SHI Yinhong (时殷弘)

SHI Yinhong is Professor of International Relations, Director of Centre for American Studies, Renmin University of China; and an Academic Expert at the Centre for the NTS-PD, Zhejiang University.

His previous positions include Professor of International History at Nanjing University (1993-1998), the Associate Dean of School of Humanities of Nanjing University (1995-1998), and Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies at International Relations Academy, Nanjing (1998-2001). He was also President of American Historical Research Association of China from 1996 to 2002.

Research Interests: He engages in research and teaching on the history and theory of international politics, strategic studies, East Asia security, and foreign policies of both China and the United States.

Recent books include: Thirty Studies on Strategy: Reflections on External Strategies of China (Renmin University Press, 2008); History of Modern International Relation: From the 16^th Century to the end of the 20^th (2006); International Politics and State Craft (2006); World Politics and China’s Strategy for the Early 21^st Century : A Collection of Studies (2006);A Strategic Thinking on China-Japan Relations (2004, published in Japan in Japanese); From Napoleon to the Vietnam War: Lectures on Modern Strategy (2003); International Politics: Theoretical Exploration, Historical Survey, and Strategic Thinking (2002), New Trends, New Structure, and New Norms: the 20^th Century’s World Politics (2000), The Origins of Confrontation and Conflict: U.S. Policy toward the Communist China and the Chinese-American Relations, 1949-1950 (1995), U.S. Intervention and War in Vietnam, 1954-1968 (1993), From Cooperation to Cold War: The Soviet-American Relations, 1941-1949 (1988), The Nixon Doctrine (1984). He wrote more than 300 professional articles and essays in academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. He also published eight translated books, mainly those in the fields of strategic history and international politics. Many of his publications had wide influence in China and some were also quite influential internationally.