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Prof. Dr. Degang Sun is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. He previously served as Deputy Director of the Middle East Studies Institute at Shanghai International Studies University. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, a Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford University, and a visiting researcher at Denver University. His research focuses on Middle Eastern politics, international relations, great power strategies in the Middle East, and China's Middle East diplomacy.