Sun Chenghao
OXGS Fellow
SUN Chenghao is a fellow, associate professor, and head of U.S.-Europe program at Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS), Tsinghua University. Professor Sun’s research interests include U.S. domestic and foreign policy, China-U.S. relations, transatlantic relations, AI and International security, etc. He is the author of hundreds of policy reports and dozens of academic journal articles. His latest books include Profound Changes Unseen in a Century and the U.S.-Europe Alliance was published in 2023, and The Gravity of Power in the White House: The National Security Council (1947-2019) in 2020. His work has also been published in The Chinese Journal of American Studies, China International Studies, International Forum, Northeast Asia Forum, among others. He teaches a graduate-level course on Transatlantic Relations in the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University.
Related activities
Professor Sun is a Council Member of the Chinese Association of American Studies and the Founder of ChinAffairsplus, a platform dedicated to disseminating the views of Chinese scholars and enhance the understanding of China’s foreign policy among overseas strategic professionals. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center during 2024 fall.
Professor Sun has been actively engaged in high-level international dialogues, including multiple rounds of China-U.S. and China-EU discussions on artificial intelligence. In 2025, he was selected as a Munich Young Leader by the Munich Security Conference and attended the annual conference.
Research
Professor Sun’s research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, transatlantic relations, and the intersection of artificial intelligence and national security. He has published dozens of academic articles in Chinese leading journals, covering topics such as the evolution of U.S. alliances, NATO’s strategic shifts, digital infrastructure cooperation, and the implications of AI in geopolitics.
Selected publications
Profound Changes Unseen in a Century and the U.S.-Europe Alliance (China Science and Technology Press: 2023)
The Gravity of Power in the White House: The National Security Council (1947-2019) (Current Affairs Press: 2020）
Sun Chenghao and Zhang Ding, Motivations, Paths, and Impacts of the U.S. Forming an Artificial Intelligence Alliance, Contemporary American Review, Issue 1, 2024.
Sun Chenghao and Wang Yinuo, Impact of NATO’s Pivot to Asia on ASEAN Centrality, Studies on Nanyang Issues, Issue 1, 2024.
Sun Chenghao and Zhang Chenghao, The Re-emergence of Anti-Intellectualism in Contemporary America: Intrinsic Contradictions of Meritocracy, Contemporary World and Socialism, Issue 1, 2024.
Sun Chenghao and Yang Yimeng, The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Mechanisms of U.S. Public Diplomacy in Addressing Anti-American Sentiments, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Issue 6, 2023.
Sun Chenghao, “NATO’s Pivot to the Asia-Pacific Region in the Context of the Biden Administration’s Strategy for the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean,” Pacific Journal, vol.31, no. 7, 2023.
Sun Chenghao and Wang Yinuo, “The US-EU Digital Infrastructure Cooperation since President Biden Came into Office: Characteristics, Motivations and Implications,” Peace and Development, no. 2, 2023.
Sun Chenghao and Shen Qingqing, “The Biden Administration’s Strategy of Reshaping Supply Chain: Path and Prospect,” The Chinese Journal of American Studies, no.1, 2023.
Sun Chenghao and Zheng Lefeng, “The Evolution of Biden Administration’s Policy Toward Russia: Features, Motivations, and Limits,” Northeast Asia Forum, vol.32, no.2, 2023.
Sun Chenghao and Wang Yexu, “NATO’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Content, Motivations and Challenges,” International Forum, vol.24, no. 5, 2022.
Sun Chenghao and Dong Yifan, “Prospects of U.S.-European Alliance Evolution During Biden’s Administration and Its Strategic Implications,” Fudan American Review, no.1, 2021.
Sun Chenghao, “Changes and Prospects in Transatlantic Relations,” Contemporary International Relations, no. 3, 2021.
Dong Yifan and Sun Chenghao, “Climate Change Policies of the EU and the US: Divergences and Cooperation Prospects,” China International Studies, 2021, (04).
Sun Chenghao, “Changes in the US National Security Council in the Trump Administration,” Contemporary International Relations, 2020, 30(01).
Sun Chenghao, “The Causes and Evaluation of the Changes in Trump’s National Security Council,” Contemporary International Relations, no. 11, 2019.
Areas of expertise
U.S. domestic and foreign policy;
China-U.S. relations
Transatlantic relations
- AI and International security