Xiaoyu Lu is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University, China and was recently a Research Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Australia. He received his MSc and DPhil degrees in Politics at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and previously worked at the United Nations. His research focuses on global order, international development and security, with anthropological methods and field missions in conflict-affected regions.