Dr R. James Ferguson is an Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University, Australia. His research areas include international relations, environmental politics, strategic studies, globalization and planetization. Until 2021, he was the Director of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bond University. Recent books include Greening China’s New Silk Roads: The Sustainable Governance of Belt and Road (2021), China’s Eurasian Dilemmas (2018), and The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power (2017, co-authored).