Associate Professor
c.li@ruc.edu.cnLI Chen is an associate professor, and director of Center for International Security and Strategy at the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU), and a Non-resident Senior Fellow at CISS, Tsinghua University. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on Asia-Pacific security, international history and strategic studies at Renmin University of China. Li Chen's research interest includes modern military and strategic history, international history, contemporary military strategy, and China-U.S. military security relations, on which he has published scholarly articles in leading journals including the Journal of Strategic Studies, Foreign Affairs, as well as some policy briefings. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and double master degree from School of International Studies, Peking University, and Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Modern Military and Strategic History
International History
Contemporary Military Strategy
China-U.S. Military Security Relations
Li Chen,“National Security and Strategic Competition between China and the United States,” in Evan S. Medeiros ed, Cold Rivals: The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition, Georgetown University Press, 2023, pp. 233-260
Li Chen and Odd Arne Westad, “Can Cold War History Prevent US-China Calamity? Learning the Right Lessons of the Past,” Foreign Affairs, November 29, 2021
Li Chen,“Operational idealism: doctrine development of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army under Soviet threat, 1969–1989,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 2017, Vol. 40, Issue 5, pp. 663-695
Li Chen, “From Civil War Victor to Cold War Guard: Positional Warfare in Korea and the Transformation of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 1951–1953,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 2015, Vol. 38, Issue 1-2, pp. 183-214.
International History (in Chinese)
Introduction to International Strategy (in Chinese)
Asia-Pacific Security and Strategy (in English)
Historical Research Methods of International Relations (in Chinese)