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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Wei ZHANG</title>
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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="./assets/images/my-avatar.png" type="image/x-icon">
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<body>
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<main>
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<aside class="sidebar" data-sidebar>
<div class="sidebar-info">
<figure class="avatar-box">
<a href="#"><img src="./assets/images/avatar.png" alt="Zhang Wei" width="80"></a>
</figure>
<div class="info-content">
<h1 class="name" title="Wei ZHANG">Wei ZHANG</h1>
<p class="title">PhD Applicant</p>
</div>
<button class="info_more-btn" data-sidebar-btn>
<span>Show Contacts</span>
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<div class="icon-box">
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<div class="contact-info">
<p class="contact-title">Email</p>
<a href="mailto:zhangwei.eliza@bfsu.edu.cn" class="contact-link">zhangwei.eliza@bfsu.edu.cn</a>
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<div class="contact-info">
<p class="contact-title">Website</p>
<a href="#" class="contact-link">www.zhangwei.fit</a>
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<div class="contact-info">
<p class="contact-title">Phone</p>
<a href="tel:+8617801021918" class="contact-link">+86 178-0102-1918</a>
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<div class="contact-info">
<p class="contact-title">Location</p>
<address>Beijing, China</address>
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</ul>
<div class="separator"></div>
<ul class="social-list">
<li class="social-item">
<a href="/assets/doc/WeiZHANG_CV.pdf" class="social-link" target="_blank" title="CV">
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<a href="https://github.com/meeteliza" class="social-link" target="_blank">
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<div class="main-content">
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<nav class="navbar">
<ul class="navbar-list">
<li class="navbar-item">
<button class="navbar-link active" data-nav-link>About</button>
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<li class="navbar-item">
<button class="navbar-link" data-nav-link>Resume</button>
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<li class="navbar-item">
<button class="navbar-link" data-nav-link id="port-btn">Portfolio</button>
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<button class="navbar-link" data-nav-link>Contact</button>
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<article class="about active" data-page="about">
<header>
<h2 class="h2 article-title">About me</h2>
</header>
<section class="about-text">
<!-- English -->
<p>
I'm an English major at
<a href="https://www.bfsu.edu.cn" target="_blank">Beijing Foreign Studies University</a>'s
<a href="https://seis.bfsu.edu.cn/" target="_blank">School of English and International Studies</a>.
I earned my bachelor's degree here in 2021
and will finish my master's in 2024.
Over these years,
I've completed a total of <b>38+14 courses</b>,
<b>18+17 presentations</b>, and <b>19+16 term papers</b> in English.
I make sure to maximize my learning experience in each course to practice
critical thinking, information gathering, and effective self-expression.
My presentations and term papers can be found in the <a data-nav-link>portfolio</a> section.
</p>
<!-- Foreign Policy & International Relations -->
<p>
Unlike many English majors who choose literature as their field of interest,
mine is in <b>Political Science</b>.
My master thesis delves into the relationship between sanction targets' regime type and sanction success.
My bachelor thesis deals with Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign toward Iran.
On top of that, I earned my second bachelor's degree in Diplomacy at <a href="https://sird.bfsu.edu.cn" target="_blank">School of International Relation and Diplomacy</a> in 2021,
which offered me additional knowledge of this field.
This academic path has allowed me to explore the complex dynamics that shape our global community, including
the power of perceptions (constructivism),
the process involved in (foreign policy) decision making,
the (quantitative) methods with which we can make inference about the real world,
and many more.
</p>
<!-- outside academia -->
<p>
Outside of academia,
I'm passionate about graphic design and video editing.
My six-year experience in student unions helped me hone my skills to a professional level,
during which time I created a sizable number of
<b>event posters</b>, <b>videos</b>, <b>brochures</b>, and <b>WeChat news pages</b>.
Instead of viewing my love for visual aesthetics as a separate part from my academic pursuit,
I actively seek for ways to blend these two together to enlarge my boundary of effective communication.
<!-- I believe the marriage of words and visuals can create a profound impact,
and I'm excited to continue exploring this synergy in the future. -->
Recently, I'm also learning web design and
I built this website by myself based on @codewithsadee's <a href="https://github.com/codewithsadee/vcard-personal-portfolio">vcard</a> repository.
</p>
</section>
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<section class="service">
<h3 class="h3 service-title">Research Interests</h3>
<ul class="service-list">
<li class="service-item">
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<img src="./assets/images/pre.png" alt="design icon" width="40">
</div> -->
<div class="service-content-box">
<h4 class="h4 service-item-title">Political Methodology</h4>
<p class="service-item-text">
Factorial ANOVA; Multivariate Regression; Data Visualization
</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="service-item">
<!-- <div class="service-icon-box">
<img src="./assets/images/thought-leadership.png" alt="mobile app icon" width="40">
</div> -->
<div class="service-content-box">
<h4 class="h4 service-item-title">Comparative Political Economy</h4>
<p class="service-item-text">
Economic Sanctions; Regime Type; Political Culture
</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="service-item">
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<img src="./assets/images/machine-learning.png" alt="camera icon" width="40">
</div> -->
<div class="service-content-box">
<h4 class="h4 service-item-title">International Relations</h4>
<p class="service-item-text">
US-China Relations; Indo-Pacific; US Foreign Policy Decision-making
</p>
</div>
</li>
<li class="service-item">
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<img src="./assets/images/illustration.png" alt="Web development icon" width="40">
</div> -->
<div class="service-content-box">
<h4 class="h4 service-item-title">American Politics</h4>
<p class="service-item-text">
Presidential and congressional elections; Public Opinion
</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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<article class="resume" data-page="resume">
<header>
<h2 class="h2 article-title">Resume
<p style="display: inline; font-size: var(--fs-6); color: rgb(87,6,140);
background-color: rgb(232, 229, 234); font-weight: var(--fw-300);"><a href="/assets/doc/WeiZHANG_CV.pdf" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-download"></i> DownloadCV</a></p>
</h2>
</header>
<section class="timeline">
<div class="title-wrapper">
<div class="icon-box">
<ion-icon name="school-outline"></ion-icon>
</div>
<h3 class="h3">Education</h3>
</div>
<ol class="timeline-list">
<li class="timeline-item">
<h4 class="h4 timeline-item-title">[2021-2024] Beijing Foreign Studies University</h4>
<p>
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<span class="degree">MA in American Studies</span>
</p>
<p class="timeline-text">
<i class="fas fa-university"></i>
American Studies Center <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i>
<a href="#" class="trans">Transcript available upon request</a><br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i>
[2023][2022] BFSU First-class Scholarship;<br>
<i class="transparent"><i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i></i>
[2023][2022] BFSU Merit Student;<br>
<i class="transparent"><i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i></i>
[2021] BFSU Second-class Scholarship<br>
</p>
</li>
<li class="timeline-item">
<h4 class="h4 timeline-item-title">[Feb 2020] The University of Adelaide</h4>
<p>
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<span class="degree">English and Research Communication Skills Program</span>
</p>
<p class="timeline-text">
<i class="fas fa-university"></i>
English Language Center
</p>
</li>
<li class="timeline-item">
<h4 class="h4 timeline-item-title">Beijing Foreign Studies University</h4>
<p>
<!-- <i class="fa-solid fa-user-graduate"></i> -->
<span class="degree">[2018-2021] LLB in Diplomacy (Double Degree)</span>
</p>
<p class="timeline-text">
<i class="fas fa-university"></i>
School of International Relations and Diplomacy <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i>
<a href="#" class="trans">Transcript available upon request</a><br>
</p>
<p>
<!-- <i class="fa-solid fa-user-graduate"></i> -->
<span class="degree">[2017-2021] BA in English</span>
</p>
<p class="timeline-text">
<i class="fas fa-university"></i>
School of English and International Studies <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i>
<a href="#" class="trans">Transcript available upon request</a><br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i>
[2019] BFSU Second-class Scholarship; <br>
<i class="transparent"><i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i></i>
[2019] Social Service Award; <br>
<i class="transparent"><i class="fa-solid fa-award"></i></i>
[2018] Global Times Scholarship
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</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section class="timeline">
<div class="title-wrapper">
<div class="icon-box">
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<h3 class="h3">Experience</h3>
</div>
<ol class="timeline-list">
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<h4 class="h4 timeline-item-title">Teaching</h4>
<span class="degree">[Jun-Jul 2023] Teaching Assistant</span> <br>
<p class="timeline-text">
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For Prof. <a href="https://iss.bfsu.edu.cn/professers_detail.php?id=175" class="trans">Osman Sabri Kiratli</a> <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-map-location-dot"></i>
BFSU <a href="https://iss.bfsu.edu.cn/classintro.php?id=286" class="trans">International Summer Session</a> <br>
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
2 credits; 91 students -->
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
World Politics <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-user"></i>
Prof. <a href="https://iss.bfsu.edu.cn/professers_detail.php?id=175" class="trans">Osman Sabri Kiratli</a>
</p>
<span class="degree">[Mar-Jul 2023] Teaching Assistant</span> <br>
<p class="timeline-text">
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For Prof. Dong Yikun <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-map-location-dot"></i>
BFSU School of English and International Studies <br>
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
2 credits; 16 students -->
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
Academic Writing <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-user"></i>
Prof. Dong Yikun
</p>
<span class="degree">[Sep 2019-Present] English Tutor</span>
<p class="timeline-text">
<!-- <i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
Taught IELTS, Postgraduate Entrance Exam, College Entrance Exam, Senior High School Entrance Exam, and Cambridge YLE preparation courses. <br>
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
Covered textbooks including Wonderful World, Power Up, New Concept English, PEP English, etc. -->
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
IELTS, NETEM, K-12, etc.
</p>
</li>
<li class="timeline-item">
<h4 class="h4 timeline-item-title">Research (Selected)</h4>
<span class="degree">[Feb-Aug 2022] Research Assistant</span> <br>
<p class="timeline-text">
<!-- <i class="fa-solid fa-circle-user"></i>
For Prof. Li Qikeng <br> -->
<i class="fa-brands fa-creative-commons-nd"></i>
China-US sister cities & women's exchange <br>
<i class="fa-solid fa-user"></i>
Prof. Li Qiken
</p>
<span class="degree">[Oct-Dec 2021] Research Assistant</span>
<p class="timeline-text">
<!-- <i class="fa-solid fa-circle-user"></i>
For Prof. Chen Juebin <br>
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Researched and authored the local governmental cultural exchange chapter. Reviewed 31 provincial foreign affair office websites and summarized 52 entities identified. <br>
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<b>Abstract:</b> drawing on Senate Committee on Foreign Relations congressional hearing transcripts released by US Government Publishing Office and fixating on the 117th Congress, the present paper attempts to conduct a quantitative chi-square analysis on whether analogical reasoning indeed is employed by decision-makers (here legislators) to make the case and exert an influence on the policy outcome. It bases its analysis on Yuen Foong Khong’s conception of the Analogical Explanation (AE) framework and Donald A. Sylvan’s writing of three styles of reasoning, draws on hearing transcripts published by US Government Publishing Office, conducts both textual analysis and chi-square test, and finally argues that policy makers invoke analogies quite often in their arguments, and compared to explanation-based reasoning and model-based reasoning, analogies or case-based reasoning takes up a greater proportion than previous scholars argue. Therefore, the present paper also argues that future analysis of US foreign policy must take account of the role played by analogical reasoning in the decision-making process.
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<b>Introduction:</b> In the wake of the 2022 Russian-Ukraine war, political pundits and scholars in the US are not only examining the present war per se, but they are also closely extracting the “lessons from and implications of the Russian Ukraine war” for, among many others, “a future Taiwan Strait scenario” (Yau 519). The Council on Foreign Relations, in a May 2022 article, suggests the US should send more weapons to Taiwan the same way it boosted military assistance to the Ukrainian government (Abrams para. 9). More recently, the Atlantic Council (2023) proposes that a key lesson the US might find applicable to a Taiwan scenario is the importance of both conventional and non-conventional support to Ukraine in stopping a possible annexation, namely intelligence, economic, as well as military assistance (Culver and Kirchberger para. 18). Such efforts are by no means limited to think tank articles only, and while all reiterating the significance of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, they have yet another subtler common feature, that is, using Russian aggression against Ukraine as an analogy to inform decision making regarding US policy towards mainland China and Taiwan. In other words, what lies underneath the “Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow” mentality is the cognitive pattern called analogical reasoning that scholars argue to be present in numerous US foreign policy decision making practices (Hehir 71; Zhang para. 4).
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Policymakers, as scholars in political psychology suggest, draw parallels to historical analogies whenever they encounter a new situation (Sternberg 99). Following this line of reasoning, Hemmer (1999) contends...
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<b>Abstract:</b> While US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific garners the majority of scholarly attention, the role played by Middle powers therein is at best neglected and at worst misunderstood. Building on the institutional balancing framework developed by Kai He and the lateral cooperation notion by Tanguy Struye de Swielande, the paper attempts to rediscover middle powers’ agency by delving into the cases of ASEAN, RCEP, IPEF, and several infrastructure projects. It argues that middle powers have more options than what was normally perceived by the international community: they can be initiators, reaping first-mover advantage and counterbalancing great powers; or utilizers, taking part or staying away as required by their national interests; they can also consider forging lateral cooperation among peer middle powers should the former two do not work out as planned.
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<b>Introduction:</b> Since its inception, the term “Indo-Pacific” has been endowed with broad geopolitical implications: the rise of China that is believed to threaten regional balance of power, and the ensuing intensified competition between this emerging power and the incumbent great power the US (Pan 453). Though engagement was what the latter resorted to most of the times, US response to China’s growth shifted when Donald Trump entered the White House, whose trade policies among other things fueled the growing friction and raised the possibility of economic decoupling between the world’s two biggest economies (Friedberg 110-111; Hoo and Teo 64). The same situation extended even under Biden administration, destabilizing the Indo-Pacific to a greater degree (Hoo and Teo 65). While China and the US are apparently the major players therein, other countries including Australia, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, are left in a perilous position where there are incessant anxieties about the future Asian regional order. Located at geopolitical choke points and limited by their national power, these countries rely heavily on economic cooperation with China for prosperity and security agreements with the US to ensure security (Jung et al., 56). With changing political landscapes, however, they now have doubts over Beijing’s intention and Washington’s commitment, yet seeking assurance from one side risks displeasing the other. Therefore, how these middle powers can manage to safeguard both economic and security benefits while at the same time mitigating potential damages alongside the great power competition becomes a question worthy of further investigation...
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<b>Abstract:</b> The present research intends to broaden our understanding of the reasons behind the extension of suffrage to women, by examining in detail the role the liquor industry played within different states. To the extent that women, be they officially joined in the prohibition movement or not, were believed to oppose liquor consumption, it is hypothesized herein that in states where there was larger liquor industry, the extension of suffrage to women was delayed or blocked, as liquor industry would do what it could to protect its interests. Drawing on primary data collected from the Library of Congress and the US Census Bureau, It first conducts a content analysis to figure out how frequent the liquor industry had got in the way of women’s suffrage, and then empirical tests the role of the liquor industry via regression analysis.
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<b>Introduction:</b> “All men are created equal,” yet for centuries women were excluded from equal treatment and from the unalienable rights that the Creator and the Constitution endowed to them. It was only in 1919, after decades of struggle on the part of women and through relentless organized efforts, that the US legislature finally passed the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, which was then ratified in 1920 by the states (Moehling and Thomasson 17). Some posit that the extension of suffrage to women was because of the consolidation of higher social and moral values: influenced by the Enlightenment spirits, it would be unfair if a large segment of the population had no representation (Acemoglu and Robinson 1186). Plausible as it may be, moral reason alone is insufficient in explaining the timing of the extension – in the late 19th and early 20th centuries long after Enlightenment spirits gained popularity – and the disparities among different regions – Western states in the US granted suffrage to women earlier than most Eastern states (see Figure 1 below).
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<b>Abstract:</b> It has been acknowledged that China went through an attitudinal shift towards the international norm – Responsibility to Protect (R2P), from early condemnation to a more tolerant and open attitude. However, this shift when announced to the public was confronted with two problems: 1) why China as a traditional defender of non-intervention would support a norm that has something to do with humanitarian intervention; 2) why China on the one hand officially demonstrates its supportive attitude towards this norm, yet on the other hand continues to limit its applicability. Based on this realization, this paper investigates China’s stance on the R2P through two cases: the Libya crisis and the Syria crisis. After a detailed discourse analysis and historical analysis, it argues that the emerging term, Responsible Protection (RP) can well resolve the problems in understanding China’s shift, in that RP helps build up a balance between China’s insistence on non-intervention policy and its current support for the Responsibility to Protect. From a broader perspective, this study endeavors to examine China’s stance on the R2P and its international standing in contemporary international relations.
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<b>Introduction:</b> First coined in December 2001 by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), the norm “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) in this year reached its 20th anniversary. And early on in 2020, the Global Center for R2P celebrated its 15th anniversary of the adoption of the norm at the 2005 UN World Summit, presenting to the world the development and practices of P2R. The most basic meaning of it was to build up solutions to cope with similar atrocity crimes that Rwanda and Kosovo had endured (Teitt 299). By October 2021, this norm has been applied or brought to discussion in UN security Council for 83 times, specifically on 13 separate cases concerning different countries; however, whether to apply the R2P norm in international humanitarian crisis remains a constant question at issue (GlobalR2P 2021) .
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