1996—1999                Nankai University, Tianjin, China, Ph.D. Program of American History, Institute of Historical Research

1990—1993                Nankai University, Tianjin, China, M.A. Program of American History, Department of History

1986—1989                Yantai Teachers College, Yantai, Shandong Province, China, B.A. cum laude Major: English Language and Literature

07/1999—present Department of International Relations, Nankai University, teaching the courses “Introduction to International Relations,” “Contemporary International Relations,” “Foreign Policy Analysis,” “American Foreign Policy”, “Chinese Foreign Policy”, and “China-U. S. Relations” 

06/2009－01/2011 Visiting Professor and Chinese Director, Confucius Institute at the University of South Florida, teaching the courser “Chinese Foreign Policy,” “China-US Relations,” “Chinese History.” 

01/2007—05/2007 Visiting Professor at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, University of Montana, teaching the courses “Chinese Foreign Policy” and “Contemporary Chinese Politics” at the Political Science Department, supported financially by the Mansfield Foundation. 

09/2002—8/2003 Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA 

10/1993—9/1996 English Department, Yantai Teachers College, teaching “American Culture and Society,” “English-Chinese Translation,” “Intensive Reading” and “Writing in English”.

 IR Theories, Foreign Policy Analysis, American foreign policy, Chinese foreign policy, China-U.S. Relations and Great Power Relations

“Introduction to International Relations,” “Contemporary International Relations,” “Foreign Policy Analysis,” “American Foreign Policy”, “Chinese Foreign Policy”

Monographs:

American Politics and Foreign Policy, Published by Tianjin People’s Publishing House, Oct. 2007.

Export America: United States Information Agency and American Public Diplomacy, Published by Tianjin People’s Publishing House, 2000.

Essays:

English Journals

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han, ""The Illusion of the China-US-Europe Sttrategic Triangle: Reactions from Germany and the UK,"" Journal of Chinese Political Science (SSCI, Q1), Volume 27, Issue 3, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-021-09771-2; (Corresponding author)
• Emrah Yildirimcakar and Zhaoying Han, ""China's Soft Power Strategy in the Middle East,"" Israel Affairs (SSCI), Vol. 28, Issue 2, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2022.2041309
• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook, Srdan M. Jovanovic and Zhaoying Han, ""Russia's Archetecture of Hegemony: Christian Orthodox Subordination Strategies in Russia's Peripheral Zone,"" Europe-Asia Studies (SSCI), 2022, Vol. 74, Issue 3, pp. 382-401, http://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1917518; (Corresponding author)
• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han, “Bargaining Interactions Reconsidered: The Korean Peninsula Nuclear Crisis Viewed through the Lens of Hierarchy,” The Pacific Review (SSCI, Q1), 2021, Volume 34, Issue 1, first published on-line, August 19, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2019.1651759; (Corresponding author) (Corresponding author)
• Akbar Khan and Han Zhaoying, “Conflict Escalation in the Middle East Revisited: Thinking through Interstate Rivalries and State-sponsored Terrorism,” Israel Affairs (SSCI), Vol.26, No. 2, 2020, pp.242-256;
• Akbar Khan and Han Zhaoying, “Iran-hezbllah Alliance Reconsidered: What Contributes to the Survial of State-Proxy Alliance?” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs (ESSCI), Vol. 7, No. 1, April 2020, pp. 101-123.
• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook, and Zhaoying Han, “China's Engagement with Kazakhstan and Russia's...

Research on the Adjustment of U.S. Foreign Strategy, National Social Science Foundation Program grant, 2020-2023;

Research on China’s Construction of the New Type of Great Power Relations, National Social Science Foundation Program grant, 2013-2019;

New Frontiers in International Relations Theory: Foreign Policy Analysis Theories and Cases, Tianjin Social Science Fund Program, 2008-2012;

China’s Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy, Nankai Univeristy’s Central Government Research Fund Program, 2012;

The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and Sino-U. S. Relations: from May 1995 to May 1996, the Fulbright Program grant, 2002-2003;

Global Governance and the Public Life Administration in China, funded by the grant from the Ford Foundation, 2001-2005;

Terrorism and American Foreign Policy, funded by the research grant from Nankai University, 2002-2004;

American Northeast Asian Strategy in 21^st century, funded by Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies and Center for Asian Studies at Nankai University, 2005-2007;

Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations, funded by Ministry of Education, China, 2003-2005.