Suisheng (Sam) Zhao
- Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation
- Professor
- JOSEF KORBEL SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Institutional Affiliation
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.
Education
- PhD, University of California, San Diego
- MA, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- MA, Peking University
- BA, Peking University
Regional and Thematic Interests
Asia-Pacific regional security, US-China Relations, and Chinese Foreign Policy, Chinese politics, Chinese nationalism, East Asian international relations and Asian regionalism.
Profile
- Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2005-present); Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation (2001-present); Recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award (201)
- A founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China
- Member of the Board of Governors of the US Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
- Member of the National Committee on US-China Relations
- Research Associate at the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research in Harvard University (1997-present)
- Honorary jianzhi professor at Beijing University, Renmin University, China University of International Relations, Fudan University and Shanghai foreign Studies University
- A Campbell National Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University (1999-2000)
- Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College in Maryland (2000-2001)
- Associate Professor of Government and East Asian Politics at Colby College in Maine (1993-1998)
- Visiting assistant professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at University of California-San Diego (1992-1993)
Selected Publication
Suisheng Zhao, (ed.), The Making of China's Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, Historical Sources, Institutions/Players, and Perceptions of Power Relations, 2016,
Suisheng Zhao, (ed), China in Africa: Strategic Motives and Economic Interests, 2015
Suisheng Zhao, (ed.), Construction of Chinese Nationalism in the Early 21st Century: Domestic Sources and International Implications, 2014,
Suisheng Zhao, "China and the Evolving World Order: A Stakeholder or a Revolutionary Power?" The Asan Forum, June 2016
Suisheng Zhao, "Rethinking the Chinese World Order: the Imperial Cycle and the Rise of China," Journal of Contemporary China, November 2015
Suisheng Zhao, "A New Model of Big Power Relations? China-US Strategic Rivalry and Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific," Journal of Contemporary China, May 2015