Former Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia Fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (FY 2017-18), Dr. Zhou Wenxing is currently an Assistant Professor at School of International Studies, Nanjing University (NJU) and also holding a joint appointment as Research Fellow at NJU's Huazhi Institute for Global Governance.

Dr. Zhou holds a doctorate degree in public administration from China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University (magna cum laude) and was a Joint-PhD student at Harvard University. Prior to his academic journey to Shanghai, he was a Joint-Master student between Belgium’s l’Université Libre de Bruxelles and China's Wuhan University, where he received his L.L.M. in international relations (IR). Before that he studied British and American language and literature at Jianghan University in Wuhan.

Having broad interests in comparative politics, international relations and public policy, Dr. Zhou's recent research focuses mainly on the Taiwan issue, China-U.S. relations, Asia-Pacific International Relations, American think tanks and foreign policy, and the discipline of area studies.

Dr. Zhou has co-authored one Chinese-language volume, published two jointly-translated volumes (one English-language and one Chinese-language) and some chapters in edited volumes. His academic articles appear in both English and Chinese peer-reviewed leading journals including Journal of Contemporary China, The China Review, Xiandai Guoji Guanxi [Contemporary International Relations], Zhongguo Junshi Kexue [China Military Science], Meiguo Yanjiu [The Chinese Journal of American Studies], Taiwan Yanjiu [Taiwan Studies]. A columnist of Singapore’s e-magazine Think China, Hong Kong-based China-US Focus, and Chinese mainland-based China Global Television Network (CGTN), Dr. Zhou also writes opinion pieces on current affairs.