Dr. Zhao is a professor of international relations and director of the Center for Asian Studies at American University in Washington, DC. From 1993 to 2009, he was a research associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research of Harvard University, and from 1999 to 2008, he was division director of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University. A specialist in international relations and comparative politics focusing on East Asia, Dr. Zhao is the author of Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy and Japanese Policymaking. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.