PhD Candidate in IR @The University of Sydney
PhD Thesis (WIP):
Aesthetics and Rationality in World Politics.
Supervisors:
David Smith
James Der Derian
- M.A. (Government & International Relations), The University of Sydney
- B.A. (Economics), The University of Sydney
Research Interests:
– Strategy
– US-China Relations
– Decision Theory
– Philosophy of Quantum Theory
– Aesthetics
Email: xu.yiyang@sydney.edu.au
Twitter: @yiyang_xv
Substack: @yiyangxu
LinkedIn: @yiyang-x
Media:
- <🔗> Wang Jisi on The Relationship Between National Security 
and Other National Objectives. Pekingnology, 2025.
- <🔗> Wang Jisi on U.S. society, foreign policy, & China-U.S relations. Pekingnology, 2025.
- <🔗> Wang Jisi on U.S. domestic politics in Trump’s Second Term. Pekingnology, 2025.
- <🔗> Mainland Scholars on South Korea's Taiwan policy under Yoon Suk-yeol. Pekingnology, 2025.
Conference:
- <🔗> The Taiwan Dilemma: Bargaining, Brinkmanship, and the Future of Indo-Pacific Stability. EWIS, 2025
Thesis:
- Essence of Strategy:The Logic of US-China Rivalry over Taiwan. Master Thesis (USYD), 2024