Profile:

Hometown: Zhejiang Province, China

Bachelor of Law from Peking University

Master of Political Science and Doctor of Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at York College, Pennsylvania, USA

Lecturer and Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Peking University

Vice President of the Chinese Association for American Studies

Member of the Steering Committee of the “East Asian Security Forum” of the China-Europe Alumni Association

Member of the Advisory Committee of the “China-U.S. Young Scholars Forum” of the Global Times and the Carter Center

Research Areas:

International Cold War History, International Relations Theory, International Security, East Asian Security, U.S. Foreign Policy, Sino-U.S. Relations

International Cold War History

International Relations Theory

International Security

East Asian Security

U.S. Foreign Policy

Sino-U.S. Relations 

Globalization and Contemporary International Relations [M], World Knowledge Press, 2020

Reglobalisation: A New Perspective on Understanding China’s Interaction with the World [M], Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2018

Sino-U.S. Diplomatic Relations: The Impact of Power Transition on Europe and Asia, World Knowledge Press, 2020 (Co-edited)

Wang Dong and Travis Tanner (eds.), Avoiding the ‘Thucydides Trap’: US-China Relations in the Strategic Domain, Hong Kong: Peace Books Limited, 2020

Robert S. Ross, Øystein Tunsjø, and Dong Wang (eds.), US-China Foreign Relations: Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia (Routledge, 2020)

Dong Wang and Dejun Cao, Reglobalisation: When China Meets the World Again (Routledge, 2020)

Dong Wang and Travis Tanner (eds.), Avoiding the ‘Thucydides Trap’: US-China Relations in the Strategic Domain (Routledge, 2020)

Recent Papers:

“China’s Role in Reglobalisation: The Case of Global Public Goods Provision,” Journal of the Central Institute of Socialism, Issue 2, 2017 (Core Journal);

“An Analysis of the Theory and Practice of Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics,” International Outlook, Issue 6, 2017 (Core Journal);

“A Proposal at the Trilateral Level: Timely Initiation of Sino-U.S.-Korea Dialogue,” World Knowledge, Issue 4, 2017;

“On the Sino-U.S.-Korea Triangular Relationship,” Northeast Asian Forum (Core Journal), Issue 1, 2018;

“The U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nomination Meets the #MeToo Movement,” World Knowledge, Issue 21, 2018, p46-48;

“Research on Hedging Behavior in International Relations: The Case of Asia-Pacific Countries,” World Economics and Politics (Authoritative Journal), Issue 10, 2018;

“A Reconsideration of the Strategic Opportunity Period in the New Era,” Peace and Development (Core Journal), Issue 1, 2018;

“Challenges and Ways Forward for Sino-U.S. People-to-People Exchanges,” in Sino-Foreign Humanities Exchanges and the Construction of a New Type of International Relations, edited by Xing Liju, World Knowledge Press, 2019;

“The ‘Change’ and ‘Constancy’ of the International Pattern under the COVID-19 Pandemic,” China Review, Issue 270, June 2020, p25-29.

Selected Journal Articles:

Wang Dong, “Is China Trying to Push the U.S. out of East Asia?” China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol.1, No.1, April 2015.

Dong Wang, “Grand Strategy, Power Politics, and China’s Policy toward the United States in the 1960s,” Diplomatic History (SSCI), Vol. 41, No. 2 (2017), pp. 265-287.

Wang Dong and Xin J, “China’s Maritimes Security: Priorities and Challenges,” in Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia: Implications for Regional Security, edited by Sam Bateman and Joshua Ho (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012), pp. 181-200.

“A View from China on Triangular Relation,” in The Sino-ROK-US Triangle: Awaiting the Impact of Leadership Changes, edited by Gilbert Rozman, Joint US-Korea Academic Studies 2017, Vol. 27, Washington, DC: KEI 2017.

Dong Wang & Friso M.S. Stevens (2020), “Why is there no Northeast Asian security architecture? – Assessing the strategic impediments to a stable East Asia,” The Pacific Review (SSCI), DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2019.1702087.

Dong Wang & Weizhan Meng (2020), “China debating the regional order,” The Pacific Review (SSCI), Vol. 33, Nos. 3-4, pp. 497-519, DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2020.1728576.

Dong Wang, Baoyu Wang, and Alastair Iain Johnston, “The Effect of Imagined Social Contact on Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Japanese People,” Journal of Conflict Resolution (SSCI), Vol. 65, No. 1, 2021, pp. 223-251, DOI: 10.1177/0022002720942824.

Media Articles/Interviews:

“After the Transition Period, the Xi-Trump Meeting Will Reposition Sino-U.S. Relations,” Caixin Magazine, April 10, 2017.

“Sino-U.S. People-to-People Exchanges Need to Focus on the ‘Grassroots’,” Global Times, April 25, 2017.

“U.S. Political Infighting Will Continue to Ferment Slowly,” Global Times, May 28, 2017.

“There is a Standoff between China and India in the Himalayas. Both Sides Explain,” World Economic Forum, August 16, 2017.

“China Has Become a Major Force in Reglobalisation,” Global Times, October 12, 2017.

“Sparse Strategic Focus on China, Rising Doubts,” People’s Daily Overseas Edition, February 1, 2018, p.1.

“The World Needs a Leadership Force Like China,” People’s Daily Overseas Edition