Yan Xuetong

Experience

• Tsinghua University, Distinguished Professor
• WORLD PEACE FORUM, Secretary General
• The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Chief Editor
• Science of International Politics, Chief Editor
• Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University, Dean
• China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Director, Center for Foreign Policy Studies, 1996

• University of National Defense, Adjunct Professor
• Jinan University, Adjunct Professor
• Monterey Institute of International Studies, Visiting Professor, Fall
• Georgia Institute of Technology

• University of California, Berkeley, Research Fellow, Summer
• Peking University, Adjunct Professor
• Institute of International Relations, Adjunct Professor

  Academic Prizes

• Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power won the 2014 Beijing Academic Prize.
• China’s Foreign Relations with Major Powers 1950-2005 won the 2013 China High Education Prize.
• Analysis of International Relations won the 2008 China National Elite Class Prize.
• Practical Methods of International Studies was authorized as text book by the Chinese Education Ministry in 2007.
• Analysis of China’s National Interests won the 1998 China Book Prize.

  Honors

• One of world's Top 100 public intellectuals listed by Foreign Policy, 2008.
• The only political scientist listed as Most Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier during 2014-2017.
• A member of Consultation Committee of Ministry of Commerce of PRC, 2011.
• Vice Chairman of China Association of International Relations Studies, 2010 till now.
• Vice Chairman of China Association of American Studies, 2010 till now.
• Member, China-Japan Friendship Committee 2003-2008
• Advisor, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 2011
• Advisor, Asian Journal of PEACEBUILDING, 2011
• Advisor, International Political Science Review, 2010
• Advisor, Journal of Strategy and Decision-Making, 2010
• Advisor, Journal of International Security Studies, 2009
• Advisor, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, 2008
• Advisor, Chinese Journal of European Studies, 2007
• Advisor, The Contemporary World, 2002
• Advisor, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 1999
• Advisor, World Affairs, 1999
• Advisor, Southeast Asia Studies,1999
• Advisor, Contemporary International Relations, 1998
• Advisor, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 1996

  Education

• Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; May 1992, Political Science.
• M.A. Institute of International Relations, Beijing; June 1986, International Politics.
• B.A. Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China; January 1982, English.

  Publications

• Books
• Moral Realism and Strategy for China’s Rise
• Beyond Keeping a Low Profile
• Shift of World Power: Political Leadership and Strategic Competition
• China’s Relations with Surrounding Lesser States
• Inertia of History: China and the World in Next 10 Years
• Analysis of International Relations-Second Edition
• Toward a Stable Global System
• Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
• China’s Foreign Relations with Major Powers 1950-2005
• Strategic Thinking about China’s Rise
• Thoughts of World Leadership and Implications Analysis of International Relations T
• The Rise of China and Its Strategy
• International Politics and China
• Practical Methods of International Studies
• American Hegemony and China’s Security A
• Analysis of China’s National Interests
• Editions
• Thoughts of World Leadership and Implications
• Pre-Qin Chinese Thoughts on Foreign Relations
• Calculation of International Circumstances and Taiwan Issue
• Peace and Security in East Asia
• Security Cooperation in East Asia
• China & Asia-Pacific Security
• International Environment for China’s Rise
• Translation Contending Theories of International Relations –Fifth Edition
• English Articles
• “Chinese Values vs Liberalism: What Ideology Will Shape the International Normative Order?”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.11, No.1, Spring 2018.
• “Trump Can't Start a Cold War with China, Even if He Wants To”, The Washington Post, February 6, 2018.
• “Moral Realism and the Security Strategy for Rising China”, International Security Studies, Vol.3, No.2, Winter 2017.
• “China Can Thrive in the Trump Era”, The New York Times, January 24, 2017.
• “Political Leadership and Power Distribution”, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.9, No.1, Spring 2016.
• “Competition for Strategic Partners”, China-US Focus Digest, Vol.8, October 2015.
• “A Bipolar World Is More Likely”, China-US Focus Digest, Vol.6, April 2015.
• “Diplomacy Should Focus on Neighbors”, China Daily, January 27, 2015, p. 8.
• “From Keeping a Low Profile to Striving to Achievement”, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.7, No.2, Spring 2014.
• “The Bipolarization in East Asia”, Journal of Indian Research, Vol.2, No.1, Jan-Mar. 2014.
• “Let’s Not Be Friends”, Foreign Policy, June 7, 2013.
• “The Shift of the World Centre and its Impact on the Change of the International System”, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Vol. 30. No. 3, Sep. 2013.
• “Strategic Cooperation without Mutual Trust: A Path Forward for China and the US”, Asian Policy, No.15, January 2013.
• “New Values for New International Norms”, China International Studies, Vol.38, No.1, Jan/Feb 2013.
• “The Problem of Mutual Trust”, The International Herald Tribune, Nov. 15, 2012.
• “The Weakening of Unipolar Configuration”, China 3.0, Ed. Mark Leonard,.
• “World Peace Forum’s Responsibilities for International Security”, Foreign Affairs Journal, Autumn 2012.
• “Football Game Rather Than Boxing Match: China-US Intensifying Rivalry Does not Amount to Cold War”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.5 No.2, Autumn 2012.
• “How China Can Defeat America”, The New York Times, Nov. 21, 2011.
• “International Leadership and Norm Evolution”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.4 No.3, Autumn 2011.
• “How Assertive Should a Great Power Be?”, The Ney York Times, March 31, 2011.
• “The Sources of Chinese Conduct”, Project Syndicate, March 28, 2011.
• “The Instability of China-US Relations”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.3 No.3, Autumn 2010.
• “Sino-U.S. Comparisons of Soft Power”, Contemporary International Relations, Vol. 18 No.2, Mar/Apr, 2008.
• “Xun Zi’s Thoughts on International Politics and Their Implications”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vo.2, No.1, Summer 2008.
• “The Rise of China and its Power Status”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vo.1, No.1, Summer 2006.
• “An East Asian Security Community”, Foreign Affairs Journal, No.17, March 2004.
• “Defining Peace”, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Spring 2004.
• “Decade of Peace in East Asia”, East Asia: An International Quarterly, No.4, Winter 2003.
• “Prioritizing National Security”, China Daily, March 1–2, 2003.
• “Political, Economic Ties on Different Paths”, China Daily, January 27, 2003.