Gangzheng SHE
shegangzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn
Mingzhai 310, 30 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
E-mails: shegangzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn / gangzheng.she@gmail.com
Dr. Gangzheng She is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations and Director of the Center for Overseas Security at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he teaches multiple undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, including War and Evolution in the Middle East, Study of Conflict Resolution, and Contemporary History of International Relations.
Dr. She specializes in the Middle East from the beginning of Cold War till now with a special focus on the involvement of China and other great powers in the region. His works have been published by leading academic journals such as the Journal of Cold War Studies, the Chinese Journal of International Politics and Mediterranean Politics, as well as think tanks including Atlantic Council and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI).
Appointments & Assignments
School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Associate Professor of International Relations December 2021 – Present
Assistant Professor of International Relations October 2018 – December 2021
Director of the Center for Overseas Security October 2022 - Present
Teaching Experience
“War and Evolution in the Middle East” (graduate-level; in Chinese)
“Contemporary History of International Relations” (undergraduate-level; in Chinese)
“Study of Conflict Resolution” (graduate-level; in English)
Brandeis University Waltham, MA, the U.S.
Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies August 2018
Peking University Beijing, China
B.A. in Hebrew Culture and Language July 2011
Academic Publication (in English)
Gangzheng She, “The Limits of Partnership: China, the United States, and the Middle East Peace Process, 1977-82”, Cold War History [SSCI & AHCI / JCR (2023) Q1], Vol. 24, No. 3 (2024), pp. 401-421.
Enrico Fardella & Gangzheng She*, “The Role of the Gulf in the Longue Durée of China’s Foreign Policy,” Middle East Policy [SSCI / JCR (2023) Q2], Vol. 31, No. 1 (2024), pp. 50-65.
Gangzheng She, “Changing Focus while Maintaining Balance: Strategic Adjustments behind the Developing Sino-Saudi Relations,” Mediterranean Politics [SSCI / JCR (2023) Q1], (2023) DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2023.2229647.
Jiuzhou Duan & Gangzheng She*, “Initiative and Visions: Synergy between Development Strategies of China and the Arab States,” Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies [ESCI / JCR (2023) Q3], Vol. 15, No. 3 (2021), pp. 379-397.
Gangzheng She, “Asymmetric Competition on a New Battleground? Middle Eastern Perspectives on Sino-US Rivalry,” Chinese Journal of International Politics [SSCI / JCR (2023) Q1], Vol. 14, No. 2 (2021), pp. 289-320.
Gangzheng She, “The Cold War and Chinese Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1963-1975,” Journal of Cold War Studies [SSCI & AHCI / JCR (2023) Q1], Vol. 22, No. 1 (2020), pp. 125-174.
Gangzheng She, “Ben-Gurion, the Korean War, and the Change of Israeli Foreign Policy,” Israelis, No. 7 (2015), pp. 187-196.
Non-academic Publication and Papers (in English)
“The Rise of Complex ‘Intermediate Zones’: the Ukraine War and China’s Opportunity and Dilemma in the Middle East,” Atlantic Council and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), July 12, 2022.
“Towards a Unified Policy of Closer Engagement? Sino-Mediterranean Relations from a Chinese Perspective,” in Enrico Fardella and Andrea Ghiselli eds., ChinaMED Report 2019 (ISBN: 9788894080377).
“The Changing Image of the State of Israel in People’s Daily during the Cold War,” in James Rodman Ross & Lihong Song eds., The Image of Jews in Contemporary China (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2016).
“Will China Interfere in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?” (with Yiyi Chen), Middle East-Asia Project, Middle East Institute, 2015. Web.
“Beyond Commercial Interests: Kosher Certification as a Possible Solution to China’s Food Safety Crisis,” Journal of Sino-Western Communications, 2014, vol.6, no. 1, 88-101.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Gangzheng She (2023), “The Sino-GCC Relations under the Developing Multidimensional BRI,” 10th Gulf Studies Forum, Doha, Qatar, December 2-3, 2023 (invited symposium speaker).
Gangzheng She (2023), “At the Core of ‘New Intermediate Zones’: the Role of the Gulf in China’s Strategic Competition with the US,” ChinaMED Roundtable: The Persian Gulf and the US-China Rivalry, Rome, Italy, July 6, 2023 (invited symposium speaker).
She Gangzheng (2022), “China in the Middle East - Wind of Change?” The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel (online), April 5, 2022 (invited symposium speaker).
Gangzheng She (2022), “China’s Asymmetric Competitiveness in a New Middle East,” The Israel Dialogues, Toronto, Canada (online), January 14, 2022 (invited symposium speaker).
Gangzheng She (2021), “How Mediterranean Actors Have Shaped China’s Growing Role in the Region?” Kyoto Peace Conference, Kyoto, Japan (online), October 29-31, 2021 (invited symposium speaker).
Gangzheng She (2019), “Towards a Unified Policy of Closer Engagement? Sino-Mediterranean Relations from a Chinese Perspective,” ChinaMED 2019, Rome, Italy, October 28-30, 2019 (invited plenary speaker).
Gangzheng She (2019), “Teaching Sino-Israeli Relations in Middle East–related Courses,” University of Pennsylvania China Research and Engagement Fund and Nanjing University Workshop “Teaching and Translating Jews and China,” Beijing, China, June 2, 2019 (invited symposium speaker).
Gangzheng She (2019), “The Evolution of Transregional Interaction between China, East Asia and the Middle East,” Harvard University Shanghai Regions Workshop, Shanghai, China, May 17-18, 2019 (invited symposium speaker).
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Founder and Organizer of 1st-7th “Workshop for Young Scholars on Middle East Studies” in China (2021-present)
Director of Summer Seminar “Theorizing Area Studies” organized by the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University (2023-present)
Organizer and Moderator of Roundtables “Sino-US Strategic Competition and the Hedging Strategy of Middle East Countries” and “The New US Administration and a New Middle East” at China’s Political Science and International Relations Academic Community Annual Conferences (2020-2021)
Organizer of Seminar “Global Cold War and China’s Foreign Policy” at the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University (2019)
Anonymous Reviewer for Multiple SSCI and CSSCI Journals
Undergraduate Freshman Tutor, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University (2020-Present)
Chief Advisor to the Student Council of the Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University (2019-Present)
National Social Science Fund of China, 2019-2024
Josephine de Karman Fellowship, 2017-2018
Israel Institute Doctoral Fellowship, 2016-2018
Schusterman Doctoral Student Fellowships, 2011-2016
Brandeis NEJS Department Graduate Student and Faculty Research Grants, 2014-2015
“Outstanding Olympic Volunteer of Peking University Gymnasium”, Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2008
