Jonah Bock

Walter “Jonah” Bock is a Senior Research Assistant in Regional Cooperation and Coordination at ASPI USA. Jonah’s research encompasses Indo-Pacific regional security, specifically focusing on regional perceptions of the US-Australia alliance as well as great power politics in the Pacific.

Jonah recently graduated from the School of International Service at American University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a minor in Chinese language. He previously worked as a virtual intern with the Department of State studying Chinese influence on Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific. In this role, Jonah’s focus was on the Freely Associated States, a research interest that he brings with him to ASPI. Jonah also has experience as an instructor for international economics at American University. He participated in an intensive language program abroad in Taiwan where he also gained an on the ground understanding of cross-strait relations.