Wu Shang-Su, “Malaysia’s Antique Arms: Moderate but Continuous”, Daily News: Asian Defence Technology, 15th Defence Services Asia Exhibition & Conference 2016, April 19, 2016.
• Wu, Shang-Su, "Aquino's Military Modernization: Unprecedented But Insufficient", The Diplomat, March 23, 2016.
• Wu, Shang-Su, "Taiwan's South China Sea Dilemma", The Diplomat, February 12, 2016.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Commentary: The Gradual Undermining of Taiwan,” Defense News, February 9, 2015.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Opposition Ascendancy Won’t Release Taiwan from China’s Grip,” the Diplomat, December 8, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “A Possible Nuclear Disaster in Taiwan: An International Crisis in East Asia,” Australian Outlook, August 6, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Naval Fortresses: An Old Concept for a New Era?” the Diplomat, August 5, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Asia-Pacific: A Step toward Historical Déjà Vu?” the Diplomat, July 12, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Taiwan: An Emerging Asset for Chinese Expansion?”, the Diplomat, June 3, 2014
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Taiwan in the Cross Strait Arms Dynamics: Past and Present”, International Journal of China Studies, 5(1), April 2014, pp. 107-135.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Indigenous Submarine an Unlikely Dream for Taiwan”, the Diplomat, March 21, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Diaspora + Fait Accompli: A New Formula for Force Projection?”, the Diplomat, March 13, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Taiwan: Another Step Towards Integration?”, the Diplomat, January 27, 2014.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Taiwan’s All-Volunteer Military”, the Diplomat, December 25, 2013.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Beijing Priming Itself as A Norm Maker”, the Strait Times, December 6, 2013.
• Wu, Shang-Su. “Typhoon Haiyan and the Philippine Military,” the Diplomat, November 25, 2013.