Guoli Liu

Professor of Political Science

Education

Ph.D. in Political Science, State University of New York at Buffalo

M.A. and B.A. in International Politics from Peking University

Research Interest

Liu's main research areas are comparative politics and international relations with a focus on East Asia, Russia, and the United States. He is currently working on the dynamics of modernization, governance innovation, and theory & practice of statecraft. He served as President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, and Vice President of South Carolina Political Science Association.

Courses Taught

World Politics, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Politics of East Asia, Politics of China, Russian Politics, Cases in Foreign Policy, International Law and Organization, International Relations Theory, American Foreign Policy, Comparative Public Policy, and Capstone Seminar on Statecraft.

Selected Publications

States and Markets: Comparing Japan and Russia

China Rising: Chinese Foreign Policy in a Changing World

Politics and Government in China

American Foreign Policy and US-China Relations (with Peng Deng and Xiaobing Li)

Affliations

Liu is editor of Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition, (with Lowell Dittmer) China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition, (with Weixing Chen) New Directions in Chinese Politics for the New Millennium, (with Quansheng Zhao) Managing the China Challenge: Global Perspectives; (with Bohai Lin) Exploring Local Governance Innovation in China and the United States, and (with Joanna Drzewieniecki) Russian Studies, Political Science, and the Philosophy of Technology.

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Faculty Research Award, College of Charleston