John Delury is Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Before joining SAIS, Delury was based in Seoul from 2010 to 2023 as Professor of China Studies at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies. In 2023, he was selected as the inaugural Tsao Prize Fellow in China Studies at the American Academy in Rome and remained in Italy for a second year as visiting professor at Luiss University and John Cabot University. He returned to Seoul for a year of book research and writing as visiting research fellow at Ewha Womans University and East-West Center Melvin Goo Writing Fellow.