Peer-reviewed Articles:

He, W., & Widmaier, W. (2023). “Ambiguity and National Interests: Foreign Policy Frames and U.S.-China Relations.” Asia Policy, 18(4), 41–51.

Widmaier, W., Davies, M., Elliott, L., Emmers, R., Hamilton-Hart, N., He, W., Loke, B., & Park, S. (2023). “Diplomacy and Ambiguity-Constructing Interests in Cooperation.” Asia Policy, 18(4), 2–10.

Opinion Pieces:

He, W., & Widmaier, W. (2024). “Is Life Getting Better for China’s Tech Billionaires?” The Conversation, 16 October.

He, W. (2024). “China’s Government Is About to Spend Big on Stimulus - Can It Turn Around the Country’s Sluggish Economy?” The Conversation, 20 September.

Policy Report:

Sunder, P., King, A., He, W., & Li, B. (submitted in 2024 and currently in print). “Infrastructure Financing, Geographic Influence, and Why Financial Instruments Matter.” The Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade & the Australian National University.

The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). 2024. “Strengthening Consensus on the Rules and Principles Underpinning International Order.” Reported to CSCAP Steering Committee.

Work in Process

King, A. & He, W.. “The Resilience of ‘Self-Reliance’ in China: Autonomy, Interdependence and Order-Shaping.” The China Quarterly, revise and resubmit.

He, W. “China’s Engagement in Reforming the Dollar-Centred International Monetary System since 1997: A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis.” Expected to be published as a book chapter in Phenomenal World books series (Chicago Univeristy Press).

He, W. “Ambiguity in Economic Interdependence: Foreign Policy Narratives and Australia-China Economic Relations.” Submitted to a special issue of Journal of Current Chinese Affairs shortly.

He, W.. “China in the International Economic Order: Ambiguity, Financial Crises, Central Bank Cooperation.” (near submission for a peer-reviewed journal; has been presented at International Studies Association’s 66th Annual Convention in 2025)

He, W., King, A., Sunder, P., & Li, B. “Too Big to Fail: Legitimising Changes in China’s Infrastructure Financing.” (The full paper has been presented at the 11th Oceanic Conference on International Studies in July 2025)

Li, B., Sunder, P., King, A., & He, W. “China’s Global Development Projects: Embedded Power and the Repoliticised Infrastructure Life Cycle.” (writing in progress; the first draft has been presented at the 11th Oceanic Conference on International Studies in July 2025)

Selected Conference Proceedings:

He, W. (Mar 2025). “China in the International Economic Order: Ambiguity, Financial Crises, Central Bank Cooperation.” International Studies Association’s 66th Annual Convention, Chicago, US.

He, W. (Feb 2025). Discursive Sources of China’s Financial Policy Interest Since 1989: Policy Debates, Crisis Construction, and State-Market Relations.” Australian International Political Economy Network Workshop, Adelaide, Australia.

He, W. (Dec 2024). “China’s Engagement in Reforming the Dollar-Centred International Monetary System since 1997: A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis.” Dollar Hegemony, State Sovereignty and International Order Workshop. Sydney, Australia.

King, A. & He, W. (Mar 2024). “The Resilience of ‘Self-Reliance’ in China: Autonomy, Interdependence and Order-Shaping.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, US.

He, W. (Feb 2024). “Constructing Socialist Market Economy: Ambiguity, China’s Market-State Relations, and Crisis Lessons.” Australian International Political Economy Network Workshop, Canberra, Australia.

He, W. (Nov 2023). “Rethinking China’s Economic Rise in the 2000s: Historical Insights, Conceptual Ambiguities, and Misplaced Optimism.” Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Sydney, Australia.

He, W. (Jul 2023). “An Institutionalist Analysis of China’s Engagement with the Reform of the International Monetary System Since 1997.” 10th Oceanic Conference on International Studies, Melbourne, Australia.

He, W. (Jun 2023). “China’s Experimental Currency Strategy: RMB Internationalisation in the Belt and Road Initiative.” Breaking Boundaries: Chinese Companies Abroad Conference, Canberra, Australia.

He, W. (Feb 2020). “A Discursive Institutionalist Analysis of US-China Economic Relations: Policy Narratives, National Identity, National Interest in Economic Cooperation.” Australian International Political Economy Network Workshop, Sydney, Australia.