Serafettin Yilmaz （Yao Shifan）

Position

Associate Professor

Educational Background

PhD, Asia-Pacific Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, China

Contact

e-mail: shifanyao@sdu.edu.cn

Office Location

#207 Huagang South Building

Address

Shandong University Qingdao Campus, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, China 266237

Profile

Yao Shifan (姚仕帆) is a researcher and lecturer at Shandong University’s School of Political Science and Public Administration. He received MA in New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) at History and Political Science Department with a concentration on Political Theory. His thesis supervisor was Professor Abbas Manafy, a popular scholar on class theory. Then he moved to Taiwan and obtained PhD in Asia-Pacific Studies at National Chengchi University (台湾政治大学)’s International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IDAS) under the supervision of Professor Liu Fukuo (刘复国). Dr. Fukuo is a well-known scholar on the Asia-Pacific security studies.

Prior to moving to Shandong University in December 2015, Shifan worked as a researcher for a year (2014-2015) at Academia Sinica (中央研究院), a well-known comprehensive research institute located in Taipei city. At Shandong University, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher for more than two years until he was appointed in June 2018 as an Associate Professor. Currently he is engaged in both research and teaching.

Shifan’s research interests include history of political theory, theories of international relations, The East Asian regional development and the regionalism/regionalization process, energy security, China’s foreign policy, Belt and Road Initiative, and Asia-Pacific security. He enjoys engaging in research on both policy and theory-related questions, without confining himself in a specific research line. Furthermore, he takes delight in joint research with both colleagues and students.

Thus, since 2014, he has published both individually and jointly a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals on a wide variety of subjects, involving political and theoretical analysis. Some of the journals in which his works have appeared are: International Critical Thought, Europe-Asia Studies, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and Issues and Studies.

Other than engaging in research, Shifan has also been teaching a number of classes at BA, MA and PhD levels, including Research Methods, East Asia Regional Development, Comparative Politics, Asia-Pacific Security, and Geopolitics. In his classes, Shifan likes to engage students, provide updated data, introduce latest trends in theory and policy, and ensure an interactive and energetic classroom environment.

Research Area

· China’s Foreign Policy

· International Relations Theory

· Political Theory

· Regional Development in East Asia

· Energy Security

· Maritime Territorial Disputes: Geopolitics and International Law

· The One Belt One Road Initiative

Courses

· Research Methods in Social Sciences

· Asia-Pacific Security

· East Asian Regional Development

· Comparative Political Thought

· International Political Economy

· Comparative Politics

· Geopolitics

Selected Publication(s)

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Liu Fukuo, “The New Geopolitical Landscape in the Post-Arbitration South China Sea,” International Relations [Under Review, SSCI].

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Li Xinlei, “Energy Socialization: The Northeast Asia Energy Grid and the Emergence of Regional Energy Cooperation Framework,” Energy Strategy Reviews [Under Review, SSCI].

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “State, Emancipation and the Rise of China,” International Critical Thought, Volume: 8, Issue: 03, 2018, pp. 366 - 385, DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2018.1505534 – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, CSSCI.

· Li Xinlei, Yao Shifan and Si Jianjun, “Strategic Choice of Promoting Sustainable Energy Security Structure along The Belt and Road, “Qinghai Social Sciences, 2018-4, pp, 42-50, CSSCI.

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Olga Daksueva, “The Energy Nexus in China-Russia Strategic Partnership,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, March 2017, pp. 1-26. DOI: 10.1093/irap/lcx003, SSCI.

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Liu Changming, “China’s Belt and Road Strategy in Eurasia and Euro-Atlanticism,” Europe-Asia Studies, 2017, 70:2, pp. 252-276, SSCI.

· Liu Changming, Serafettin Yilmaz,“China 's Eurasian Integration Strategy and Atlanticism under the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative,” The Pacific Journal, 24(11), 2016, pp. 56-66, CSSCI.

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “China, Historical Blocs and International Relations” Issues & Studies 50, No. 4 (December 2014), pp. 191-222, SSCI.

· Dai Zonghan, Serafettin Yilmaz,“The Philippines’ Arbitration Strategy in the South China Sea: The Legal Status of Taiping Island,” Chinese Yearbook of International Law, 2016, pp. 400-424, CSSCI.

· Olga Daksueva & Serafettin Yilmaz, “The AIIB and China-ASEAN Relations Shaping a New North-South Paradigm,” China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, July 2018, 1–27, DOI: 10.1142/S2377740018500021.

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “China’s Arctic Policy: Fundamentals and Prospects,” China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2017, pp. 1-22. DOI: 10.1142/S237774001750004X.

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Liu Changming, “The Rise of New Eurasianism: China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative and Its Implications for Euro-Atlanticism,” China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, 2(3), 2016, pp. 401–419, DOI: 10.1142/S2377740016500214.

· Dai Zonghan, Serafettin Yilmaz,“The Philippines’ Arbitration Strategy in the South China Sea: The Legal Status of Taiping Island,” International Law Studies, July 2016], 4, 2016, pp. 3-12.

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “Critical IR Theory and China’s Foreign Policy,” Journal of Chinese Political Science, 21, 2016, pp. 75–88, DOI 10.1007/s11366-015-9357-z.

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “The Iranian Nuclear Dilemma: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese and US Strategy,” International Journal of China Studies 6, No. 1, (April 2015), pp. 36-57.

· Serafettin Yilmaz & Olga Daksueva, China-India Energy Policy in the Middle East: A Comparative Analysis, Global Review, Winter 2014, pp. 62-86 [Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) and the Shanghai Association of International Relations (SAIR)].

· Serafettin Yilmaz, “The Development of the Chinese Navy and Energy Security,” Global Review, (Spring 2014), pp. 28-42 [Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) and the Shanghai Association of International Relations (SAIR)].

· Olga Daksueva & Serafettin Yilmaz, “The Russia-China Security Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Region: Conjectural and Structural Dimensions,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs 17, No. 4 (April 2014), pp. 61-92.