Prof. WANG Yizhou 王逸舟
Deputy Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University
Prof. WANG Yizhou 王逸舟, is Professor of international Politics and Chinese Foreign Affairs and Associate Dean in the School of International Studies (SIS), Peking University, since late 2009. He has been the Chief editor of the magazine, World Economics and Politics (monthly), from 1998 to 2008 and the Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) at Beijing between 1998 and 2009. Prof. WANG obtained his bachelor degree at Hubei University, in the city of Wuhan, China (1978-1982) and he received his MA and Ph.D. Degrees from the Graduate School of CASS, Beijing, 1982-1988.
His research interests include the role of China’s diplomacy in the development of global policy, comparative issues on Western and Chinese IR theories, trends of international institutions and laws. Among his publications: IR studies in the West: History and Theories (1998), Construction within Contradiction: Multiple perspectives on the relationship between China and International Organizations (2003), New Thinking of China’s Diplomacy (2007), Creative Involvement: New direction of China Diplomacy (2011) and Creative Involvement: Evolution of China’s Global Role (2013).