Xianbai Ji is an Assistant Professor and a Distinguished Young Scholar at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China (RUC) in Beijing. He is also a Research Fellow at the School's Institute of International Development, and an Associate of the European Union Centre in Singapore. He works on regionalism, geo-economics, international economic relations, economic diplomacy, and global and regional economic governance. He has published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Pacific Review, Asia Europe Journal, Pacific Focus, The Singapore Economic Review, East Asian Economic Review, and Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. His policy-oriented articles have been published by the Council on Foreign Relations, The National Interest, The Diplomat, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs, among others. His recent co-authored book China's Belt and Road Initiative: Impacts on Asia and Policy Agenda was published in 2020 by Palgrave Macmillan. Prior to his appointment at the RUC, he held various research and visiting posts in Singapore and The Australian National University. He obtained his PhD in International Political Economy from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore where he was a Nanyang President's Graduate Scholar.
