Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, China Studies Institute, Shanghai Academy of Social Science

Expert Bio

Dr. WANG Zhen, associate professor of international studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), is currently General-Secretary of the Center for West Asia and North Africa Studies at the SASS. He received his Ph.D. in international politics from the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), and he was also an exchange scholar at the Tel Aviv University, Israel during 2005-2006.

Focusing on Cold War History Studies and International Security, Middle East studies, etc., Dr. Wang has published numerous papers in leading Chinese journals as International Politics Quarterly, Contemporary International Relations, Journal of Social Sciences, and World Affairs, etc. He is the author of The U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy during the Transformation Period of the Cold War (Beijing, 2013). Dr. WANG is reachable at: wangzhen211@sass.org.cn.

Wilson Center Project

"The Evolution of Israeli Nuclear Strategy: from the Cold War and On"

Project Summary

As Israel has been carring an ambiguous or opaque nuclear policy for many years, the international community could hardly have clear knowledge about its nuclear force or nuclear policy. In fact, Israel already passed the nuclear threshold in the 1960s, and has become a real nuclear power in the Middle East region for a long time. The approach of Israel’s nuclear development, as well as its nuclear policy and strategy, not only have great and direct impacts on regional geopolitics and security balance, but also stand for a different nuclear strategy in the world. Therefore, the study of Israeli nuclear issues could help us reconsider the traditional nuclear strategies and the Middle East security in new perspectives.