DAI Yulong
Position: Teaching Assistant Professor of International Relations
Email: daiyl@@shanghaitech.edu.cn
Research Interests: territorial dispute studies, regional security, Southeast Asian studies
Educational Background
2013-2019 Ph.D., Nanjing University, School of History and Institute of International Relations.
2016-2017 Visiting scholar, New York University, Department of Politics.
2010-2013 M.A., Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
2006-2010 B.E., Sichuan University, School of Economics.
Prior Employment
2020.10-2025.8 Manager, Office of International Affairs, ShanghaiTech University
2015.1-2015.4 Visiting Research Intern, International Institute for Strategic Studies – Asia (Singapore).
Profile
DAI Yulong is a Teaching Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Humanities, ShanghaiTech University. Advised by Professor Cai Jiahe at Nanjing University and Professor James C. Hsiung at New York University, he earned his Ph.D. in History of International Relations from Nanjing University. His research focuses on territorial dispute resolution, regional security, and Southeast Asian studies, with a particular emphasis on the patterns of dispute settlement among Southeast Asian states, as explored in his current research.
Dr. Dai has published on topics such as the Pedra Branca dispute and the Brunei-Malaysia territorial settlement. He teaches courses on “Introduction to International Politics,” “Territorial Disputes and Regional Security,” and others. Prior to his current role, he served as a manager at ShanghaiTech Office of International Affairs and was a research intern at the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia in Singapore. His work offers insights into peaceful conflict resolution and provides a unique perspective on territorial disputes and regional security issues.
Currently, Dr. Dai is preparing several manuscripts for academic journals andedited volumes, including an analysis of ASEAN’s composite strategies for territorial dispute settlement and a comparative study on resolution paths for the South China Sea disputes between China and its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Publications
Dissertation
l A Research on the Pattern of Settlement to Territorial Disputes among Southeast Asian States
Journal Articles
l DAI Yulong.“Strategies on Territorial Acquisition-A Case Study on the Pedra Branca Dispute”. Contemporary Eurasia, 2019(8): 76-89
l DAI Yulong. “’Land Territory in Exchange of Maritime Claims’—A Research on the Settlement of Territorial Dispute between Brunei and Malaysia”，Southeast Asian Studies，2019(6): 76-89
l DAI Yulong. “Exploring the Conditions for Settling the South China Sea Dispute – Rethinking the Territorial Dispute between China and Malaysia”. Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations, 2023, Part V, Chapter 19, pp. 306-318