Degang Sun is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of International Studies and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He was a visiting scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (September 2018-September 2019), a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, and an Academic Visitor to Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (2012-2013), Denver University (2007-2008), and Hong Kong University (2004-2005). His research interests are Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations, Great Powers’ Strategies in the Middle East, and China’s Middle East Diplomacy.
E-mail: sundegang@fudan.edu.cn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3418-8558
Yingqi Yang is a PhD candidate at the School of International Relations & Public Affairs at Fudan University.
E-mail: yingqiyang23@m.fudan.edu.cn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7178-6652