Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center of International Security and Strategy (CISS). His research spans Chinese foreign policy, international relations theory, and international relations in East Asia. He is the author of Chinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History (Stanford, 2015) and is completing a new book on China’s policy toward Afghanistan entitled A Neighbor of Neighbors: China’s Policy toward Afghanistan, 1949-2023. He coauthored two books with Richard Ned Lebow: Taming Sino-American Rivalry (Oxford, 2020) and Justice and International Order: East and West (Oxford, 2022). He previously held positions at Tsinghua University, Murdoch University, and the Australian National University. He holds an MSc in comparative politics and a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.   

At the Paul Tsai China Center, he is working on a new book project on U.S.-China competition and and compromise in Asian security. A follow-on work to Taming Sino-American Rivalry and Justice and International Order, it will synthesize classical Chinese thought and modern international relations theory to develop novel policy insights into key issues affecting U.S.-China relations in Asia.