Title: Professor
Institute: Institute for Central Asian Studies
Office: Student Activity Center 611
Tel No.: (+86)0931-8912835
E-mail: zengxh@lzu.edu.cn
Education
September 2000 to June 2004, B.A., Transportation Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology;
September 2004 to June 2007,M.A., International Relations, Lanzhou University;
September 2007 to June 2010, Ph. D, Marxism in China, Lanzhou University;
August 2016 to August 2017, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University, U.S.A.
Working Experience
June 2010-May 2013, Lecturer, Lanzhou University;
May 2013-May 2014, Associate Professor, Lanzhou University;
May 2014 -May 2017, Young Professor, Lanzhou University;
May 2017-present, Professor, Lanzhou University.
Teaching Courses
For Undergraduate: Introduction of International Politics
For Postgraduate: Selected Readings of International Political Originals, Contemporary World Political Trends
Papers and Monographs
Academic Papers:
1. Zeng Xianghong, Yang Shu, “Domestic Factors behinds the Terminating Japanese ODA to China”,Pacific Journal,No.7, 2005.
2. Qiwu Lang, Zeng Xianghong, “How to Build a Dynamic and Harmonious Society in the Differentiation of the Hierarchy”,Gansu Social Sciences,No.1, 2006.
3. Zeng Xianghong, Yang Shu, “‘Color Revolutions’ under the Perspective of Social Movement Theory”,Russian, Central Asian & East European Studies, No.2, 2006.
4. Zeng Xianghong, Yang Shu, “The Building of the Nation-States in Central Asian Countries: Taking the Tajikistan as an Example”,Journal of International Studies, No.2, 2006.
5. Zeng Xianghong, The Geopolitical Interests of Russia in Iran Nuclear Problem,China Review(Hongkong), No.100, 2006.
6. Yang Shu, Zeng Xianghong, “The French Riot from a Cultural Perspective and Its Implications”,World Ethno-National Studies, No.4, 2006.
7. Yang Shu, Zeng Xianghong, “A Research on American Indian Reservation System”,American Studies Quarterly,No.3, 2007.
8. Yang Shu, Zeng Xianghong, “Political and Cultural Factors Behind the Institutional Changes in the Central Asian States”,Russian, Central Asian & East European Studies, No.6, 2007.
9. Zeng Xianghong, “Challenges EU Faced in Central Asia: Perspective from the Backgrounds of the Making of Its New Central Strategy”,Forum of World Economics & Politics, No.6, 2007.
10. Zeng Xianghong,Zhao Meng, “On the Institutional Framework and its Evolution of EU Aid Policies towards Central Asia”,Russian Studies, No.4, 2007.
11. Zeng Xianghong, “A Study on the Evolution of the European Union’s Strategy Towards Central Asia”,International Review,No.1, 2008.
12. Zeng Xianghong, Yang Shu, “A Study on EU’s Foreign Aids towards Central Asia: Take the INOGATE Program as an Example”,Northeast Asia Forum,No.3, 2008.
13. Zeng Xianghong,“Reshaping the Geopolitical Environments of Central Asia: U.S.’s Policy Adjustments towards Central Asia Since 2005”,Foreign Affairs Review, No.3, 2008.
14. Zeng Xianghong, “Why the Worldview Problematique has not become a Problem? ——Review on the Mainstream International Relations Theories”,Chinese Journal of European Studies, No.5, 2010.
15. Zeng Xianghong, “Bringing the World Outlook back to International Relations: on Bell's "International Relations at hand”,Quarterly Journal of International Politics, No.3, 2010.
16. Zeng Xianghong,“Intellectual Roots, Desirability and Rationality of the Harmony-with-difference Worldview: A Comparison with Alexander Wendt’s World State Worldview”,World Economics and Politics, No.10, 2011.
17. Zeng Xianghong, Ming Zhou, “Opportunity Structures, Horizontal Networks and Frame Resonances in Egyptian Social Movements”,Sociological Studies, No.6, 2011.
18. Zeng Xianghong, Ming Zhou,“Information Falls and Virtual Social Networks in Egypt's ‘the January 25 Revolution’”,Foreign Affairs Review, No.2, 2012.
19. Zeng Xianghong,“Is the Formation of a World State Inevitable? A Study Based on the Recognition Theory”,International Politics Quarterly,No.8, 2012.
20. Zeng Xianghong,“Cross-Class Mobilization in the Egypt Upheaval”,Contemporary International Relations, No.4, 2012.
21. Zeng Xianghong, Yiyi Chen, “When Civil War was Broke out and Wasn’t: A Comparison between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan”,Chinese Journal of International Politics,No.4, 2012.
22. Zeng Xianghong, “The Tortuous Relationship between Uzbekistan and CSTO”,International Studies, No.6, 2012.
23. Zeng Xianghong, “The Development Process, Dynamic and Mechanism of the Middle East Upheaval: An Egypt-Centric Analysis”,World Economics and Politics, No.1, 2013.
24. Zeng Xianghong, “The Influence of Shanghai Cooperation Organization upon the Sino-Russia Cooperation in Central Asia”,Journal of Lanzhou University, No.2, 2013.
25. Zeng Xianghong,“The U.S. Response to the 2011 Upheaval in Egypt and Its Consequences: from the Framing Perspective”,Journal of International Security Studies, No.3, 2013.
26. Zeng Xianghong,“Main Approaches for American Participation in Central Asian Affairs and Their Effectiveness”,Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies,No.4, 2013.
27. Zeng Xianghong, “A Research on the Reasons Why Islamic Political Force didn’t Play a Major Role in the Arab Upheavals”,Studies in World Religions, No.4, 2013.
28. Zeng Xianghong, “'Containment, Integration and Shaping: Strategic Objectives of the U.S. Central Asian Policies”,Russian Studies, No.5, 2013.
29. Zeng Xianghong, “‘Discourse of Danger’ in American Central Asian Studies and Its Political Effects”, World Economics and Politics, No.1, 2014.
30. Zeng Xianghong,“How the Initiative of the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ is Received in Central Asian Countries: Perceptions and Expectations”,Contemporary World, No.4, 2014.
31. Zeng Xianghong,“A Study of Influence of Cultural Factors on Central Asian Integration”, Russian Studies, No.2, 2014.
32. Zeng Xianghong, “How Social Movement Evolved to Civil War: An Analysis Based on the Middle East Turmoil”,Journal of International Security Studies, No.3, 2014.
33. Zeng Xianghong,“Membership Expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Theoretical and Political Analysis”,Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies,No.3, 2014.
34. Zeng Xianghong,“The Selective Application of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ by the Western Countries: Influencing Factors and Case Study”,Chinese Journal of European Studies, No.5, 2014.
35. Zeng Xianghong,“A Study on the Evolution and Motive Force of Turkey's Central Asian Policy”,Central Asian Studies, No.1, 2014.
36. Zeng Xianghong,“The Diverse Positions of Different Countries on the Application of ‘Responsibility to Protect’: A Preliminary Explanation”, World Economics and Politics, No.1, 2015.
37. Zeng Xianghong,“Decision Making of Nicolas Sarkozy in Response to 2011 Libya Crisis: A Poliheuristic Perspective”,International Forum, No.2, 2015.
38. Zeng Xianghong,“Resource Mobilization and Strategy Choosing: The Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham”, GlobalReview, No.3, 2015.
39. Zeng Xianghong, “China’s Central Asian Diplomacy and Construction of Silk Road Economoic Belt”,Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong Universality, No.3, 2015.
40. Zeng Xianghong,“Disrespect and Resistance in International Relations: National Identity Types and the Struggle Strategies for Recognition”, World Economics and Politics, No.5, 2015.
41. Zeng Xianghong, “U.S. Involvement in Central Asian and the Reponses from Central Asian Countries”,The Journal of International Studies,No.3, 2015.
42. Zeng Xianghong, “From the ‘Arab Spring’ to Occupy Movements: Framework Transformation and its Effects within the New Global Protest Cycle,”Journal of International Security Studies, No.5, 2015.
43. Zeng Xianghong, Xiaozhe Jin, “A Comparison of the Development Prospects of SCO and CSTO in Central Asian Security Domain: Based on the Theory of Regional Public Goods,” Chinese Journal of International Politics, No.4, 2015.
44. Zeng Xianghong, “The Geopolitical Imaginations of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiative and Regional Cooperation,”World Economics and Politics(CSSCI), No.1, 2016.
45. Zeng Xianghong, “Russia’s Psychological Motivations for Annexing the Crimea and Implications for Chinese Diplomacy in the Commonwealth of Independent States”，Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies,No.1, 2016.
46. Zeng Xianghong, “Political Compromise and Peaceful Political Transition in Tunisia”,Foreign Affairs Review, No.2, 2016.
47. Zeng Xianghong, “Competition of the Logic of Appropriateness: Framing Narratives of Al-Qaeda and the ‘Islamic State’ and Their Difference”,World Economics and Politics, No.4, 2016.
48. Zeng Xianghong, “A Preliminary Exploration of the Approaches, Mechanisms and Dynamics of the Effects of Contentious Politics on Social Changes”，Sociological Review of China,No.3, 2016.
49. Zeng Xianghong, “Strategic Differences and Trends between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State”,Foreign Affairs Review, No.4, 2016.
50. Zeng Xianghong, “A Research on the Terrorism Organizational Structure: Types and Their Affects”,World Economics and Politics, No.8, 2016.
51. Zeng Xianghong, “On Intellectual Contributions to the ‘One Belt and One Road’ Initiative: State of the Art and Future of Central Asian Studies in China”,Global Review, No.5, 2016.
52. Zeng Xianghong, “From Al-Qaeda to Islamic State—The Evolution of the Organizational Structure of International Terrorism”，Middle East, No.1, 2016.
53. Zeng Xianghong, “An Integrated Approach for Terrorism Governance: Based on the Insights of Social Movement Theory”，World Economics and Politics, No.1, 2017.
54. Zeng Xianghong, “Effect of Central Asia Member States on Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Based on Nationalistic Small-Country Analysis”，Journal of Xinjiang Normal University(Edition of Philosophy and Social Sciences), No.2, 2017.
55. Zeng Xianghong, “Power Coordination and Non-Traditional Security Issues in Central Asia”，Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies, No.2, 2017.
56. Zeng Xianghong, “Status Anxiety and Historical Oppression: Policy Differences in Japan’s Policies to Disputed Islands and Related Implications”，Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, No.2, 2017.
57. Zeng Xianghong, “Globalization, counter Globalization and the New Wave of Terrorism”，Foreign Affairs Review, No.3, 2017.
58. Zeng Xianghong, “A Study on the Formation Basis and Mechanism of the Double Standards in the International Counter-terrorism Discourses”,Journal of Social Sciences,No.3, 2017.
59. Zeng Xianghong, “The Risk Prospect of Expanding the Membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization”,Russian Central Asian & East European Market, No.5, 2017.
60. Zeng Xianghong, “Status Signaling in International Relations and Russia’s Military Intervention in Syrian Civil War”,Journal of International Security Studies, No.6, 2017.
61. Zeng Xianghong, “A Study on the Puzzle Why Great Powers Selectively Recognize the Independence of ‘Non-Recognized de Facto States’ in International Society’”，World Economics and Politics, No.12, 2017.
62. Zeng Xianghong, “The Global Governance of Terrorism: Different Mechanisms and Their Assessment”，Social Sciences in China, No.12, 2017.
63. Zeng Xianghong, “Security Cooperation and Development Prospect of Shanghai Cooperation Organization”，Foreign Affairs Review, No.1, 2018.
64. Zeng Xianghong, “Fight for What and for Whom? Terrorism Violence and Struggle for Recognition”, World Economics and Politics, No.2, 2018.
65. Zeng Xianghong, “Central Asian Policy of the Trump Administration: Inheritance and Adjustment”,International Studies,No.4, 2018.
66. Zeng Xianghong, “Prospects of the Sino-Indian-Russian Interaction Model in the Framework of SCO ——Model Building and Possible Realization”,Journal of Xinjiang Normal University (Edition of Philosophy and Social Sciences), No.6, 2018.
67. “Uzbekistan and the CSTO: A Tumultuous Ride”,China International Studies,Vol.38, No.1, January/ February 2013.
Monographs:
1. Zeng Xianghong,Containment, Integration and Shaping: The Strategy and Policy of U.S. towards Central Asia since 1991, Lanzhou University Press, 2014.
2. Zeng Xianghong,Worldview and International Relations Theory, Beijing, China Social Sciences Press, 2015.
3. Zeng Xianghong, et al., Research on the Middle East Change from the Perspective of Social Movement Theory, Beijing, China Social Sciences Press, 2018.
4. Yang Shu, Zeng Xianghong, eds.,Focus on Central Asia: Transformation of Central Asian Countries and itsCircumstances, China Social Sciences Press, 2013.
Research Area
International relations theory, Central Asia and Middle East issues, anti-terrorism research
Projects
1. Humanities and Social Science Youth Fund Project of the Ministry of Education - "Research on the Political Drastic Changes in West Asia and North Africa from the Perspective of Social Movement Theory" (2011-2015);
2. Western Project of the National Social Science Fund "Research on Social Changes and Social Movements in Middle Eastern Countries" (2013-2015);
3. National Social Science Fund Key Project "Study on the Anti-Terrorism Situation, Mechanism and Countermeasures in Xinjiang" (2015-2017).
4. Party Committee Project of Xinjiang Autonomous Region "Sub-project of Xinjiang History and Current Situation: Research on the Relevant Situation of Mainland Students in Xinjiang" (2013-2014).
5. Lanzhou University Central Special Fund Project "The Implementation of the EU Central Asia Strategy and Its Impact on China's Central Asian Policy" (2011-2012).
6. Lanzhou University Central Special Fund Project "The Dilemma of the US Central Asian Policy and Its Theoretical Explanation" (2015-2016).
7. Participate in the Major Subject of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education "China's Central Asian Strategy and Countermeasures Research" (2011-2014).
8. Participation in the National Social Science Fund Youth Project "Study on the Relationship between Terrorist Forces in Central Asia and Its Impact on Xinjiang's Security".
Awards
1. "The Roots, Predictability and Rationality of the Harmonious World View——Based on the Comparison with the Winter World View" (Zeng Xianghong, Yang Shu) won the Third Prize of the 13th Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Gansu Province (2013);
2. Monograph "Containment, Integration and Molding: Twenty Years of US Central Asian Policy" (Zeng Xianghong) won the Second Prize of the 13th Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Science of Gansu Province (2016);
3. "Contemplation and Resistance in International Relations: National Identity Type and Recognition Struggle Strategy" (Zeng Xianghong), won the Second Prize of Research Excellence in Scientific Research in Gansu Province (2017).
Social Work
1.Serves as a member of the Editorial Board of CSSCI Journal "Global Review" (2016-2020);
2. Reviewers of the World Economics and Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Foreign affairs Review, International Security Studies, Russian Studies, and Strategic Decision Research.