Gangzheng SHE
Dr. Gangzheng She is an 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).
shegangzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn
Mingzhai 310, 30 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
E-mails: shegangzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn / gangzheng.she@gmail.com
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, “Changing Focus while Maintaining Balance: Strategic Adjustments behind the Developing Sino-Saudi Relations,” Mediterranean Politics, 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, 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, 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, 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.
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