Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China and the author or editor of over two dozen books and numerous academic articles. His latest book, The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2023), was named one of Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2024.