Professor Zhu previously served as Deputy Director of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University and as Professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies. In 2014, he joined Nanjing University to lead the Collaborative Innovation Center for South China Sea Studies, the first national-level collaborative innovation center in the humanities and social sciences.
Professor Zhu’s research focuses on China–U.S. relations, East Asian regional security, and maritime security in the Asia-Pacific. He currently serves as Vice President of the Chinese Institute of International Relations, Vice President of the Chinese Association for American Studies, and Vice President of the Chinese Association for Japanese Studies. He was also selected for the national-level Ten Thousand Talents Program as a leading scholar in philosophy and social sciences.
Professor Zhu has been a visiting scholar at several internationally renowned academic institutions, including the Brookings Institution, Harvard University, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Tulane University, and Victoria University of Wellington. He previously served as a member of the 14th Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He currently serves as a member of the 15th Nanjing Municipal Committee of the CPPCC and as a council member of the Jiangsu Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars. He is also Chief Expert at a key think tank cooperating with the Central Foreign Affairs Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
Professor Zhu’s major academic publications include:
China’s Ascent: Power, Security and International Politics (co-edited with Professor Robert S. Ross, Cornell University Press, 2008);
America, China and the Struggle for the World Order (co-edited with Professor G. John Ikenberry and Professor Wang Jisi, Macmillan Press, 2015);
Maritime Power in the 21st Century: Historical Experience and China’s Challenges (editor, World Affairs Press, 2016);
International Relations Theory and East Asian Security (China Renmin University Press, 2007);
China’s Rise: Perspectives from Theory and Policy (World Affairs Press, 2008);
An Analysis of the Philippines’ South China Sea Arbitration Case (editor, World Affairs Press, 2017); andAn Analysis of the Security Situation Surrounding the South China Sea (editor, Nanjing University Press, 2021).
His latest monograph is Great-Power Strategic Competition and the Development of a Maritime Community with a Shared Future (Nanjing University Press, 2026).
朱锋教授的研究专长为中美关系、东亚地区安全和亚太海上安全。朱锋教授现任中国国际关系学会副会长、中华美国学会副会长、中华日本学会副会长， 并入选国家级“万人计划”哲学社会科学领军人才工程。朱锋教授曾在美国布鲁金斯学会、哈佛大学、美国战略与国际研究中心（CSIS）、英国杜兰大学、新西兰惠灵顿大学等国际知名学术机构担任访问学者。朱锋教授曾任南京市14届政协委员，现为南京市第15届政协委员会、江苏省欧美同学会理事。朱锋教授是中央外办、外交部重点合作智库首席专家。
朱锋教授的代表性学术专著有：China’s Ascent: Power, Security and International Politics（co-edited with Prof. Robert S. Ross, Cornell University Press, 2008）， America, China and the Struggle for the World Order（co-edited with Prof. G. John Ikenbery and Prof. Wang Jisi, MacMillan Press，2015）、《21世纪海权：历史经验与中国课题》（主编，世界知识出版社，2016）、《国际关系理论与东亚安全》（人民大学出版社2007年版）、《中国崛起：理论与政策的视角》（世界知识出版社2008年版）、《菲律宾南海仲裁案剖析》（主编，世界知识出版社2017年版）、《南海周边安全形势分析》（主编，南京大学出版社2021年版）。朱锋教授出版的最新专著是《大国战略竞争与海洋命运共同体建设》（南京大学出版社2026年版）。