Dr. Zhang specialises in Asian security affairs, China’s foreign and security policies, Chinese military affairs and Australia-China relations. He is also a member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (Aus-CSCAP), and a member-at-large of the Executive Committee (2018-2021) of International Studies Association (ISA) Asia-Pacific. Dr. Zhang is visiting ISDP as a guest researcher from September to December 2018.