Paul is a Fellow of Kellogg College. He gained his MPhil and PhD degrees from the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge and holds a BSc(Economics) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He embarked on an academic career after working for 20 years in the international IT industry. Paul‘s research and teaching focuses on the international relations of China with a particular emphasis on EU-China economic relations, regional technology innovation networks, and the security issues of cross-Taiwan Strait relations. He has published work on Taiwan with Palgrave Macmillan, The RUSI Journal, and the East Asia Forum. Paul is the Co-Investigator for the Taiwan Studies Programme, with Rachel Murphy, and looks forward to engaging with new research projects connected to this programme.