Zhiqun Zhu
About Zhiqun Zhu
Zhiqun Zhu, PhD, is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the China Institute at Bucknell University. He was Bucknell’s International Relations Department Chair (2017-2021) and MacArthur Chair Professor in East Asian politics (2008–2014). In the early 1990s, he was Senior Assistant to Consul for Press and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai.
Professor Zhu’s teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, East Asian political economy, U.S.-Asian relations, and international relations theories. He is the author and editor of 16 books, including Security Challenges in Contemporary Indo-Pacific (World Scientific, 2025); A Critical Decade: China’s Foreign Policy 2008-2018 (World Scientific, 2019); China’s New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance (Ashgate, 2013); and US-China Relations in the 21st Century: Power Transition and Peace (Routledge, 2005).
Dr. Zhu has received many prestigious research grants and fellowships, including a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Australia; a NEH fellowship for US-China relations seminar; a research grant from American Political Science Association; POSCO fellowships at the East-West Center in Hawaii; visiting professorships in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China. A noted scholar of Chinese politics and foreign policy, Dr. Zhu is Editor-in-Chief of China and the World (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/cnw).
Professor Zhu is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and is frequently quoted by international media on Chinese and East Asian affairs. He maintains a popular column for ThinkChina in Singapore (https://www.thinkchina.sg/zhuzhiqun).
Courses typically offered
- East Asian Politics
- Chinese Politics
- International Relations of East Asia
- Senior Seminar: US-China Relations
- Foundation Seminar: The US and Asia in the 21st Century
- Dinner Seminar: Food and International Relations