Wang Jisi is president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies and a professor and former dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University. He was on the list of “Top 100 Global Thinkers” twice (2005 and 2012) selected by the Foreign Policy magazine for his interpretation of China’s strategic thinking. He published numerous works on global politics, China’s foreign relations, and U.S. foreign policy. Wang Jisi was director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1993-2005) and on the Advisory Committee of the Chinese Foreign Ministry (2008-2016).