MIN YE
Research fields
China/Comparative Political Economy Asian regionalism and international relations
Education
Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University, 2007
MA in International Relations, University of South Carolina, 2002 BA in International Studies and Law, Peking University, 1998
Academic experiences
BU:2016-: Associate Professor of International Relations, Pardee School, Boston University 2017-2019 : Director of Undergraduate Studies, Pardee School, Boston University 2017-2019: Faculty Affiliate, Boston University Initiative on Cities
2017-2019: Faculty Project Leader, Questrom School Executive Program, Master’s in Cities
2007-2016: Assistant Professor of International Relations, Boston University 2014-2016: Academic Coordinator, Asian Studies Program, Boston University 2014-2016: Faculty Researcher, Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future 2010-2014: Director of East Asian Studies Program, Boston University
National:
2020: Rosenberg Scholar of East Asian Studies, Suffolk University, Boston 2016-2019: Faculty board member, Harvard University Yenching Institute 2014-2016: Public Intellectual, The National Committee on U.S-China Relations
Rm 400, 154 Bay State Rd, Boston MA 02215 [email protected]; 617-353-8700
2010-present: Researcher in residency, Harvard University Fairbank Center of China Studies
2009-2010: Post-doctoral fellow, China and the World Program, Harvard University
International:
2017-2019: external expert, Chinese Academy of Sciences the Belt and Road Research Network, Beijing, China
2015-2017: affiliated professor, China Academy of Western Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2014-2016: senior researcher, Communications University of China, Beijing, China 2016, summer: visiting professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2013, summer: visiting fellow, Institute of East Asian Studies, Seoul, South Korea 2012, summer: visiting researcher, East Asian Institute, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
2010, summer: visiting professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2006: visiting fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Institute, New Delhi, India
2005: visiting researcher, Institute of Global Political Economy, Waseda University, Japan
Teaching
Undergraduate:Making of Asia: History, Economy, and Transnational Politics Rise of China: Globalization and Global Strategies
Transnational Immigration and Technology
Graduate:
Political Economy of China
Comparative Political Economy of China and India Political Economy of Rising Powers
Special courses:
Politics of Urbanization in Asia (Executive training module, Questrom School at Boston University)
The State of Sinology in the United States (Summer seminar in Beijing)
Work in progress
1. Special issue, with Weiyi Shi, “Chinese Capital Globalizes: Domestic Drivers and
External Effects,” Journal of East Asian Studies, accepted.
2. Article, “Unpacking the Chinese State: The Drivers of the BRI and International
Implications,” Journal of East Asian Studies, Revise & Resubmit.
3. Article, “Can Belt and Road Survive Covid-19? Actors and Activities in Globalizing
China,” Asia Policy, under review.
4. Article, “Narratives vis-à-vis Realities: US-China Rivalry and the Covid-19,” The Washington Quarterly, under review.
5. Book proposal, Chinese Political Economy, Cambridge University Press, Revise & Resubmit.
6. Article, with Yun Wang, “Mandate of the State: How Chinese Capital Invests
Overseas in Good Times and Hard Times?” in preparation, to be presented at the APSA 2020 Virtual Conference.
7. Article, with Junda Jin, “State Capital in China: the Structure of Regulation and
Dispute Resolution,” in preparation.
Publications
Books1. Min Ye, The Belt, Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China, 1998 – 2018. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
2. Min Ye, Diasporas and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
3. Min Ye, (coau. Kent Calder), The Making of Northeast Asia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
1. Min Ye, “Thucydides’ Trap, Clash of Civilizations or Divided Peace? Great Power
2. Min Ye, “Fragmentation and Mobilization: Domestic Politics of China’s Belt and
Road Initiative,” Journal of Contemporary China, February 26, 2019.
3. Min Ye, “The Utility and Conditions of Diffusion by Diasporas: Exploring Foreign
Direct Investment in China and India,” Journal of East Asian Studies, 16 (2), 2016: 261-280.
4. Min Ye, “China and Competing Cooperation in Asia Pacific: TPP, RCEP and the
New Silk Road,” Asian Security, 11 (3), 2015:1-19.
5. Min Ye, “China Invests Overseas: Regulation and Representation,” Modern China
Studies, 21 (1), 2014: 173-204.
6. Min Ye, “Policy Learning or Diffusion: China’s FDI Liberalization in the Shadow of
Japanese Developmental State,” Journal of East Asian Studies, 9, 2009: 399-432.
7. Min Ye, “Developmental State—China’s Government’s Role in China’s Electronics
Industry,” The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics, 35, 2005: 63-82.
8. Min Ye, “U.S Hegemony and Its Implications for China,” Chinese Public Affairs
Quarterly, 1 (1), 2004: 23-31.
9. Kent Calder and Min Ye, “Critical Juncture and Comparative Regionalism,” Journal
of East Asian Studies, 2004: 1-43.
Peer-Reviewed Chapters
1. Min Ye, “Divergent Globalization in China and India: A Historical and Institutional
Approach,” in Manjari Miller and Serena Ho (eds.), The Handbook on China and India
Comparison and International Relations, UK: Milton Park, Routledge, 2020.
2. Min Ye, “Foreign Direct Investment in China and India: History, Economics, and
Politics.” In Elizabeth Perry and Prasenjit Duara (eds.), Beyond Regime Type, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
3. Min Ye, “How the Strong State Weakens China’s Outbound Direct Investment?” in
Lynn White and Kate Zhou (eds.), Democracy and Development in China and Southeast
Asia, National and Local Perspectives, Rutledge, 2014.
4. Min Ye, “How Overseas Chinese Spurred the Economic Miracle in Their
Homeland,” in Susan Eckstein and Adil Najam (eds.), How Immigrants Impact Their
Homelands, Duke University Press, 2013.
5. Min Ye, “The Rise of China and Asian Regionalism,” in Mark Beeson and Richard
Stubs (eds.), Handbook of Asian Regionalism, Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
6. Min Ye, “Diasporas and Foreign Investment in China,” in Joseph Fewsmith (ed.),
7. Min Ye, “Constructing Northeast Asia’s Security Institutions,” in Vinod Aggarwal
and Min Gyo Koo (eds.), Asia’s New Institutional Architecture, Springer, 2007.
Others
1. Min Ye, “U.S-China Competition in the Post-Covid World: Globalization at a
Cross-Roads,” Rosenberg Report, Suffolk University, July, 2020.
2. Takeuchi, Hiroki, “The Belt Road and Beyond,” The Developing Economics
(IDE-JETRO), 2020, DOI: 10.1111/deve.12236.
3. Min Ye, “The Power of Place: Contentious Politics in Twentieth-Century Shanghai
and Mumbai,” Journal of Asian Studies, forthcoming.
4. Min Ye, “A Critical Decade: China’s Foreign Policy (2008-2018),” Journal of Chinese
Political Science, January 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s11366-019-09647-6.
5. Min Ye, “The Silk Road Trap: How China’s Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe”,
China Review International, 25 (1), 2020, 45-48.
6. Min Ye, “Getting China Right: How Domestic Politics Inform Grand Strategies?”
Duke University, China’s Politics Policy Brief, November, 2019.
7. Min Ye, “Domestic Politics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative,” ASAN Forum, June
15, 2019.
8. Min Ye, “Economy in Command: Unpacking the Domestic Politics of China’s Belt
and Road Initiative,” GEGI Working Paper 016, February 2018. Available:
https://www.bu.edu/gdp/files/2018/03/Economy-in-Command_Ye_Draft_26.01.pdf
9. Review by Andrew Kennedy, “Diasporas and Foreign Direct Investment in China
and India,” The China Quarterly, 226, June 2016, 569-570.
10.Min Ye, “China Liked TPP Until U.S Officials Opened Their Mouth,” Foreign Policy
(online), May 15, 2015. www.fp.com.
11.Min Ye, “Social Mistrust and Political Tension in American Investments in China,”
The U.S-China Focus (U.S-China Exchange Foundation), January 23, 2015.
12.John Delury. “Out of Country, Not Out of Mind,” Global Asia, www.globalasia.org/article/short-reviews-2/. January, 2015.
13.Min Ye, “China’s Views and Responses to Multilateral Talks in Pacific Asia,” The
ASAN Forum (South Korea), December 1, 2014.
14.Min Ye, “China’s Silk Road Strategy,” Foreign Policy, November 10, 2014.
15.Min Ye, “Diaspora Policies in China and India: What can they learn from each
other?” East Asian Policy, EAI, National University of Singapore, 2014.
16.Min Ye, “Tell the Story of China’s Economic Miracle: research note,” Comparative
17.Min Ye, “Diasporas and FDI Liberalization in China and India,” Policy Brief, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, August, 2012.
Grants and Honors
1. Rosenberg Institute Scholar, Suffolk University, Boston, 2020.
2. Smith Richardson Foundation, Security and Foreign Policy Fellowship, 2016-2018.
3. Faculty Research Fellowship, Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future,
Boston University, 2015-2018.
4. Global Development Policy Center, Faculty research grant, Boston University,
2017-2018.
5. Public Intellectual Program Fellowship, National Committee on the U.S-China
Relations, 2014-2016.
6. Fellowship in Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia, East Asian
Institute, South Korea, 2013.
7. Visiting Scholarship, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, 2012.
8. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program,
Harvard University Fairbank Center, 2009-2010.
9. Young Leaders’ Fellowship, Pacific Forum, summer, 2005 and 2006
10.Bobst Fellowship in Democratization and Development, Princeton University,
2005-2006
11.Bradley Fellowship in Peace and Stability in East Asia, Princeton University,
2004-2005; 2005-2006
12.Millennium International Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Tokyo, Japan, 2005
Invited talks
2020, August 30, “China’s Belt and Road: Pre- and Post-Covid Evolution,” Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. (webinar)
2020, July 20 (in Chinese), “bianhua Zhong de yidiyilu: xinguanhou de xin zhengcheng” [Evolving Belt and Road: New Paths after the Covid-19],
University Salon (the former Harvard Salon), Cambridge, MA. (webinar)
2020, July 17, “Zooming beyond the Belt and Road: Rhetoric, Reality and Recalibration,” Tsinghua-Carnegie Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
2020, July 8, “Thucydedis’s Trap, Clash of Civilizations, or Divided Peace,” podcast, Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program, Columbia University.
(webinar)
2020, May 20, “Atrophying or Adapting: China’s Belt and Road in the Post-Corona World,” Harvard University Fairbank Center for China Studies. (webinar) 2020, May 15, “The Origin, Implementation and Trajectory of China’s Belt and Road,”
Oxford University, UK. (webinar)
2020, April 15, “Domestic Politics of China’s Foreign Policy,” SAIS, John Hopkins University. (webinar)
2020, April 14, “Academic Freedom and Teaching in Digital Era,” National Committee on U.S-China Relations. (webinar)
2020, April 29 (in Chinese), “Yidai yilu fengyu: chengyin, guocheng, he weilai” [The BRI Controversy: Origin, Process, and Future], International Finance Forum, annual convention, Beijing, China. (webinar)
2020, March 6, “book launch: The Belt, Road and Beyond,” Global Development Policy Center, Boston University.
2020, February 10, “The Future of China’s Power,” Pardee Center for the Study of Longer Range Future, Boston University.
2020, April 15-16, “China’s Belt/Road Initiative and Its Implications for U.S-China
Rivalry,” the 2nd Peace and War Summit, Norwich University Peace and War
Center, Northfield, VT. (deferred)
2020, April 3, “U.S-China Co-petition under the Belt and Road: The Case of CPEC,” Global and Regional Studies of China’s Belt and Road, Pardee School, Boston University, Boston, MA. (deferred)
2020, March 9-13, “Comparative Regions Under China’s Belt and Road,” China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies Conference, Beijing, China.
(deferred)
2019, December 6-8, “Misperceptions of China’s Belt and Road Initiative”, featured discussion at the China Politics Working Group Conference, Duke University. 2019, June 6, “Navigating China’s Belt and Road,” chair of the open launch, Asia
Society, New York.
2019, February 16-18, “Domestic Motivations of China’s Belt and Road Initiative,” feature panel at China and the World Program annual conference, Columbia University.
Abbreviated before 2019
U.S:
University of Texas, Dallas (2018); University of Denver (2018); University of
Michigan (2018; 2017); Bryant University (2017); National Committee on the U.S-China Relations (2017, 2016, 2014); Princeton University (2017, 2016, 2012); Case Western University (2015); Tufts University (2014, 2010); Lehigh University (2014); Brookings (2014); SAIS (2014, 2010); WorldBoston (2014); U.S-Japan Institute (2014); The New School (2014); Primary Sources (2011); East West Center (2010); Harvard University (2010, 2008); Southern Methodist University (2010).
China:
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, 2018); Fudan University (Shanghai, 2017); Xinjiang Institute of Natural Resources and Geography (Urumqi, 2017);
Pangoal Thinktank (Beijing, 2016); Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013); Center for China and Globalization (Beijing, 2013); Renmin
University (Beijing, 2005)
Asia:
Keio University (Tokyo, 2013); East Asia Institute (Seoul, 2013); National University of Singapore (Singapore, 2012); Waseda University (Tokyo, 2006, 2005); Center for Alternative Policy (Delhi, 2006); Nanyang Technology University
(Singapore, 2005); Korea Institute for Economic Policy (Seoul, 2003).
Others:
University of Amsterdam (2015)
Academic conferences
2020, panel organizer & paper contributor, “Bridging Domestic Politics and
International Political Economy: Actors and Anxieties in Globalizing China and Recipient Countries,” International Studies Association, annual convention, Las Vegas, 2021.
2020, panel organizer & paper contributor, “Outgoing China: Domestic Politics and International Implications,” American Political Science Association, September 10-13, San Francisco, CA.
2019, panel organizer & paper contributor, “Globalization by China: Drivers and Effects,” Asian Studies Association, annual convention, March 19-21, Boston, MA.
2019-2020, Co-organizer of China Mini-Conference, American Political Science Association, September 10-13, San Francisco, CA.
Abbreviated before 2019
American Political Science Association 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
International Studies Association 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2005 Association of Asian Studies 2010, 2004
International Political Science Association 2006, 2003
Academic service
Translation consultantAtul Kohli, Imperialism and the Developing World (Oxford University Press, 2020), Chinese publication, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.
Book endorser
Joshua Eisenman and David Shin, (Chinese publication) China and Africa Relations,
Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, July, 2020.
Journal issue discussant
“Economic Statecraft and the Sino-Indian Competition for Influence in South Asia,” JCC special issue workshop, organized by Kanti Prasad Bajpai, National University of Singapore, August, 2020.
“Is US-China Engagement Dead? Post-Morten, Prognosis, or Resuscitation,” journal special issue workshop, organized by Ja Ian Chong and Wen-Chin Wu, Harvard-Yenching Institute, February 8, 2020.
Manuscripts Reviewer:
2020: American Journal of Political Science 2020: Journal of Contemporary China 2020: Asian Journal of Political Science 2020: Journal of Chinese Governance
2019: Journal of Contemporary China 2019: International Studies Quarterly 2018: Journal of East Asian Studies 2018: International Studies Quarterly
2018: Chinese Journal of International Relations 2017: (book) Michigan University Press
2016: (book) Columbia University Press 2015: World Politics
2015: Review of International Political Economy 2014: American Political Science Review
2013: World Politics
2012: (book) State University of New York Press 2010: Journal of East Asian Studies
2010: (book) Cambridge University Press 2009: Politics and Policies
Public services:
2019-2022: International faculty consultant, State-owned Companies’ Corporate
Responsibility Programs, School of Government, Communications University of China.
2019-2020: Organizing Committee, China Mini-Conference, American Political Science Association Annual Convention
2019: Faculty program organizer, China’s Senior Delegation of Government Spokespersons to Harvard University on U.S-China Relations
2016-2017: International faculty consultant, Central and Eastern European Think Tank, Ningbo, China
2016-2020: Member of the Faculty Board of Harvard Yenching Institute
2016: International advisor and organizer, “G20 Thinktanks” International Conference, Hangzhou, China
2016: Consulting on outbound investment for Baosteel, Dynergy Inc., and CHINT in Shanghai
2015: Faculty program organizer, China’s Senior Delegation of Government
Spokespersons to Harvard University on U.S-China Dialogues Preceding the Leadership Summit
2015: study-abroad mentor, the Ou-hai High School, Wenzhou, China
Professional exchange
China:Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, 2018-2019); Communications University of China (Beijing, 2014-2017); Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, 2014-2016); Fudan University (Shanghai, 2017; 2010); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
(Beijing, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015)
Asia:
East Asia Institute (Seoul, 2013); Waseda University (Tokyo, 2005); National University of Singapore (Singapore, 2012); Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (New Delhi, 2006)
U.S:
SAIS John Hopkins University (Washington DC, 2005); Arizona State University (Phoenix, 2005)
Media
2020, “Tibet and China-India Border Clash,” The Report, NBC 2019, Frontline (PBS)
2016, Los Angeles Times; CCTV (America); Xinhua News (Beijing); CCTV (Beijing) 2015, China International Radio; CCTV (America)
2014, Aljazeera, Empire and Real Money 2008, Greater Boston (WBGH).
Academic memberships:
American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, and Association for Asian Studies
