Yan Xuetong

Date of Birth: December 7, 1952
Place of Birth: Tianjin, China

Professor Yan Xuetong is serving as the Dean of the Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University, Secretary General of the World Peace Forum and the Editor-in-Chief of The Chinese Journal of International Politics. He is Vice Chairman of both China Association of International Relations Studies and China Association of American Studies, and a member of Consultation Committee of Ministry of Commerce of PRC.

Yan received his Ph. D of political science from University of California, Berkeley in 1992, M.A. of international relations from the Institute of International Relations in 1986 and B.A. of English from Heilongjiang University in 1982.

Yan has published more than a hundred of papers and articles on international relations. Analysis of China’s National Interests won 1998 China Book Price and Practical Methods of International Studies was authorized as text book by Chinese Education Ministry in 2006.