Li Mingjiang is Assistant Professor at the School. His main research interests include the rise of China in the context of East Asian regional relations and Sino-US relations, China’s diplomatic history, and domestic sources of China’s international strategies. At RSIS, he teaches two courses: the History and International Politics of the Cold War and Chinese Security and Foreign Policy. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University in Political Science. He has also studied at the Foreign Affairs University (Beijing) and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. He was a diplomatic correspondent for Xinhua News Agency from 1999 to 2001. Mingjiang has previously taught Political Science and Chinese Politics courses at Boston University, Tufts University, and Suffolk University. He has published and presented papers on China’s domestic politics and foreign policy.