Dr. Xinyuan Dai

Biography

Xinyuan Dai is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois. His research and teaching focus on International Relations Theory, international institutions, and international law. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2000. Professor Dai has been actively involved in exploring the interplay between international institutions and national policies. His work also extends to the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for Global Studies at the university. Among his highlighted publications, he is the author of 'International Institutions and National Policies' published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. His research has contributed significantly to the understanding of how new democracies engage with human rights treaties, leading to a recent paper recognized by the American Political Science Association Human Rights Section. Throughout his career, he has published extensively in reputable journals and contributed to scholarly discourse on key issues in international relations.

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