Yizhou Wang is Professor at the School of International Studies and President of the Institute of Area Studies at Nanjing University. He is also Professor at Peking University. He previously served as Chief Editor of World Economics and Politics from 1998 to 2008 and as Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing between 1998 and 2009. His research interests include the role of China’s diplomacy in the development of global policy, comparative issues on Western and Chinese IR theories, and trends of international institutions and laws.