Hao Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include international political economy, Chinese politics, and political methodology. His book project examines how the rise of global production networks reshape trade coalitions within and across national borders, with regional focuses on U.S. and China.  His work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science and The Chinese Journal of International Politics, and he has also won multiple awards, including the Best Paper in International Relations from the Midwest Political Science Association and the Best Paper in Political Economy from the American Political Science Association.  Before MIT, he received a B.A. in International Political Economy from Renmin University of China, an M.A. in International Politics from Tsinghua University, and a second M.A. in International Economics and China Studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS.