著作 Books & Monographs

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2025). Asia Pacific Secondary States as Kingmakers: Alignment Roles in the China-US Strategic Competition. London and New York: Routledge.

论文 Peer Reviewed Publications

• Richard J. Cook, Igor Sevenard and Mateus Bilhar. (2026). "The Visualisation of International Relations: Using Film as Pedagogical Scaffolding." Politics. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957261446426. (SSCI), Q1, IF: 3.0.

• Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. (2026). "Governing Radical Uncertainty: Temporal Superposition and the Stability of World Order Projects." Review of International Studies. Forthcoming. (SSCI), Q1.

• Mateus Bilhar, Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. (2026). "The Trump Corollary: Regional Hegemonic Tolerance and Patience toward China's Inroads in the Western Hemisphere." The Chinese Journal of International Politics. Forthcoming. (SSCI), Q1.

• Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. (2026). "China's Global Health Governance in Africa Before COVID-19: Status Signalling through Conspicuous Giving." Journal of International Relations and Development. Online at: . (SSCI), Q1.

• Mateus Bilhar and Richard J. Cook. (2026). "What Would Mearsheimer Do? Reviewing Mearsheimer.ai as a Teaching Tool for International Relations." Journal of Political Science Education 22(2): 387-391. (ESCI), IF 1.1.

• Mateus Bilhar, Zhaoying Han, Maximiliian Ohle and Richard J. Cook. (2026). "Brazil's Pragmatic Equidistance: Hedging and the Second World War.” International Relations 40(2): 296-318. (SSCI), Q2, IF: 2.1. 

• Richard J. Cook, Mateus Bilhar, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2025). “Hedging Comes to Latin America: Gauging Brazil’s Coping Strategies vis-à-vis the Sino-US Peer Competition.” Journal of Latin American Studies 56(4): 715-742. (SSCI & AHCI), Q2, IF: 1.5.

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2024). “Geopolitical Kingmakers: South Korea and the Philippines as Linchpins amid the China-US Competition.” The Chinese Journal of International Politics 17(4): 379-403. (SSCI), Q1, IF: 3.0.

• Richard J. Cook. (2024). “Review of World War Two from Timeghost as Modern Visual Learning Material.” Journal of Political Science Education 21(2): 359-362. (ESCI), IF: 1.1.

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2024). “South Korea’s Foreign Policy Shifts Under President Yoon and Implications for the Sino-US Peer Competition.” Korea Observer 55(1): 1-28. (SSCI).

• Yaohui Wang, Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook and Elliot Ji. (2023). “A Friend in Need May Not be a Friend Indeed: Anti-Coronavirus Aid and China’s Soft Power in Europe.” Journal of Contemporary China 33(148): 649-665. (SSCI), Q1, IF: 3.1.

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2022). “The Illusion of the China-US-Europe Strategic Triangle: Reactions from Germany and the UK.” The Journal of Chinese Political Science 27(3): 493-518. Special Issue (SSCI), Q1, IF: 4.4.

• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook, Srdan M. Jovanovic and Zhaoying Han. (2022). “Russia’s Architecture of Hegemony: Christian Orthodox Subordination Strategies in Russia’s Peripheral Zone.” Europe-Asia Studies 73(3): 382-401. (SSCI), Q1, IF: 2.1.

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2021). “Bargaining Interactions Reconsidered: TheKorean Peninsula Nuclear Crisis Viewed through the Lens of Hierarchy.” The Pacific Review 34(1): 113-145. (SSCI), Q1, IF: 2.43. 

• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook and Zhaoying Han. (2020). “China’s Engagement with Kazakhstan and Russia’s Zugzwang: Why Is Nur-Sultan Incurring Regional Power Hedging?” Journal of Eurasian Studies 11(1): 86-103.

• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook, Zhaoying Han and Rysbek Mamazhanov. (2019). “Caught in the Middle: What Is Bishkek's Hedging Stratagem?” Contemporary Eurasia 8(1): 45-62.

• Richard J. Cook, Zhaoying Han, Maximilian Ohle and Srdan M. Jovanovic. (2019). “Bridging the Theorist-Practitioner Gap in IR: What are the Risks and Benefits?” Korean Journal of International Studies 17(2): 103-131. (ESCI).

• Richard J. Cook and Srdan M. Jovanovic. (2019). “The Emu Strikes Back: An Inquiry into Australia’s Peculiar Military Action of 1932.” The Romanian Journal of Historical Studies 2(1): 1-11.

• Srdan M. Jovanovic and Richard J. Cook. (2019). “The Operational Code Analysis of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Official Political Discourse on Kosovo.” South Eastern European Review 14(1): 250-270.

• Zhaoying Han, Richard J. Cook and Maximilian Ohle. (2019). “The Thucydides Trap on the Korean Peninsula: So Why Won't the USA and China Get Caught?” The Journal of Chinese Political Science 24(1): 105-127. Special Issue (SSCI), Q1, IF: 1.69.

著作章节 Book Chapters

• Igor Sevenard, Mateus Bilhar and Richard J. Cook. (2027). “Global Community of Shared Future”: On the Influence of China’s Narrative in the Global South.” In Julia Gurol-Haller (Ed.) China as a Global Narrator: How the World Engages with China's Storytelling. Cham: Palgrave McMillan. Forthcoming.

• Richard J. Cook. (2026). “批判性思维，寻找谜题与以学生为中心的教育模式” [A Critical Thinking, Puzzle Seeking, and Student-Centric Pedagogy Model]. In 南开大学研究生院 (Eds.) 南开大学-格拉斯哥大学联合研究生院教学成果集 [Collection of Teaching Achievements of Nankai University-University of Glasgow Joint Graduate School]. 天津: 天津教育出版社, 51-60.

• Richard J. Cook, Mateus Bilhar, and Igor Sevenard. (2026). “Exceptionalism and China: Deconstructing Zhongguo fang’an as Chinese Solutions.” In Najimdeen Bakare (Ed.) Clash of Exceptionalism in International Relations: Contemporary Dynamics and Impacts of US and China Exceptionalism on Global Affairs. London and New York: Routledge. Forthcoming.

• Maximilian Ohle, Richard J. Cook and Zhaoying Han. (2024). "Political and Economic Drivers of the Hedge: Unboxing Germany's contemporary Relations towards China." In Mher D. Sahakyan (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Euraian International Relations. London and New York: Routledge, 167-181. 

• Richard J. Cook, Maximilian Ohle and Zhaoying Han. (2023). “The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition.” In Kari Roberts and Saira Bano (Eds). Rethinking the Great Power Rivalry: The Ascendancy of Regional Powers in Contemporary US-China Relations. Cham: Palgrave McMillan, 91-111. 

媒体评论 Commentaries

• Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. “Mythos and the Coming End of European Digital Sovereignty”, Tech Policy, July 14, 2026. Online: https://www.techpolicy.press/mythos-and-the-coming-end-of-european-digital-sovereignty/.

• Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. “Russia’s New Informational Grey-Zone Front Is Not in Europe”, Global Policy - Essay, June 25, 2026. Online: https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/global-governance/russias-new-informational-grey-zone-front-not-europe.

• Mateus Bilhar and Richard J. Cook, “What Would Mearsheimer Do? Reviewing Mearsheimer.ai as a Teaching Tool for International Relations” (Repost of Article), Political Science Now (APSA), April 10, 2026. Online: https://politicalsciencenow.com/what-would-mearsheimer-do-reviewing-mearsheimer-ai-as-a-teaching-tool-for-international-relations/.

• Igor Sevenard, Richard J. Cook, and Matheus Bilhar. “Space Race 2.0 – The Competition for the Future Operating System of Space”, The Diplomat, February 16, 2026. Online: https://thediplomat.com/2026/02/space-race-2-0-the-competition-for-the-future-operating-system-of-space/.

• Richard J. Cook and Igor Sevenard. “Heroes and Villains: Trump’s “365 Wins in 365 Days” as Messaging Template”. E-International Relations, February 5, 2026. Online: https://www.e-ir.info/2026/02/05/heroes-and-villains-trumps-365-wins-in-365-days-as-messaging-template/.

• Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook. “Greenland is a Test of US Power – and Trump is Failing It”, The Loop - European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), February 4, 2026. Online: https://theloop.ecpr.eu/greenland-is-a-test-of-us-power-and-trump-is-failing-it/

• Richard J. Cook and Alaric Searle. “Queen Elizabeth II’s Soft Power and Britain’s Place in a Post-Elizabethan Age”, E-International Relations, October 16, 2022. Online: https://www.e-ir.info/2022/10/16/queen-elizabeth-iis-soft-power-and-britains-place-in-a-post-elizabethan-age/.

• Richard J. Cook and Maximilian Ohle. “A Crucial Year for the Asia-Pacific Region: Gauging Elections and Strategic Transformation.” Modern Diplomacy, March 6, 2022. Online: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/03/06/a-crucial-year-for-the-asia-pacific-region-gauging-elections-and-strategic-transformations/.

• Mateus Bilhar, Richard J. Cook and Zhaoying Han. “To ‘B’ or Not to ‘B’: The BRICS, Brazil and Bolsonaro.” Modern Diplomacy, March 1, 2022. Online: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/03/01/to-b-or-not-to-b-the-brics-brazil-and-bolsonaro/. This article was also reposted on the BRICS Information Portal, March 3, 2022. Online: https://infobrics.org/post/35255/.

• Richard J. Cook. “Business as Usual or a New Normal? Talking about USA – China Relations with William Zarit.” Business Tianjin, February 10, 2017. Online: http://www.businesstianjin.com/images/magazine/bt%20201702%20mq96.pdf.

会议文献 Conference Papers

• “The Trump Corollary: Regional Hegemonic Tolerance and Patience toward China’s Inroads in the Western Hemisphere”, held by 第十九届政治学与国际关系学术共同体年会: 动荡转型中的国际秩序, at Tsinghua University (05-06/07/2026).

• “Research Training Group 2833 ‘East Asian Futures’ (EAF) Workshop”, held by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen, at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum Veranstaltungszentrum, Bochum (01-03/06/2026).

• “Takaichi Time in Tokyo: The New Japanese Leadership and Its Relations with Its East Asian Neighbors”, held by the AREA Ruhr Roundtable Discussion, at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg (29/05/2026).

• “Internal Role Conflict and Competing Foreign Policy Paradigms: The Dependence-Autonomy Dilemma in Brazil’s Foreign Policy Amid the China-US Strategic Competition”, held by the National Role Theory Workshop, at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg (12-13/05/2026).

• “Panel: Leadership Lessons from the Real World”, held by Business and Economic Week, at Wellington College International (27/01/2026).

• “Lessons from “Kingmaking”: Small States amid Great Power Competition, Crisis Slides and Geopolitical Triggers”, held by the 天津论坛 Tianjin Forum, Tianjin (20/10/2025).

• “Navigating the China Information Gap: East Asia Order & Insider Perspectives”, held by AREA Ruhr/University of Duisburg-Essen, at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg (02/09/2026).

• “Asia-Pacific Secondary States as Kingmakers: Alignment Roles in the China-US Strategic Competition”, held by 第十八届政治学与国际关系学术共同体年会: 动荡转型中的国际秩序, at Tsinghua University (05/07/2025).

• “Asia-Pacific Secondary States as Kingmakers: Alignment Roles in the China-US Strategic Competition”, held by 东北亚地区局势新变化学术研讨会, at Shandong University (07/06/2025).

• “Navigating Neutrality: Finland’s Alignment Behaviour and the Shrinking Space for Neutrality”, held by 南开大学-格拉斯哥大学联合学术研讨会, at Nankai University (17/05/2025).

• “亚太次等国家的“造王者”角色中美战略竞争中的结盟行为研究”, held by 天下论坛445期国际事务专题讲座, at Jinan University (07/05/2025).

• “The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition”, held by the International Studies Association (ISA), at the ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco (03/04/2024).

• “Kingmakers: Asia-Pacific Secondary States and their Role in the Sino-US Peer Competition”, held by the Tianjin Forum, Tianjin (19/10/2023).

• “Strategic Transformations and the BRICS: Gauging Brazil’s Strategic Hedge Amid the Sino-US Peer Competition”, held by 金砖合作、全球治理、文明互鉴, at Huaqiao University, Collage of International Relations (17/11/2021).

• “Order Building with Chinese Characteristics: Terraforming the Periphery through coordinated Economic Corridors”, held by 中巴合作国际会议, at Sichuan University, China Center for South Asian Studies (23-24/10/2021).

• “A ‘Pariah’ on the Periphery? Understanding Beijing’s Strategic Patience on Post-Coup Myanmar”, held by 百年变局下的国际秩序与大国关系, at Nankai University, The Zhou Enlai School of Government (10/07/2021).

• “The Illusion of the Sino-US-Europe Strategic Triangle: Reactions from Germany and the UK”, held by China-US-Europe: Global Power Triangles and the Remaking of the International Order, at The Confucius Institute of the Freie Universitat Berlin, European Institute for Asian Studies (22/10/2020).

• “Coordinated Economic Corridors: An Analysis of China’s Extrinsic Performances as an Extension of Its Intrinsic Practices”, held by 33rd Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Association of Chinese Political Science, at the Association of Chinese Political Science and Middlebury College (19/10/2020). This paper was also presented at the 第十届复旦大学中国周边外交研讨会, held by Fudan University (12/11/2020).

• “May’s Mayday: An Operational Code Analysis on the Rt. Hon. Theresa May’s Brexit Speeches (2016-2019)” held by Foreign Policy Analysis Beyond the West: A Chinese Perspective, at the Beijing University (16/11/2019).

• “Russia’s Architecture of Hegemony: Christian Orthodox Subordination Strategies in Russia’s Peripheral Zone” held by International Studies Association (ISA), CEEISA-ISA2019, at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science (17/6/2019).

研究项目   Research Projects

Kingmakers: The Roles of Asia-Pacific Secondary States in the China-US Strategic Competition

造王者： 亚太次等国家在中美战略竞争中的角色

Contested Hierarchy: The China-US Hierarchical Competition and Asia-Pacific Bargaining Interactions

竞争中的等级体系：交易互动与中美两国在亚太地区等级体系重叠研究

教授课程   Teaching & Course Convenorship

南开大学-格拉斯哥大学联合研究生院 Nankai University-University of Glasgow Joint Graduate School

• 国际关系史 History of International Relations

  (硕士生 Postgraduate Level) - 英文

• 中国外交政策 Chinese Foreign Policy

  (硕士生 Postgraduate Level) - 英文

南开大学周恩来政府管理学院 Nankai University Zhou Enlai School of Government

• 批判性思维导论 The Critical Thinking Clinic: Avoiding Cognitive Biases & Logical Fallacies

  (本科生 Undergraduate Level) - 中文/英文

• 学术成功的必备技能 Essential Academic Skills for Success

  (本科生 Undergraduate Level) - 中文/英文

• 创新研究与训练 Research and Innovation

  (本科生 Undergraduate Level) - 中文

• 软实力：概念、误解与局限 Soft Power: Concept, Misconceptions, and Limits

  (本科生 Undergraduate Level) - 英文

• 均势与造王者：小国政治的悲剧及其化解之道 The Balance of Power and the Kingmakers: Tackling the Tragedy of Small Power Politics

  (本科生 Undergraduate Level) - 英文

• 国际关系史 History of International Relations

  (硕士生 Postgraduate Level) - 英文

• 中国外交政策 Chinese Foreign Policy

  (硕士生 Postgraduate Level) - 英文

• 专业英语 Professional English

  (博士生 Doctoral Level) - 英文

专题讲座系列   Special Lectures

• Kingmakers: The Roles of Asia-Pacific Secondary States in the China-US Strategic Competition

• Contested Hierarchy: The China-US Hierarchical Competition and Asia-Pacific Bargaining Interactions

• The Illusion of the China-US-Europe Strategic Triangle
  

• Unboxing the Sino-Russo Entente: Complex and Contested Leadership in Central Asia
  

• China and the Malacca Dilemma: Through the Lens of Geopolitics and Geo-economics

• The Balance of Power and Anarchy vs. Hegemony and Hierarchy

• Soft Power: What It Is and What It Is Not
  

• The Does and Don'ts of Publishing in International Journals - Social Sciences
  

• Critical Thinking in Action: Tools for Rational Thought and Innovative Research

• 什么是科学研究？如何做科学研究？