معرفی
Min Shu is Professor at Waseda University’s School of International Liberal Studies and holds concurrent appointments in the Graduate Schools of Asia-Pacific Studies and International Culture & Communication Studies. His work bridges comparative regionalism, international political economy and historical IR, with extensive fieldwork on EU-East Asia relations, East Asian developmentalism and European referendum politics.
Education
- Ph.D. Politics, University of Bristol, 2006
- M.A. European Politics, Lund University, 2001
- M.A. Economics, Fudan University, 2001
- B.A. International Politics, Fudan University, 1998
Research Interests
Shu’s research interrogates how states negotiate economic interdependence and regional governance. He compares European and East Asian experiences of regional integration, traces the domestic politics of trade policy, and analyses historical cases of hierarchy and order-building in East Asia.
Publication Trends
His recent outputs explore the liberal international order’s contested borderlands, second-tier great-power strategies, and the legacies of pre-colonial tribute systems. Quantitative Scopus metrics (7 papers, 18 citations, h-index 2) capture only a slice of his wider monograph and chapter production.
Grants & Projects
- JSPS KAKENHI “East Asia and the Borderland of the Liberal Order” (2023-26)
- JSPS KAKENHI “Japan in Energy-transition Governance & Geopolitics” (2021-24)
- JSPS KAKENHI “China, Japan & the Maritime Silk Road” (2019-24)
- Harvard-Yenching Institute fellowship for monograph on state-led regionalism after the Asian financial crisis
Teaching & Supervision
During 2025 he offers seven courses spanning undergraduate seminars on IR and East-Asian political economy to graduate modules on comparative regionalism and directed research in international political economy.
