WEN Yao
Associate Professor, Center for American Studies, Fudan University
PhD (Political Science, University of Toronto)
BA and MA (International Politics, Renmin University of China)
Research interests
American politics and foreign policy, great power politics, party politics, international relations in Southeast Asia
Teaching
China’s Belt and Road and Its Impact in the Developing World (Undergrad)
China’s Global and Regional Engagement (Undergrad)
International Relations of China (MA)
Area and Country Studies II (MA)
English-languagePublications
(Google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vlxt6cgAAAAJ)
Yao Wen, “Unpacking Foreign Policy Capacity of Political Parties: The Case of BRICS Countries,” Public Administration and Development, 2025, pp. 1-13. (Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.70022)
Yao Wen, “Assessing Effects of China’s Party Diplomacy vis-à-vis Southeast Asia: Ideas, Interests, and Controversies,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 47, No.4, 2023, pp. 579-602. (Link: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/912746)
Yao Wen, “ASEAN States’ Hedging Against the China Question: Contested, Adaptive, Transformative,” in Dragan Pavlićević and Nicole Talmacs, eds., The China Question: Contestations and Adaptations, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 247-268. (Link: https://rdcu.be/cQJBs )
Yao Wen, “Branding and Legitimation: China’s Party Diplomacy amid the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The China Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2021, pp. 55-89. (Link: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/784427)
Peer-reviewed articles in Chinese has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals World Economics and Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Foreign Affairs Review, Fudan Journal, Southeast Asian Studies, and International Forum.
Service
Manuscript reviewer: [Publisher] Routledge; [English-language journals] Review of International Political Economy, Competition & Change, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Asia Europe Journal, The China Review, Chinese Political Science Review,SN Social Sciences, Asian Politics & Policy, Global Public Policy and Governance, Journal of ASEAN Studies; [Chinese-language journals] World Economics and Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Quarterly Journal of International Politics, Journal of Renmin University of China, Southeast Asian Affairs.
Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Association of American Studies (2025- )
Mentor, Zhide College, Fudan University (2024-2026)
Deputy Director, Center for China’s Relations with Neighboring Countries, Fudan University (2024-2025)
Secretariat liaison, Network of ASEAN-China Academic Institutes (NACAI) (2020-2025)
Managing editor, Journal of China’s Neighboring Diplomacy(2022-2025)
