Participant Biographies

Wang Dong

Wang Dong

Associate Professor and Deputy Executive Director, Peking University ; Secretary General, The Pangoal Institution
Session 4 - "China Between the Two Koreas"

Prof. Wang Dong is Associate Professor in the School of International Studies and Executive Deputy Director of the Institute for China-U.S. People to People Exchange at Peking University. He also concurrently serves as Secretary General of the Pangoal Institution. Previously, Prof. Wang had taught at York College of Pennsylvania, with a tenure-track appointment. Prof. Wang has written extensively on China’s foreign policy. His articles and reviews appear in Diplomatic History, the New York Times as well as other leading academic and news outlets. He has also served as Chinese delegate for important Track-II dialogues such as the Munich Security Conference and the Shangri-La Dialogue. He has received many awards and was named an inaugural “China’s Rising Leader” by the National Bureau of Asian Research in 2011, and a “Munich Young Leader” by the Korber Foundation in 2016. Wang Dong received his bachelor in law from Peking University and M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from UCLA.