Shiping Tang is Fudan Distinguished Professor and Dr. Seaker Chan Chair Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai, China. He has a very broad research interest, ranging from international relations (IR) to philosophy of the social sciences. His most recent book, The Social Evolution of International Politics (Oxford University Press, 2013), was awarded the "Annual Best Book Award" by the International Studies Association (ISA) in 2015. He is also the author of A Theory of Security Strategy for Our Time: Defensive Realism (Palgrave-Macmillan 2010), A General Theory of Institutional Change (Routledge 2011). He is the co-editor of Living with China: Living with China: Regional States and China through Crises and Turning Points (Palgrave-Macmillan 2009). He has also published many articles in leading journals.He is now working on another book manuscript, On Social Evolution.