Profile:

Yu Tiejun is a professor at Peking University's School of International Studies and president of the university's Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS, PKU). He was a Fulbright visiting scholar at MIT's security studies program (2018-19) and visiting scholar at Stanford University and Harvard University (2005-06) and studied at the University of Tokyo (1998-2000). Yu is executive editor in chief of China International Strategy Review and has written extensively on international security, East Asian international relations, and China's foreign and defense policy. He was awarded Peking University's Excellent Teaching Award and Distinguished Research Award in 2010 and 2017, respectively. Yu received his BA, MA, and PhD from Peking University.

 

Education Background:

2000  Peking University  Ph.D. in International Relations

1997  Peking University  M.A. in International Relations

1990  Peking University  B.A. in International Politics

 

Research Areas:

History of International Relations, History of International Political Thought, East Asian International Relations, International Security and Strategic Studies, National Security, Chinese Foreign and Defense Policy

 

Research Result

Books (Edited Volumes)：

National Security Studies in Major Countries and Regions: History, Theory, and Practice, ed. Yu Tiejun & Zhuang Junju, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2024

Joint Research Report on Historical Perceptions between China and Japan (Prewar Volume): Why Did the China-Japan War Break Out?, ed. Wang Chaoguang & Yu Tiejun, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2020

China-Japan Security and Defense Exchange: History, Present, and Future, ed. Zhu Feng, Akiyama Masahiro & Yu Tiejun, World Affairs Press, 2012

China International Strategic Review, ed. Wang Jisi (Yu Tiejun as Associate Editor for multiple volumes), World Affairs Press, 2008–2021

Translations (Main Translator or Co-translator)：

Jack Snyder, Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition, Peking University Press, 2007 (reprinted 2018)

Arnold Wolfers, Discord and Collaboration: Essays on International Politics, World Affairs Press, 2006

Michael Armacost, Friends or Rivals? Xinhua Publishing House, 1998

Book Chapters (Selected)：

“The International Context Behind the Full-Scale Outbreak of the China-Japan War” (with Li Zhuo), in Why Did the Sino-Japanese War Break Out, Tokyo: Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2018

“U.S. Alliance Strategy,” in Forging Hegemony: U.S. Strategy and Decision-making During the Cold War, Shanghai People’s Press, 2013

“Review of International Studies,” co-authored annual sections in Reports on the Development of Social Sciences in Foreign Universities, Higher Education Press, 2008–2011

“Analyzing the U.S. Factor in China-Japan Relations,” in Changing East Asia and the United States, SSAP, 2010

“Military Alliances in East Asia,” in Peace and Security in East Asia, Current Affairs Press, 2005 (also published as “U.S. Military Alliances in East Asia” in Chinese Scholars View the World, New World Press, 2007)

“International Political Theory and INGOs,” in INGOs in Global Governance, Peking University Press, 2004

“Global Governance as a Theory of International Politics,” in New Trends and Explorations in Globalization, Central Compilation & Translation Press, 2003

Journal Articles：

Yu, T. (1995). Balance of power and the new world order. International Politics Quarterly, (4).

Yu, T. (1995). Some thoughts on the relationship between major powers and the United Nations. Europe, (6).

Yu, T. (1999). An analysis of pragmatism in Japan’s postwar diplomacy: A case study of ODA policy evolution. Pacific Journal, (4).

Yu, T. (1999). Alliance theories in international politics: Progress and debates. Europe, (5).

Yu, T. (2000). Offensive realism, defensive realism, and neoclassical realism. World Economics and Politics, (5).

Yu, T. (2002). Ideas and power: The rise and fall of U.S. “revisionist” views of Japan. American Studies Quarterly, (1).

Yu, T. (2002). Problems in the Chinese translation of The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Past, Present, and Future — With comments on the quality of academic translation. International Forum, (1).

Yu, T. (2002). Developing U.S. relations through non-governmental channels: The case of Japan Center for International Exchange and its implications for China. International Politics Quarterly, (2).

Yu, T. (2002). Understanding the hindrance on the way of cooperation: Sino-Japan history problem from the perspective of international relations theory. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 9(2), 25–44.

Yu, T. (2003). International relations theory and the Sino-Japanese history problem. Pacific Journal, (3).

Yu, T. (2005). Problems and reflections on China’s international relations research. Teaching and Research, (11).

Yu, T. (2007). Characteristics of international strategic studies in U.S. universities. International Politics Quarterly, (4).

Yu, T., & Snyder, J. (2007). Interview with Professor Jack Snyder. International Politics Quarterly, (4).

Yu, T. (2008). Some interpretations of the “Princeton Report.” In China International Strategy Review 2008. Beijing: World Affairs Press.

Yu, T. (2008). Sino-Japanese defense exchanges: Ups and downs. Teaching and Research, (11).

Yu, T. (2009). A review of international strategic studies in U.S. universities. American Studies Quarterly, (2).

Yu, T. (2009). Knowledge types beneficial to foreign policy making. International Politics Quarterly, (3).

Yu, T. (2009). How U.S. strategic elites are cultivated. Green Leaf, (11).

Yu, T. (2011). U.S.-China-Japan coordination as the key to constructing a complex Asia-Pacific security architecture. International Politics Quarterly, (1).

Yu, T. (2011). The Western master and Bible of war: Clausewitz and On War in China. In R. Pommerin (Ed.), Clausewitz Goes Global: Carl von Clausewitz in the 21st Century (pp. 42–59). Berlin: Miles Verlag.

Yu, T., & Qi, H. (2013). A review of the U.S. Department of Defense “Minerva” initiative. International Politics Quarterly, (1).

Yu, T. (2014). Crisis management in current Sino-Japanese relations. In Jisi Wang (Ed.), China International Strategy Review 2014. Beijing: World Affairs Press.

Yu, T. (2016). Crisis management in the current Sino-Japanese relations. In Jisi Wang (Ed.), China International Strategy Review 2014 (pp. 96–113). Beijing: Foreign Language Press.

Yu, T. (2015). Experience and implications of think tank development in world-class universities. China Higher Education Research, (8).

Yu, T., Ren, Y., & Wang, J. (2016). The significance of the Korean Peninsula in Xi Jinping's global strategy. In Chinese Perspectives Toward the Korean Peninsula in the Aftermath of North Korea's Fourth Nuclear Test (pp. 17–29). Washington, DC: Stimson Center.

Yu, T. (2017). East Asia: A year of destabilization. Regional Security Outlook 2017, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP), 10–12.

Yu, T. (2017). Testfall koreanische Halbinsel: Chinas Politik zwischen den beiden Koreas und den USA. Welt Trends, 127, 29–34.

Yu, T. (2018). The distinctive features of Japanese area studies and implications for China. International Politics Quarterly, (5).

Yu, T., Tang, S., & Qi, H. (Forthcoming). Rooted in China, facing the world: Establishing a disciplinary system of national security studies with Chinese characteristics. National Security Studies.

Undergraduate Courses:

History of International Relations (core course)

History of International Political Thought (elective)

International Relations and East Asian Security (university-wide elective)

Graduate Courses:

Northeast Asian Studies (Master’s elective)

International Security and Strategic Studies (Ph.D. elective, co-taught)

Theories and Practice of National Security (Ph.D. core, co-taught)

International Relations Theory (Ph.D. core, co-taught)