Dr. Xiong is the Director of the Department of International Politics in the School of International Relations at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. He was a guest researcher in the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin from 2008-2009. He is a Ph.D. candidate in international relations at Aichi University in Nagoya. Dr. Xiong received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Renmin University of China in Beijing.