Rate My Professor Yves-Heng Lim

Lim’s research focuses on balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, China’s grand strategy and military affairs—particularly naval strategy—and international relations theory, including realism and power transition theory. He authored the book China’s Naval Power: an Offensive Realist Approach (Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2014). With over 20 peer-reviewed articles, 15 book chapters, 5 commissioned reports, and 3 website contributions, his publications appear in The Journal of Strategic Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, Contemporary Strategy, and Asian Security. Key works include “How (Dis)Satisfied is China? A power transition theory perspective” (Journal of Contemporary China, 2015), “Expanding the dragon’s reach: the rise of China’s anti-access naval doctrine and forces” (The Journal of Strategic Studies, 2017), “India–France convergence: redrawing the strategic map of the Indo-Pacific” (Australian Outlook, 2026, with Dalbir Ahlawat), and “055 Shades of Grey: operationalising the ICAD” (Australian Outlook, 2025, with Adam Lockyer and Courtney J. Fung). As Primary Chief Investigator for “A Multi-Factor Model of China's Security Strategy in East Asia” (2019-2021), Lim contributes to understanding great power competition and regional security dynamics.