• Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East and North Africa

• Military Coups and Civilian Control of Armies

• Authoritarian Regimes, Authoritarian Institutions

• Regime Stability and Destabilization

• Party Systems and Cleavages in the Middle East and North Africa

• German Military Deployments in the MENA-Region and Sahel

• Middle East

• North Africa

• Sudan

• Sahel

1995-1999, School of Management, Beihang University, obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

From 2001 to 2004, obtained a Master's degree in History from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

From 2004 to 2008, obtained a PhD in History from the Department of History at Peking University.

From October 2006 to April 2007, I studied as a visiting scholar at the Institute of French Revolution History at Paris I University in France.

From 2008 to 2022, worked in the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs Management at the Foreign Affairs College.

2023 present, working at the Institute of Global Civilization History at Shanghai International Studies University.

History of Western Political Thought, History of Western Civilization and International Strategy, Political Sociology, Philosophy of History.