Guo Hai (PhD, University of Leeds) is Executive Dean of the Institute of Public Policy at South China University of Technology. His research focuses on East Asian geopolitics, with particular attention to US–China relations, Japanese foreign policy, and the historical evolution of Chinese foreign policy. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Critical Asian Studies and Asian Studies Review, and he is an active contributor to policy debates on China’s international relations and regional order in East Asia.