X Dai
Biographic Data
| ID | 30093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | X Dai |
| GIVEN NAMES | X |
| FAMILY NAME | Dai |
| SIGNATURE | DAI X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7318-6219 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 282 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Causal relationships between plasma protein ratios and lung cancer risk
Plasma proteins significantly influence the pathogenesis and progression of Lung cancer (LC). However, research examining the plasma protein-to-protein ratios (rQTL) in LC is limited. Mendelian randomization (MR) uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to infer causal relationships between exposures and outcomes, minimizing confounding and reverse causation. The rQTL approach captures biologically meaningful protein-protein interactions a…
Beyond liberal narratives
The rise of China represents a seismic shift in the field of International Relations. We examine the implications of this for the international order, with a focus on human rights. Is China seeking to undermine or replace rules and institutions that an earlier and much weaker China did not fully participate in creating? Using the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as a laboratory, we analyse over 93,000 recommendations made…
Spatial Permeability in Kraton Yogyakarta, Indonesia during the HB IX-HB X Periods
Kraton Yogyakarta is the center of traditional Javanese culture in Yogyakarta, besides functioning as the residence of the royal family and the center of government. It was established in 1755 as a result of the decision of the Giyanti agreement, which was then led by the king with the title Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono (HB). This hereditary leadership is still ongoing until today, which is currently led by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X (HB X). The …
New Democracies and Commitment to Human Rights Treaties
One of the most influential arguments suggests that new democracies are more inclined than others to commit to international human rights treaties. This paper examines whether new democracies are more likely to commit not only to the basic, but also to the more demanding and constraining treaties. We argue that despite the strategic utility of costly commitments, new democracies are often unwilling to pay for the increased costs of more demanding…
Transmedia Narrative in Chinese Literary Network Discourse (Online Novel “Founder of Devil’s Way”)
The issue of new forms of storytelling that have emerged due to the convergence of the media is considered. It is noted that cross-media narration is formed due to the fact that a particular work is widely popular among users of network platforms. It is shown that the owners of the latter acquire the rights to works that have a large readership, since at present the number of subscribers, fans is a marker of potential commercial success. On the e…
Challenges to the International Institutional Order
Witnessing power shifts among major countries in the world, scholars and policymakers alike are confronted with crucial questions about the international institutional order: Do power shifts expedite the collapse of the order? Who are its major challengers, and why? This article tackles these issues, drawing on rationalist theories of international institutions that include both realist and neoliberal thinking. I analyse how the making of the int…
China and International Order
Sheep, Cattle, and Specialization
In this paper, we present a zooarchaeological analysis of the Longshan period sites of Taosi and Zhoujiazhuang (ca. 2300-1900 cal. BC) in southern Shanxi Province, China. We compare the faunal record at both sites in terms of the proportions of wild and domestic taxa; the slaughter patterns for the main domesticates; the types of bones used to produce utilitarian and decorative bone artifacts; and the types of bones used for ritual oracle bone di…
International Organizations as Orchestrators
International Organizations as Orchestrators reveals how IOs leverage their limited authority and resources to increase their effectiveness, power, and autonomy from states. By 'orchestrating' intermediaries – including NGOs – IOs can shape and steer global governance without engaging in hard, direct regulation. This volume is organized around a theoretical model that emphasizes voluntary collaboration and support. An outstanding group of scholar…
Who defines the rules of the game in East Asia? The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the strategic use of international institutions
A growing sense among academics and policymakers alike is that the dominant issues of the twenty-first century will be decided in Asia-Pacific. But, the open question is how will these issues be decided: Who defines the rules of the game in the region and how? To address these questions, this paper studies the regulatory competition that is unfolding in the region. In particular, it examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with its potential…
Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions
August 01 2008 Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of International Institutions and National Policies (2007). Her work has been published in American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Journal of Conflict Resol…
International Institutions and National Policies
The proliferation of international institutions and their impact has become a central issue in international relations. Why do countries comply with international agreements and how do international institutions influence national policies? Most theories focus on the extent to which international institutions can wield 'carrots and sticks' directly in their relations with states. Xinyuan Dai presents an alternative framework in which they influen…
Dyadic Myth and Monadic Advantage
How do democratic institutions influence international trade policy? This article highlights conceptual challenges confronting the study of democracy and trade. Using a game theoretic model, I aim to spell out the precise effect of democratic legislative constraints on trade. In contrast to the dyadic argument that legislative constraints enable democracies to better cooperate with each other to liberalize trade, I argue that effective legislativ…
The Conditional Nature of Democratic Compliance
Do democratic institutions enhance a country’s compliance with international commitments? The author develops a game-theoretic model that highlights the conditional nature of democratic institutions’ effect on compliance. Rather than assuming that the electorate in a democracy benefits from compliance uniformly, the author considers domestic distributional consequences of compliance. The model thus incorporates the preferences of competing domest…
Why Comply? The Domestic Constituency Mechanism
Why do countries comply with international agreements? While scholars have done rigorous work to address compliance and enforcement in an international game, less analytical attention has been paid to domestic mechanisms of compliance. However, because international agreements have domestic distributional consequences, there exist domestic sources of enforcement. In this article, I develop an analytical framework of domestic accountability, where…
Information Systems in Treaty Regimes
One of the most influential arguments in international relations is that international institutions influence states' behavior by monitoring their compliance with treaties, which in turn facilitates reciprocity. Empirically, however, many treaty organizations are not mandated to monitor compliance. The article develops a parsimonious theoretical framework to address the empirical diversity of monitoring arrangements. By mapping strategic environm…
Political Regimes and International Trade
How do domestic political institutions affect the outcomes of international trade negotiations? Specifically, are the aggregate trade barriers agreed upon by a democratic pair lower than those by a pair composed of a democracy and an autocracy? I revisit these important questions by highlighting some problematic aspect of the analysis by Mansfield, Milner, and Rosendorff (2000). Contrary to their central conclusion, I find that whether the aggreg…
On the changing structure of social networks in urban China
Suppose You Gave a Survey and Everyone Came
In the spring of 1993, we conducted a survey of personal social networks in the city of Tianj in, China. InChina, one cannot simply send out interviewers to neighborhoods; a citywide survey requires the cooperation of some city agency. Our Tianjin survey, therefore, was conducted by the Tianjin Housing Bureau under the supervision of the two present authors who are sociologists at the Tianjin Academy of Social Science. All interviews were face-to…
Why Comply? The Domestic Constituency Mechanism
Why do countries comply with international agreements? While scholars have done rigorous work to address compliance and enforcement in an international game, less analytical attention has been paid to domestic mechanisms of compliance. However, because international agreements have domestic distributional consequences, there exist domestic sources of enforcement. In this article, I develop an analytical framework of domestic accountability, where…
Information Systems in Treaty Regimes
One of the most influential arguments in international relations is that international institutions influence states' behavior by monitoring their compliance with treaties, which in turn facilitates reciprocity. Empirically, however, many treaty organizations are not mandated to monitor compliance. The article develops a parsimonious theoretical framework to address the empirical diversity of monitoring arrangements. By mapping strategic environm…
The Conditional Nature of Democratic Compliance
Do democratic institutions enhance a country’s compliance with international commitments? The author develops a game-theoretic model that highlights the conditional nature of democratic institutions’ effect on compliance. Rather than assuming that the electorate in a democracy benefits from compliance uniformly, the author considers domestic distributional consequences of compliance. The model thus incorporates the preferences of competing domest…
Political Regimes and International Trade
How do domestic political institutions affect the outcomes of international trade negotiations? Specifically, are the aggregate trade barriers agreed upon by a democratic pair lower than those by a pair composed of a democracy and an autocracy? I revisit these important questions by highlighting some problematic aspect of the analysis by Mansfield, Milner, and Rosendorff (2000). Contrary to their central conclusion, I find that whether the aggreg…
Sheep, Cattle, and Specialization
In this paper, we present a zooarchaeological analysis of the Longshan period sites of Taosi and Zhoujiazhuang (ca. 2300-1900 cal. BC) in southern Shanxi Province, China. We compare the faunal record at both sites in terms of the proportions of wild and domestic taxa; the slaughter patterns for the main domesticates; the types of bones used to produce utilitarian and decorative bone artifacts; and the types of bones used for ritual oracle bone di…
Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions
August 01 2008 Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of International Institutions and National Policies (2007). Her work has been published in American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Journal of Conflict Resol…
Dyadic Myth and Monadic Advantage
How do democratic institutions influence international trade policy? This article highlights conceptual challenges confronting the study of democracy and trade. Using a game theoretic model, I aim to spell out the precise effect of democratic legislative constraints on trade. In contrast to the dyadic argument that legislative constraints enable democracies to better cooperate with each other to liberalize trade, I argue that effective legislativ…
New Democracies and Commitment to Human Rights Treaties
One of the most influential arguments suggests that new democracies are more inclined than others to commit to international human rights treaties. This paper examines whether new democracies are more likely to commit not only to the basic, but also to the more demanding and constraining treaties. We argue that despite the strategic utility of costly commitments, new democracies are often unwilling to pay for the increased costs of more demanding…
Who defines the rules of the game in East Asia? The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the strategic use of international institutions
A growing sense among academics and policymakers alike is that the dominant issues of the twenty-first century will be decided in Asia-Pacific. But, the open question is how will these issues be decided: Who defines the rules of the game in the region and how? To address these questions, this paper studies the regulatory competition that is unfolding in the region. In particular, it examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with its potential…
Beyond liberal narratives
The rise of China represents a seismic shift in the field of International Relations. We examine the implications of this for the international order, with a focus on human rights. Is China seeking to undermine or replace rules and institutions that an earlier and much weaker China did not fully participate in creating? Using the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as a laboratory, we analyse over 93,000 recommendations made…
Suppose You Gave a Survey and Everyone Came
In the spring of 1993, we conducted a survey of personal social networks in the city of Tianj in, China. InChina, one cannot simply send out interviewers to neighborhoods; a citywide survey requires the cooperation of some city agency. Our Tianjin survey, therefore, was conducted by the Tianjin Housing Bureau under the supervision of the two present authors who are sociologists at the Tianjin Academy of Social Science. All interviews were face-to…
On the changing structure of social networks in urban China
Information Systems in Treaty Regimes
One of the most influential arguments in international relations is that international institutions influence states' behavior by monitoring their compliance with treaties, which in turn facilitates reciprocity. Empirically, however, many treaty organizations are not mandated to monitor compliance. The article develops a parsimonious theoretical framework to address the empirical diversity of monitoring arrangements. By mapping strategic environm…
Political Regimes and International Trade
How do domestic political institutions affect the outcomes of international trade negotiations? Specifically, are the aggregate trade barriers agreed upon by a democratic pair lower than those by a pair composed of a democracy and an autocracy? I revisit these important questions by highlighting some problematic aspect of the analysis by Mansfield, Milner, and Rosendorff (2000). Contrary to their central conclusion, I find that whether the aggreg…
Why Comply? The Domestic Constituency Mechanism
Why do countries comply with international agreements? While scholars have done rigorous work to address compliance and enforcement in an international game, less analytical attention has been paid to domestic mechanisms of compliance. However, because international agreements have domestic distributional consequences, there exist domestic sources of enforcement. In this article, I develop an analytical framework of domestic accountability, where…
Dyadic Myth and Monadic Advantage
How do democratic institutions influence international trade policy? This article highlights conceptual challenges confronting the study of democracy and trade. Using a game theoretic model, I aim to spell out the precise effect of democratic legislative constraints on trade. In contrast to the dyadic argument that legislative constraints enable democracies to better cooperate with each other to liberalize trade, I argue that effective legislativ…
The Conditional Nature of Democratic Compliance
Do democratic institutions enhance a country’s compliance with international commitments? The author develops a game-theoretic model that highlights the conditional nature of democratic institutions’ effect on compliance. Rather than assuming that the electorate in a democracy benefits from compliance uniformly, the author considers domestic distributional consequences of compliance. The model thus incorporates the preferences of competing domest…
International Institutions and National Policies
The proliferation of international institutions and their impact has become a central issue in international relations. Why do countries comply with international agreements and how do international institutions influence national policies? Most theories focus on the extent to which international institutions can wield 'carrots and sticks' directly in their relations with states. Xinyuan Dai presents an alternative framework in which they influen…
Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions
August 01 2008 Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai Xinyuan Dai is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of International Institutions and National Policies (2007). Her work has been published in American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Journal of Conflict Resol…
Who defines the rules of the game in East Asia? The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the strategic use of international institutions
A growing sense among academics and policymakers alike is that the dominant issues of the twenty-first century will be decided in Asia-Pacific. But, the open question is how will these issues be decided: Who defines the rules of the game in the region and how? To address these questions, this paper studies the regulatory competition that is unfolding in the region. In particular, it examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with its potential…
International Organizations as Orchestrators
International Organizations as Orchestrators reveals how IOs leverage their limited authority and resources to increase their effectiveness, power, and autonomy from states. By 'orchestrating' intermediaries – including NGOs – IOs can shape and steer global governance without engaging in hard, direct regulation. This volume is organized around a theoretical model that emphasizes voluntary collaboration and support. An outstanding group of scholar…
China and International Order
Sheep, Cattle, and Specialization
In this paper, we present a zooarchaeological analysis of the Longshan period sites of Taosi and Zhoujiazhuang (ca. 2300-1900 cal. BC) in southern Shanxi Province, China. We compare the faunal record at both sites in terms of the proportions of wild and domestic taxa; the slaughter patterns for the main domesticates; the types of bones used to produce utilitarian and decorative bone artifacts; and the types of bones used for ritual oracle bone di…
Challenges to the International Institutional Order
Witnessing power shifts among major countries in the world, scholars and policymakers alike are confronted with crucial questions about the international institutional order: Do power shifts expedite the collapse of the order? Who are its major challengers, and why? This article tackles these issues, drawing on rationalist theories of international institutions that include both realist and neoliberal thinking. I analyse how the making of the int…
Transmedia Narrative in Chinese Literary Network Discourse (Online Novel “Founder of Devil’s Way”)
The issue of new forms of storytelling that have emerged due to the convergence of the media is considered. It is noted that cross-media narration is formed due to the fact that a particular work is widely popular among users of network platforms. It is shown that the owners of the latter acquire the rights to works that have a large readership, since at present the number of subscribers, fans is a marker of potential commercial success. On the e…
Spatial Permeability in Kraton Yogyakarta, Indonesia during the HB IX-HB X Periods
Kraton Yogyakarta is the center of traditional Javanese culture in Yogyakarta, besides functioning as the residence of the royal family and the center of government. It was established in 1755 as a result of the decision of the Giyanti agreement, which was then led by the king with the title Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono (HB). This hereditary leadership is still ongoing until today, which is currently led by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X (HB X). The …
New Democracies and Commitment to Human Rights Treaties
One of the most influential arguments suggests that new democracies are more inclined than others to commit to international human rights treaties. This paper examines whether new democracies are more likely to commit not only to the basic, but also to the more demanding and constraining treaties. We argue that despite the strategic utility of costly commitments, new democracies are often unwilling to pay for the increased costs of more demanding…
Causal relationships between plasma protein ratios and lung cancer risk
Plasma proteins significantly influence the pathogenesis and progression of Lung cancer (LC). However, research examining the plasma protein-to-protein ratios (rQTL) in LC is limited. Mendelian randomization (MR) uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to infer causal relationships between exposures and outcomes, minimizing confounding and reverse causation. The rQTL approach captures biologically meaningful protein-protein interactions a…
Beyond liberal narratives
The rise of China represents a seismic shift in the field of International Relations. We examine the implications of this for the international order, with a focus on human rights. Is China seeking to undermine or replace rules and institutions that an earlier and much weaker China did not fully participate in creating? Using the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as a laboratory, we analyse over 93,000 recommendations made…
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