Donald Emmerson is Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. Emmerson’s work includes ‘The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century’. Emmerson was awarded a two-year Research Associateship by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in recognition of Emmerson’s contribution to bridging the gap between academia and policy. Emmerson holds a PhD in political science from Yale University and BA in international affairs from Princeton University.