Simon Shen is an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he serves as the Director of Global Studies Programme, Director of Master of Global Political Economy Programme and Co-Director of International Affairs Research Institute. He is a prominent international relations commentator, serving as the Lead Writer (Glocal) of the Hong Kong Economic Journal and has contributed to media all over the world. In Hong Kong he has served in various government consultation committees and founded several think tanks that have close interaction with the government, academia and civil society. His research interests include Sino-US relations, Chinese nationalism and regional security, external relations of Hong Kong, among others. Simon has worked as Visiting Fellows at Brookings Institution, National University of Singapore and Warwick University.