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Dr. Quan Li is Professor of Political Science and the Sara H. Lindsey Chair in the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, a visiting senior fellow of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (2025–2026), a Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar (2019–2020), and a Cornerstone Faculty Fellow (2017–2021). Dr. Li has published research on a wide range of topics, including economic globalization (international trade, foreign direct investment, and financial openness), democratic governance, political violence (interstate military conflict, civil conflict, and transnational terrorism), environmental degradation, and research methodology. His current research projects include geopolitics and firm strategies and performance, economic interdependence and conflict behaviors, U.S.–China relations, and power in international relations. Dr. Li’s research has appeared in numerous journals in political science, international relations, public policy, and international business. He is the author or coauthor of four books, including Democracy and Economic Openness in an Interconnected System: Complex Transformations (2009, Cambridge University Press), Politics and Foreign Direct Investment (2012, University of Michigan Press), Using R for Data Analysis in Social Sciences: A Research Project-Oriented Approach (2018, Oxford University Press), and Easy R: Access, Prepare, Visualize, and Explore Data, and Write Papers (2020, SAGE). Dr. Li served on the National Science Foundation Political Science Advisory Panel, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Peer Review Panel, the Southern Political Science Association Executive Council, and the editorial boards of American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, and International Interactions. He is the co-recipient of the 2003 Best Article on Democratization Award from the American Political Science Association.