October 23, 2023
Weining Ai is the Newman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for US-China Issues, Department of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He received his PhD in Political Science from Arizona State University in 2023. He was born and grew up in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. His research interests lie in foreign policy analysis, international security and political economy, and China. His research explores the processes and outcomes of economic sanctions, military coercion, international conflict and cooperation, Chinese foreign policy, and US-China relations. His research has appeared in the Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
The Newman Post-Doctoral Fellowship is awarded to scholars with an abiding interest in multi-disciplinary work focused on China’s growing influence around the world. Scholars researching U.S.-China relations and China’s evolving role in the international order are also considered. Fellows conduct research, collaborate with the Institute for U.S.-China Issues in the College of International Studies, present research through the Institute’s speaker series, and teach one interdisciplinary course on China in a comparative or global context in the Department of International and Area Studies per year.
