Rate My Professor Jamie Reilly

Jamie Reilly is an Associate Professor in Northeast Asian Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He is affiliated with the School of Social and Political Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Reilly holds a PhD in Political Science from George Washington University, awarded in 2008, and an MA from the University of Washington. His academic interests and research specializations encompass Chinese foreign policy, East Asian politics, and international relations. These areas form the core of his teaching within the department, where he delivers courses on Northeast Asian politics and related topics.

Reilly's career at the University of Sydney has progressed from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and now to Associate Professor. He previously served as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His major publications include the book Strong Society, Smart State: The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy, published by Columbia University Press in 2012. In 2023, he co-edited Engaging China: How Australia can lead the way again with Jingdong Yuan, published by Sydney University Press. Other key works feature China's Economic Statecraft: Turning Wealth into Power and contributions to volumes such as Sovereignty, Intervention, and Peacekeeping co-authored with Bates Gill. Reilly has received funding for research projects, including work on China as an education aid donor with UNESCO in 2015. He maintains an active profile with ORCID identifier 0000-0002-4634-6512 and is associated with the University of Sydney's China Studies Centre. His scholarship addresses China's economic engagements, public opinion dynamics in foreign policy, and regional geopolitics in Northeast Asia, contributing to academic discourse on these subjects.