Prof. Li Kaisheng is a Senior Fellow and Vice-President of SIIS, Vice-Chairman of the Shanghai Association for American Studies. His areas of expertise include: Chinese foreign strategy, East Asian security, Belt and Road Initiative, nontraditional security, and international relations theories.Prof. Li received his doctoral degree in International Relations from Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (GACASS) in 2008. He worked in a state-owned enterprise in his early years, and served later in Xiangtan University and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). In SASS, he was appointed successively as the Deputy Director of Think Tank Coordination Office, Deputy Director of Institute of International Relations and Director of Organization Department. He has published several monographs, such as: Identity, National Rejuvenation and China’s Foreign Strategy (2011), Human, State and Security Governance (2012), and Third Parties and Conflict Management in East Asia (2018). He has also published dozens of research articles and a large number of commentaries.