​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.

"China Reaffirms Tradition: DPRK Friendship and Recovery of South Korean Ties," Comparative Connections 20-3 (Jan 2019): 83-92.

"North Korea's Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States," The Asan Forum, February 2019.
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​​​Current Research

​​​​Domestic-International Linkages on China's Periphery: The Foreign Economic Liberalization of China's Border Regions since 2000

Interdependence, Identity, and Conflict in China-South Korea Relations since 1992