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Xun Cao received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2007. He joined Penn State as a post-doctoral fellow at the Niehaus Center of the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University and previously served as a Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His recent research interests encompass environmental climate change policies, politics of security, and political geography. His publications have been featured in esteemed journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Criminology, Comparative Political Studies, Energy Policy, Environmental Science & Policy, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Politics, Regulation & Governance, and World Politics. Notably, he has explored topics including trade competition, human capital in non-democracies, and the impact of religious institutions on inter-ethnic inequality and conflict, particularly in the context of Xinjiang, China.
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