Gray Sergeant

Gray Sergeant is a PhD candidate in the International History Department. His research focuses on Anglo-American relations towards China during the early Cold War. Gray previously studied International Relations and History at the LSE before completing a Masters in Chinese Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has spent time in Taiwan, first as a Mandarin language student at National Taiwan University and then as a Human Rights and Democracy Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Currently, he is and Associate Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and is the Chair of Hong Kong Watch

Provisional thesis title: The China Wedge: A Cold War Dilemma Dividing Britain and America (1957 - 1972).

Supervisor: Professor Nigel Ashton

Expertise: Anglo-American Relations; Cold War; China; Taiwan

Publications:

• Book review: U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Will China’s Challenge Lead to a Crisis?
• Book review: Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan
• Book review: Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Fellowships/grants

• LSE PhD Scholarship, 2022-2026
• Huayu Enrichment Scholarship, 2019-2020
• Phelan US Centre PhD Summer Research Grant, 2024
• Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies, 2024