Hsu Szu-chien
Hsu Szu-chien is a Taiwanese political scientist who has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of Taiwan's National Security Council since 11 June 2020.
Education
Hsu graduated from National Taiwan University with a B.A. in political science in 1985. He then earned an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1990, 1995, and 1997, respectively. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Impact of Rural Industrialization on Bureaucratic Rationalization of Local Government in Rural China".Career
Upon returning from the United States after completing his PhD, Hsu became an assistant professor in the Institute of Mainland China Studies of Chinese Culture University in 1997–1998. He then became the assistant research fellow of the 3rd Research Center of the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in 1998–2003. He then joined Academia Sinica and became the assistant research fellow of the Preparatory Office for the Institute of Political Science in 2003-2012 and of the Institute of Political Science in 2012–2017. In 2003, he joined National Tsing Hua University to become assistant professor of the Master Program of China Studies until 2017.Hsu appointment as vice minister of defense was announced on November 2025.