Her research focuses on Chinese foreign and security policy, civil-military relations of China, and international politics in the Asia-Pacific. She has published papers on China’s evolving maritime policy, including naval modernization, China’s interpretation and practice of the UNCOLS, and civil-military relations. She also has been conducting research on the impact of China’s rise on the development of regional cooperation in East Asia. She and her colleagues interviewed more than 100 officials and experts in China, the ASEAN member countries other than Brunei, and the United States. Aki Mori studied Chinese foreign and security policy at the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China during 2007-2008.