Li Nan is a Senior Fellow at the Pangoal Institution and an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of American Studies. His research mainly focuses on U.S-North Korea relations and China-North Korea relations. Dr. Li has been a visiting Scholar at Seoul National University (2014-2015), Brookings Institution (2012), Johns Hopkins SAIS (2011-2012), and Kim Il-Sung University (DPRK)(2010). He is a graduate of the Renmin University of China where he earned a PhD in National Strategy, MA in International Relations & Political Science, and BA in International Politics & Political Science. His main publications: From the Hawk Engagement to the Six Party Talks: US Policies towards North Korea (book) A Study of Contemporary Western Theories of Grand Strategy (book), “A Strategic and Emotional Partner: China and Its Food Aid to North Korea in the 20th Century,” China and North Korea: