Books

• The Nature of Asian Politics (Cambridge University Press 2014)
• Model Rebels: The Rise and Fall of China's Richest Village (University of California Press 2001)
• Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite (University of California Press 1998)

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

• “Paradigms of Chinese Politics: Kicking Society Back Out”, Journal of Contemporary China (2011)
• "The End of Politics in Beijing", China Journal (2004)

Co-Authored Book

• with Andrew Nathan; China's New Rulers: The Secret Files (New York Review Books, 2002)

Refereed Book Chapters

• “Deng Xiaoping and His Successors” in William Joseph (ed.), Politics in China: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010)
• “Two Passages to Modernity” and “Conclusion” in Friedman & Gilley (eds.); Asia’s Giants: Comparing China and India (Palgrave 2005)

Policy Journal Articles

• "An Accident Reveals Vietnam's Political Crisis," Substack (2026)
• "Defending Zionism in Malaysia,"The American Mind (2024)
• "Unsmearing Republican China,"The American Conservative (2024).
• "China's Politics in 2012", China Brief (2012)
• “The Future of the CCP”, Current History (2007)
• “Not Quite a Hero: Zhao Ziyang”, Far Eastern Economic Review (2006)
• “In China’s Own Eyes”, Foreign Affairs (2005)
• “Jiang Zemin: On the Right Side of History?”, Current History (1999)

Power Point Presentations

• "Public Leadership in the Asian Context"
• "China's Forgotten Hero: Hu Yaobang"

Conference Papers

• “Edward Friedman's Reflections on the Revolution in China” (Conference Paper presented at the Backward Toward Revolution: A Festschrift to Celebrate the Scholarship of Edward Friedman, University of Toronto, 2009)

Public Service

• National Endowment for Democracy, Advisor to China programs
• Journal of Contemporary China, Editorial Board Member Since 2009
• Radio Free Asia, Mandarin Service, Program Evaluator

Syllabi

Politics of Asia (PS 354)

Politics of China (PS 466/566)

Politics of Africa (PS 355)