Kai He is a Professor of International Relations in the Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is currently an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2017–2020) and a Visiting Chair Professor of International Relations at Nankai University, China (2018–2021).
'Assembling a team of leading scholars, Kai He and his colleagues have convincingly argued that contested multilateralism 2.0 is the key to understanding the new security dynamics in Asia. A must read for all students who care about the future of Asia and multilateralism.' - Shiping Tang, distinguished professor, Fudan University and author of The Social Evolution of International Politics 'Regional and international institutions in East Asia have been changing their roles, functions and geographical scope along with radical power shifts in East Asian politics. Institutions have become more important tools for national foreign policies and for creating a new regional and international order. Professor He's new edited book contributes to our understanding of this new phenomenon both theoretically and empirically, by putting together different theoretical perspectives and national policy orientations of the major countries in the region. I recommend this book to both researchers and policy practitioners who are interested in, and deal with, this important region.' - Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan