I am Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University's Department of International Relations. My research and teaching center on Chinese politics and the international relations of Asia. Current interests include the political economy of global integration, security dimensions of economic interdependence, and politics of national identity.
Recent Publications
"China’s Major-Powers Discourse in the Xi Jinping Era: Tragedy of Great-Power Politics Revisited?” Asian Perspective 40-3 (2016): 493-522.
"The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-South Korean Relations," in Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2017, ed. Gilbert Rozman (Washington: Korea Economic Institute, 2017), 98-111.
"North Korea's Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States," The Asan Forum, February 2019.
"Post Hanoi Hopes Trapped in a Sino-Korean Smog," Comparative Connections 21-1 (May 2019): 87-96.
Current Research
Domestic-International Linkages on China's Periphery
Interdependence, Identity, and Conflict in China-South Korea Relations since 1992
China's Global Governance Strategy and the Postwar Order
Recent Publications
"China’s Major-Powers Discourse in the Xi Jinping Era: Tragedy of Great-Power Politics Revisited?” Asian Perspective 40-3 (2016): 493-522.
"The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-South Korean Relations," in Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2017, ed. Gilbert Rozman (Washington: Korea Economic Institute, 2017), 98-111.
"North Korea's Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States," The Asan Forum, February 2019.
"Post Hanoi Hopes Trapped in a Sino-Korean Smog," Comparative Connections 21-1 (May 2019): 87-96.
Current Research
Domestic-International Linkages on China's Periphery
Interdependence, Identity, and Conflict in China-South Korea Relations since 1992
China's Global Governance Strategy and the Postwar Order