Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) has over 180 members from 26 countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders, dedicated to addressing security challenges in the Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on nuclear non-proliferation, risk reduction, and disarmament.
WU Riqiang
Professor of international relations at Tsinghua University
Wu Riqiang is Professor of international relations at Tsinghua University.
WU Riqiang is a professor of international relations at Tsinghua University. His research combines political and technical approaches, focusing on nuclear arms control, space security, and emerging technologies.
From 2012 to 2023, Dr. Wu taught at the School of International Relations at Renmin University of China. He worked as a missile engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation from 2000 to 2006. He held visiting fellowships at Harvard University (2018–2019), Dartmouth College (2014–2015), Stanford University (2010–2011), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Fall 2009), and Tsinghua University (2006–2008).
He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Tsinghua University in 2012, and his M.Sc. and B.E. from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2000 and 1998, respectively.
His research has been published in numerous journals, including International Security, Journal of Strategic Studies, Science & Global Security, and Survival, among others.