My research investigates how and when a rising power seeks to use economic statecraft for geopolitical goals. My dissertation examines China’s economic coercion against foreign governments and multinational companies with a focus on its evolvement and effectiveness, along with the implication to great power rivalry.
Legality, Legitimacy, and Institutionalization:
Chinese Rethinking about Sanctions and Economic Coercion, Journal of Contemporary China (Forthcoming)
Global Hub as Threats to Domestic Political Control:
Autocratic Dilemma to Asserting Economic Coercion (With Abraham Newman)