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Weigan Niu

Former East China Normal University, Cold War Studies Initiative Scholar

    Term

    June 30, 2014 — December 15, 2014

    Professional affiliation

    Associate Professor, Center for International Issue Studies, Jiangsu Provincial College of Administration

    Wilson Center Projects

    "The Transformation of the International Structure and the Evolution of American Two-ocean Alliances after the Cold War"

    Full Biography

    Dr. Weigan Niu is associate professor at the Center for International Issue Studies of College of Administration of Jiangsu Province. Niu was previously a post-doctoral researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, studying Sino-US conflicts following the 2008 international financial crisis and the US “rebalancing to Asia.” He also completed a post-doc at Nanjing University where he examined the Cold War residual impacts on East Asia regional cooperation. In addition to research, he teaches Master’s level classes and serves as an advisor to graduate students.

    Niu received his PhD in International Relations – Asia Pacific Region from Central China Normal University in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. He completed his Master’s degree in International Relations at China West Normal University.

    He has published over 50 articles in journals such as the Journal of Social Sciences (China) and Contemporary International Relations. In addition, he has written two books: On the Residual Problems of the Cold War in East Asia (Nanjing University Press, 2011) and International Law and Contemporary International Relations (Nanjing University Press, 2013, co-authored with Guochao Gao).