| Dr. XIE Chao Associate Professor Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
Contact:
Room 322, Wenkelou Building, Fudan University,
299 Guonian Road,Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433
Email: xiechao@fudan.edu.cn
XIE Chao is Associate Professor at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University and Associate Editor-in-Chief of Quarterly Journal of International Politics.He serves as Visiting Scholar of the Indian Studies in China Program of Harvard-Yenching Institute (2025-26), and Fellow of Shanghai Pujiang Program (2022-2025). He earned his PhD in International Relations from Tsinghua University in 2018. He served as Bangalore Fellow (The Takshashila Institution, July 2019), Raisina Young Fellow (Observer Research Foundation, January 2020) and Kautilya Fellow (India Foundation, January 2020). He wasan Assistant Professor at the Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University from 2018 to 2021 and a visiting faculty scholarat Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University for two years (2018-2020). He also held visiting scholar positions respectively at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2014 and 2015, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford from 2013 to 2014. He published two books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles. His current researches touch upon India’s political system, Hindu nationalism and foreign policy. His broader research interests also include major power relations and international relations theories.
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, (January 2022-until now)
Education and Work Experience:
Assistant Professor, Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing (March 2018-December 2021)
Institute for International and Area Studies,Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Tsinghua University, Beijing (September 2012- January 2018)
PhD, the Department of International Relations; with Prof. YAN Xuetong as Adviser; enrolled in the Developing Country Studies PhD Program.
Engineering Management Center, former Ministry of Railways, Beijing (August 2008-June 2012)
Interpreter and liaison officer of Sino-Indian Railway Cooperation Working Team; Temporary shift (May-December, 2009) to Sino-Brazilian Railway Working Team.
Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, (September 2005- March 2008)
Master of Arts, the Center for American Studies; Major in English.
Harbin University of Science of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China (September 2000- July 2004)
Bachelor of Arts, Department of English; Major in English.
International Experience:
Harvard University, U.S. (October 2025-May 2026)
Visiting Scholar of the Indian Studies in China Program of Harvard-Yenching Institute, with a research project on ow Hindu nationalism evolves and impacts India’s domestic and international policies.
O.P. Jindal Global University, India (2018-2020, August 2018-August 2020)
Visiting Faculty Scholar, at the School of International Affairs (JSIA), offering two graduate courses, Chinese Foreign Policy and Perception about the World and Ancient Chinese Thought & Modern Strategic Thinking.
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (August 2014, March 2015-June 2015 and November 2015)
Visiting scholar at the Center of International Politics, International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), jointly supported by Prof. Varun Sahni and Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
University of Oxford, U.K, (October 2013- June 2014)
Visiting Doctoral Student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, for the academic year of 2013-2014, initially supported by Dr. Walter Ladwig III and later overtaken by Dr. Kate Sullivan.
Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (June -August 2007)
Summer Program on Philanthropy and Democracy; co-sponsored by the Fund of American Studies and U.S.-China Education Trust, six credits received for completing two required courses.
Books:
Xie Chao, Governance on Ethnic Relations in India, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2021.
Xie Chao ed., India’s Political System, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2021.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
XIEChao,《新一轮印巴冲突与印度对巴基斯坦军事威慑战略评析》“A New Round of India-Pakistan Conflict and India’s Military Deterrence Strategy towards Pakistan,” South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2026, pp. 1-31.
XIE Chao, 《发展理论演进与中国现代化实践的“全球南方”启示》“The Evolution of Development Theory and The Enlightenment of China’s Modernization Practice for the Global South,” Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review [Yin Du Yang Jing Ji Ti Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2026, pp. 20-43.
XIEChao,《特朗普2.0与美印竞合关系的回归》“Trump 2.0 and The Return of Competitive-Cooperative Relations Between India and the U.S.,” Journal of International Relations [Guo Ji Guan Xi Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2025, pp. 25-46.
XIEChao, 《从考底利耶到莫迪:战略文化视阈下的印度地区秩序观》“From Kautilya to Modi:India’s Perspective on Regional Order Through the Lens of Strategic Culture,”Yunnan University Area Studies [Yun Da Di Qu Yan Jiu], Vol. 10,Iss. 1, 2025, pp. 24-28.
XIEChao, 《印度对尼泊尔内政的宗教介入分析》“India’s Religious Engagement in Nepal’s Internal Affairs,” Contemporary International Relations [Xian Dai Guo Ji Guan Xi], Vol. 2, 2025, pp. 89-107.
XIE Chao, 《印度应对印美价值观分歧的策略变化、动因及影响》“The Change, Motivation and Influence of India’s Strategy to Dealwith the Difference of Values between India and the U.S.,” Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review [Yin Du Yang Jing Ji Ti Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2025, pp. 24-44. (Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi], Vol. 8, 2025, pp.55-68; Included in the Annual Book of the Indian Ocean Region Series, Zhu Cuiping ed., Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2024), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, May, 2025, pp. 97-121.)
XIE Chao, “All Roads Lead to South: India and China in Global South Narratives and Practices,” Strategic Analysis, Vol. 48 No. 4, 2024, pp. 346-358.
XIE Chao,《印度“印太”愿景的演变、特点及制约因素》“India’s Indo-Pacific Vision: Development, Implementation and Constraints,” South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2023, pp. 25-57. (Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi], Vol. 5, 2024, pp.84-103.)
XIE Chao,《印度应对俄乌冲突的策略演变及对印美关系的影响》“India’s Evolving Responses to Russia-Ukraine War and its Impacts on India-U.S. Relations,” Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review [Yin Du Yang Jing Ji Ti Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2023, pp. 1-20. (Included in the Annual Book of the Indian Ocean Region Series, Zhu Cuiping ed., Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2023), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, May, 2024, pp. 163-188.)
XIE Chao,《民族主义如何影响对外决策——论印度莫迪政府外交决策转变中的国民志愿服务团因素》“How Nationalism Influences Foreign Policy Making? A Study on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Factors in Modi Government’s Foreign Policy Redirection,” World Economics and Politics [Shi Jie Jing Ji Yu Zheng Zhi], Vol. 5, 2023, pp. 76-103. (Excerpts printed by Xinhua Digest [Xin Hua Wen Zhai], Vol. 16, 2023, p.161; Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi], Vol. 9, 2023, pp.86-104.)
XIE Chao,《“印太”视阈下印度太空战略的进展、动因及挑战》“India’s Space Strategy in the Backdrop of ‘Indo-Pacific Dynamics’: Progress, Motivation and Challenges”, Peace and Development [He Ping Yu Fa Zhan], Vol. 2, 2023, pp. 94-120.
XIE Chao,《印度莫迪政府的右翼历史观与中印边界战争新叙事的特点及影响》“New Narratives of the Sino-Indian Border War and the Right-Wing Historical Perspectives of Modi Government: Characteristics and Implications,”South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2022, pp. 1-26.(Reprinted by Xinhua Digest [Xin Hua Wen Zhai], Vol. 21, 2022, pp.69-88; Excerpts printed by Xinhua Digest [Xin Hua Wen Zhai], Vol. 6, 2023, p.158; Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, China’s Foreign Affairs[Zhong Guo Wai Jiao], Vol. 3, 2023, pp.91-106.)
Xie Chao,《印度外交战略的变与不变:兼论莫迪政府对华进攻性策略选择》“The Change and Stability of India’s Foreign Strategy andModi Government’s Choice of Offensive Strategy towards China”, Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review [Yin Du Yang Jing Ji Ti Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2022, pp. 1-17. (Included in Yang Jian ed., Research Report on China’s Neighboring Diplomacy (2019-2020), Beijing: World Affairs Press, 2022, pp. 71-80.)
XIE Chao and GAO Liangmin, “Accumulated EpidemiologicalLessons and China’s COVID-19Response”, in Michael D. Waters et al., eds., The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future Volume 1, London: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2022, pp. 50-62.
Xie Chao,《论印度人民党的右翼民粹主义动员策略及效果》“OntheMobilizationStrategyandEfficacyofRightWingPopulistsofBharatiyaJanataPartyinIndia,”South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2021, pp. 110-135.
Xie Chao,《从洞朗到拉达克:印度对华威慑战略为何失败?》“From Doklam to Ladahk: Why India’s Deterrence Strategy on China Fails,”World Economics and Politics [Shi Jie Jing Ji Yu Zheng Zhi], Vol. 8, 2021, pp. 34-54.
Xie Chao,《论右翼民粹主义动员的“后真相”状态及其对美国政治的影响》“Post Truth of Righ Wing Populism Moblization and its Impacts on American Politics,”International Forum [Guo Ji Lun Tan], Vol. 4, 2021, pp. 135-154.
XIE Chao, “China and US Response Plans against COVID-19,” in Ajey Lele and Kritika Roy eds.,COVID-19: Analysing The Threat(New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2020), pp. 60-73.
XIE Chao, “How to Fight a Common Battle AgainstCOVID-19 in a Leaderless World,” in Maya Mirchandani, Shoba Suri and Laetitia Bruce Warjri, eds., The Viral World (New Delhi: ORF and Global Policy Journal, 2020), pp. 82-86.
XIE Chao, “Mitigating Fear and Regaining Trust: How to Understand China's Response to COVID-19,” Journal of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Vol. 13 No. 1 (2020), pp. 50-55.
XIE Chao,《论洞朗对峙中的错误认知与危机缓和》 “On Misperceptions and Outcomes of International Crisis Bargaining: A Case Study on the Doklam Standoff Crisis Bargaining,”Quarterly Journal of International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi Ke Xue] Vol.1, 2020, pp. 61-89.
XIE Chao,《同族群平叛优势理论再思考:以印度平息锡克叛乱为例》“Co-Ethnicity Advantages in Counter-Insurgency Revisited: A Case Study on India’s Handling of Sikh Insurgency”, Journal of International Security Studies [Guo Ji An Quan Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2020, pp. 68-97.
XIE Chao,《战略选边与战略平衡:莫迪政府对华外交战略及演变》“Taking Sides or Keeping Balance: Evolving China Policy of Modi Administration”, Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review [Yin Du Yang Jing Ji Ti Yan Jiu], Vol. 5, 2019, pp. 53-71.
XIE Chao,《崛起国如何争取国际支持:兼论中国的发展中国家外交》“How Rising Power Wins International Support: An Analysis on China’s Developing Country Diplomacy”, Journal of Contemporary Asia Pacific Studies [Dang Dai Ya Tai], Vol. 4, 2019, pp. 26-52.
XIE Chao, “How Status-Seeking States Can Cooperate: Explaining India-China Rapprochement after the Doklam Standoff”, India Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 2 (2019), pp.172-189.
XIE Chao,《观众成本理论的局限及批判:以洞朗对峙中的印度为例》“The Limitations of Audience Costs Theory: A Critique Based on India’s Bargaining Behavior in the Doklam Standoff”, South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 1, 2019, pp. 29-54.
XIE Chao,《中印洞朗危机后印度的对华政策及其美国因素》“India’s Policy towards China and the American Factor after theDoklam Standoff”, Peace and Development [He Ping Yu Fa Zhan], Vol. 6, 2018, pp. 45-60.
XIE Chao,《暴力方式与民心向背:寻找治理族群叛乱的条件组合》 “Violence Type and Popular Support: In Search for Conditions to Defeat Ethnic Separatist Insurgency”, Journal of International Security Studies [Guo Ji An Quan Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2018, pp. 101-126.(Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi], Vol. 10, 2018, pp. 52-68; Reprinted by Xinhua Digest [Xin Hua Wen Zhai], Vol. 19, 2018, pp. 95-115; Translated and reprinted by International Security Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019), pp. 48-76.)
XIE Chao,《与中国结盟吗:俄罗斯国家利益与中俄结盟概率》“Will China Form Alliances? Russian Interests and Prospects of a Sino-Russian Alliance”, Journal of Contemporary Asia Pacific Studies [Dang Dai Ya Tai], Vol. 4, 2016, pp. 73-98. (Reprinted by China Social Science Excellence, China’s Foreign Affairs[Zhong Guo Wai Jiao], Vol. 1, 2017, pp. 28-43.)
XIE Chao,《联邦制度与国内和平:浅析印度政府如何应对锡克武装分离主义》“Federalism and Domestic Peace: An Analysis on How India Managed the Sikh Insurgency”, South Asian Studies [Nan Ya Yan Jiu], Vol. 4, 2016, pp. 76-100.
XIE Chao,《国内观众成本与印度国际危机谈判行为》“Domestic Audience Costs and India’s International Crisis Bargaining,” Foreign Affairs Review [Wai Jiao Ping Lun], Vol. 33 No. 6 (2016), pp. 105-130.
XIE Chao,《印度政党政治碎片化的成因和历程》“Why Party System in India Becomes Fragmented: An Institutional and Historical Analysis”, Quarterly Journal of International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi Ke Xue] Vol.4, 2015, pp.42-71.
XIE Chao,《印度核试验动机探析》“Why India Go Nuclear: National Esteem and Great Power Status”, Quarterly Journal of International Politics [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi Ke Xue] Vol.2, 2014, pp.1-30.
XIE Chao,《实力变化对中日关系的影响:基于大国关系定量衡量的分析》“Impact of Sino-Japanese Strength Contrast Transformation on Bilateral Relations: An Analysis Based on Quantitative Measurement of Bilateral Relations between Major Powers”, in Quarterly Journal of International Relations [Guo Ji Zheng Zhi Ke Xue]Vol. 3, 2013, pp. 62-88.
Selected Op-Eds (in Chinese and English):
《莫迪来华与中印关系前景:印度能否超越短期博弈思维是关键》,澎湃新闻,2025年8月31日,https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31502608。
《印度愈发认清现实:对抗中国越狠,对华依赖越深》,《观察者网》2025年8月3日1,https://www.guancha.cn/xiechao/2025_08_31_788357.shtml。
“RIC a strategic opportunity to advance multipolar order,” Global Times, August 7, 2025, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202508/1340349.shtml.
“China’s Mega Hydropower Project Upstream of India: Why Is Western Media Louder Than India?” The China Academy, August 1, 2025, https://thechinaacademy.org/chinas-giant-river-project-on-indias-doorstep-why-india-stays-silent/.
《雅江水电站工程动工,印度这次为何如此平静?》,《观察者网》2025年7月31日,https://www.guancha.cn/xiechao/2025_07_31_784957_s.shtml。
“India’s Measured Reaction Toward the Yarlung Zangbo River Project is Anther Symbol for Warmer Ties with China,” Lancang-Mekong Observer, July 25, 2025, https://www.lc-mekong.org/report/000F25072514054200010911.
《是时候加入RCEP了》,《环球时报》,2025年7月17日,https://opinion.huanqiu.com/article/4NWV9GOnidr。
“Optimism for rebuilding China-India mutual trust exists amid Jaishankar’s visit,” Global Times, July 16, 2025, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1338521.shtml。
《印度“左右逢源”的外交时代正在被终结》,《观察者网》2025年7月13日,https://www.guancha.cn/xiechao/2025_07_13_782760.shtml。
《印巴战火与莫迪政府三重冒险:南亚火药桶已至临界点》,澎湃新闻,2025年5月7日,https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_30778365。
《莫迪访美:对特朗普的让步会变成以退为进的先手棋吗?》,澎湃新闻,2025年2月15日,https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_30159447。
“Can Modi fend off US pressure, protect India’s interest in US visit?” Global Times, February 12, 2025, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328316.shtml.
谢超:《代理人战争的国际谈判与冲突解决》,《中国社会科学报》2024年11月21日,第8版。
《印度“得了便宜还卖乖”,欧盟不再忍了?》,《观察者网》,2024年2月29日,https://www.guancha.cn/xiechao/2024_02_29_726658.shtml。
“India-Maldives standoff tests Neighborhood First commitment,” Global Times, February 6, 2024, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202402/1306786.shtml.
《印欧经济走廊:一场事先张扬的美印合谋》,《新民晚报》2023年9月26日。
《一桩谋杀案引发外交纠纷:加拿大成了印度头号敌人》,《南方周末》,2023年9月23日,https://www.infzm.com/contents/257462。
《印度为何提出改国名,“婆罗多共和国”会横空出世吗》,《南方周末》,2023年9月9日,http://www.infzm.com/contents/256405。






