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Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
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Executive Director, China Center
Suisheng Zhao is a Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. A Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, he is the founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China and the author and editor of over two dozen books and hundreds of academic articles. His most recent book is The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2023 and was named one of “Best of Books 2024” by Foreign Affairs magazine. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California-San Diego, an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Missouri, and a BA and M.A. in economics from Peking University.
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Center for China-U.S. Cooperation
The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy, Stanford University Press, 2022 (https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=34666)
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism, Stanford University Press, 2004 (https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=5835)
Power by Design: Constitution-making in Nationalist China, The University of Hawaii Press, 1996 (https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/power-by-design-constitution-making-in-nationalist-china/)
Power Competition in East Asia: From the Old Chinese World Order to Post-Cold War Regional Multipolarity, St. Martin's Press, 1997 (https://www.amazon.com/Power-Competition-East-Asia-Multipolarity/dp/0312176783)
China's Big Power Ambition under Xi Jinping: Narratives and Driving Forces, Routledge, 2022, paperback 2024 (www.routledge.com/9781032057217)
China's Global Reach: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Volume II, Routledge, 2020 (https://www.routledge.com/Chinas-Global-Reach-The-Belt-and-Road-Initiative-BRI-and-Asian-Infrastructure/Zhao/p/book/9780367460983?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EmailStudio&utm_campaign=B190608179+B_3669135)
China's New Global Strategy: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Routledge, 2019 (https://www.routledge.com/Chinas-New-Global-Strategy-The-Belt-and-Road-Initiative-BRI-and-Asian/Zhao/p/book/9780367321499)
Chinese Authoritarianism in the Information Age: Internet, Media, and Public Opinion, Routledge, 2018 (https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Authoritarianism-in-the-Information-Age-Internet-Media-and-Public/Zhao/p/book/9780815379140)
Debating Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China: Popular Protests and Regime Performance, Routledge, 2017 (https://www.routledge.com/Debating-Regime-Legitimacy-in-Contemporary-China-Popular-Protests-and/Zhao/p/book/9781138289611)
The Making of China's Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, Historical Sources, Institutions/Players, and Perceptions of Power Relations, Routledge, 2016 (https://www.routledge.com/The-Making-of-Chinas-Foreign-Policy-in-the-21st-century-Historical-Sources/Zhao/p/book/9781138954830)
China in Africa: Strategic Motives and Economic Interests, Routledge, 2015 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138899001/.)
Construction of Chinese Nationalism in the Early 21st Century: Domestic Sources and International Implications, Routledge, 2014 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138777668/wq)
The Rise of China and Transformation of the US-China Relationship: Forging Partnership in the Age of Strategic Mistrust, Routledge, 2013 (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415707770/)
China's Search for Energy Security: Domestic Sources and International Implications, Routledge, 2013 (http://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Search-Energy-SecurityÂInternational/dp/0415627931/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1353959047&sr=8Â17&keywords=suisheng+zhao)
China and East Asian Regionalism: Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-building, Routledge, 2012, paperback 2014 (http://www.amazon.com/China-East-Asian-RegionalismÂInstitution-building/dp/0415618142/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-4)
In Search of China's Development Model: Beyond the Beijing Consensus, Routledge, 2011 (http://www.amazon.com/Search-Chinas-Development-ModelÂContemporary/dp/0415587484/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-3).
Grassroots Elections in China, Routledge, 2010 (http://www.amazon.com/GrassrootsÂElections-China-KevinÂOBrien/dp/041557157X/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-15)
China and United States: Cooperation and Competition in Northeast Asia, Pagrave/Macmillan, 2008 (http://us.macmillan.com/chinaandtheunitedstates)
China-US Relations Transformed: Perspectives and Strategic Interactions, Routledge, 2008 (http://www.amazon.com/China-US-Relations-Transformed-PerspectivesÂInteractions/dp/0415438675)
Debating Political Reform in China: Rule of Law versus Democratization, M. E. Sharpe, 2006 (http://www.amazon.com/Debating-Political-Reform-ChinaÂDemocratization/dp/0765617323)
Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, 2003 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765612844)
China and Democracy: Reconsidering the Prospect for a Democratic China, Routledge, 2000 (http://www.amazon.com/China-Democracy-Reconsidering-ProspectsÂDemocratic/dp/0415926939)
Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the Crisis of 1995-96, Routledge, 1999 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415923328)
Decision-Making in Deng's China: Perspectives from Insiders, M. E. Sharpe, 1995 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563245035)
The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping’s Era: Beijing’s Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan’s Internal and External Dynamics, Routledge, 2023. https://www.routledge.com/The-Taiwan-Question-in-Xi-Jinpings-Era-Beijings-Evolving-Taiwan-Policy-and-Taiwans-Internal-and-External-Dynamics/Zhao/p/book/9781032861661?srsltid=AfmBOorprwPb_MCh0gJEJAUI5zbCrLqpaA6oO0M05oOFPH9hfDzJe-no
INTS 4447 The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
INTS 4460 Politics of China's Modernization
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, 1992
Post-doctoral/middle-career Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1999-2000
M.A., Political Science, University of California, 1988
M.A., Sociology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1986
M.A., Economics, Peking University, 1981
B.A., Economics, Peking University, 1976
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