Qin Yaqing is Emeritus Professor and former President of China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, and of the Chinese Academy of Diplomacy. He serves as Executive Vice-President of the China Association for International Studies, Beijing, and is a member of the Royal Academy in Belgium. His books include ‘A Relational Theory of World Politics’ (Cambridge University Press 2018) and ‘Globalizing International Relations Theory’ (Routledge 2020).