Professor Xiang Lanxin is Professor Emeritus of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva. He was Founding Director of the Institute of Security Policy (ISP), China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation (CNISCO), Shanghai, and Chair of Security Policy at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL) and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center. Professor Xiang was a Henry A. Kissinger Chair of Foreign Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Library of Congress, and has held distinguished chairs at Fudan University, East China Normal University and Foreign Affairs University, Beijing. He earned a PhD from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has published widely, including four English books and six in Chinese. His most recent book is Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics—a New Interpretation (2020).
