Call for Paper
Co-edited special issues: open call for papers
1. The Geopolitics of Transnational Data Governance. Politics & Governance
Guest editors: Dr Xinchuchu Gao (University of Lincoln) and Dr Xuechen Chen (Northeastern University London)
Submission of Abstracts: 1-15 November 2024
Submission of Full Papers: 15-30 March 2025
Publication of the Issue: July/December 2025
Recent Publications
Book
Understanding the EU’s Norm and Policy Diffusion in ASEAN through Trade and Security Cooperation Normative or Normal Power? (Routledge, 2024)
This book examines the European Union’s (EU’s) norm and policy diffusion in relation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). By looking at the EU’ engagement with ASEAN in trade and non-traditional security, the book analyzes the drivers, processes, and effectiveness of the EU’s norm and policy diffusion in ASEAN and explains the EU’s foreign policy and power projection in the context of its relationship with ASEAN. In doing so, it helps to advance knowledge about the EU’ external relations and power projection in relation to regional political entities beyond its immediate borders and affords firsthand empirical material on how the EU’s power in global politics is impacted by external perceptions and responses in different policy fields. Both hardback and ebook can be accessed here.
Co-edited special issues
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Nexus between digital trade and security: geopolitical implications for global economy in the digital age. (2024) Asian Review of Political Economy Volume 3 (with Dr Chi Zhang, Dr Jilong Yang, Dr Xinchuchu Gao)
This special issue explores the relationship between digital trade and security, emphasizing the geopolitical implications for the global economy in the digital age. The papers explore the different models of data governance championed by the US, China, and the EU, highlighting the complexities of cross-border data flows and their impact on international relations. Through detailed analyses of various international agreements and frameworks, this special issue provides a comprehensive overview of the current landscape of digital trade and its security implications, with a particular focus on China's evolving approach to data governance and its global influence.
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Contesting Western and Non-Western Approaches to Global Cyber Governance beyond Westlessness. (2022) The International Spectator 57:3 (with Dr Yifan Yang).
The power shift from West to East has engendered an increasingly confrontational and competitive multipolar system in cyberspace governance. The West has to confront the real possibility of its decline in the face of the rising influence of the non-Western world, as shown in the intensive discussions over ‘Westlessness’ at the 2020 Munich Security Conference. In order to address scholarly concerns around cyberspace governance in a digitalised world, this Special Core examines competing ideas and norms of cyberspace governance from comparative perspectives, shedding light on the promising research field of global cyberspace governance and the debate on ‘Westlessness’ in the study of international politics.
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
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Chen, X. & Gao, X. (2024) Norm diffusion in cyber governance: China as an emerging norm entrepreneur?. International Affairs. Vol 100 (6), pages 2419–2440.
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Gao, X. & Chen, X. (2024) The Regime Complex for Digital Trade in Asia and China’s Engagement. Asia Europe Journal.
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Pennisi di Floristella, Angela., & Chen, X. (2024) Strategic narratives of Russia’s war in Ukraine: perspectives from China. Policy Studies. 45 (3-4), pages 573-594.
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Chen, X. (2023) Bridging Normative and Market Power Europe: The EU’s Diffusion of Market-related Norms and Policies in ASEAN. Journal of European Integration. 45:4, pages 593-612.
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Pennisi di Floristella, Angela., & Chen, X. (2022) Building resilient supply chains in uncertain times: A comparative study of EU and ASEAN approaches to supply chain resilience. Asia Europe Journal. 20, pages 457–475.
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Chen, X., & Yang, Y. (2022) Contesting Western and Non-Western Approaches to Global Cyber Governance beyond Westlessness. The International Spectator 57:3, pages 48-65.
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Gao, X., & Chen, X. (2022) Role enactment and the contestation of global cybersecurity governance. Defence Studies. 22 (4): 689-708.
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Chen, X. & Yang, Y. (2022) Different Shades of Norms: Comparing the Approaches of the EU and ASEAN to Cyber Governance. The International Spectator. 57:3, pages 48-65.
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Chen, X. (2022). Unpacking Normative Power Europe: EU Promotion of Security Norm Cluster in ASEAN. European Security. 31:2, pages 262-288.
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2021). Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal. 20, pages 195–216.
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Gao, X., & Chen, X. (2021). Understanding the EU’s changing trade policy strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region from a role-theory perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 13(2).
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2021). An Analysis of the Perception Gap between the EU’s Connectivity Strategy and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. L'Europe en Formation, (2), pages 78-93.
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2020). Bridging the Capability–Expectations Gap? An Analysis of the New Dynamics in the EU’s Security Strategy Towards Asia. Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies, 18(3), pages 9-36.
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Yang, Y., & Chen, X. (2021). Globalism or nationalism? The paradox of Chinese official discourse in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 26(1), pages 89-113.
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Chen, X. (2018). The role of ASEAN’s identities in reshaping the ASEAN–EU relationship. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 40(2), pages 222-246.
Book chapters:
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Zhang, C., Chen, X. & Yang, J. (forthcoming). The Narratives of Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of EU-China Security Cooperation. in Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times. Bristol University Press.
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Gao, X., & Chen, X. (2023). Beyond the dichotomy of hard and soft power: a case study of the EU's naval engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. in EU in a Globalized World. Routledge.
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2022). Comparing the EU's and China's approaches in data governance. In Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor (pages 209-225). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. (2020). Exploring the Dynamic Nexus Between the European Union’s Trade and Foreign Policy Toward East Asia. In Global Politics and EU Trade Policy (pages. 115-137). Springer, Cham.
Conference proceedings:
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Gao, X. & Chen, X. (2024) Understanding the Evolution of Transatlantic Data Privacy Regimes: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions. In European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference (EICC 2024), June 05, 06, 2024, Xanthi, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA
Policy papers and Op-Eds:
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Chen, X & Gao, X. China as an emerging norm entrepreneur in cyber governance? LSE IDEAS (July 2024)
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Chen, X, Gao, X., & Kong, L. Written Evidence for the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry: Large language models (November 2023).
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Zhang, C., Yang, J. & Chen, X. Is Sino-European cooperation on counter-terrorism possible in the near future? 9DASHLINE (Aug 2022)
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. The EU casts itself as security-provider in Asia. ECPR The Loop (Apr 2022)
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Chen, X., & Gao, X. EU foreign policy is damaging relations with China, and dividing EU member states. ECPR The Loop (Nov 2021)
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Pacheco Pardo, R., Avedano-Pabon, M., Chen, X. et al. Preventing the Next Pandemic: Lessons from East Asia, King’s College London (May 2020)
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Pacheco Pardo, R., Avedano-Pabon, M., Chen, X. et al. “Learning and Remembering: How East Asia Prepared for Covid-19 over the Years”, published at Global Policy (May 2020).
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Chen, X. (2019) “The EU’s Pivot to Asia and EU-China Relations”, published at Instituto Per Gli Studi Di Politica Internationale (ISPI) (Sep 2019)
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Spanakos, A. and Chen, X. (2017) “BRICS: Post Xiamen Summit”, published at East Asian Institute NUS Background Brief (Nov 2017)