Astrid Nordin is Professor and Lau Chair of Chinese International Relations at King's College London. Her research brings Chinese and other global traditions of thought to bear on Chinese politics, foreign policy, and international relations theory, including harmony, soft power, cultural governance, and online expression. She is the author of China's International Relations and Harmonious World (2016) and the coeditor of Chinese Politics and International Relations: Innovation and Invention (2014), with Nicola Horsburgh and Shaun Breslin.