Sichen Li is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.  Her scholarly interests are centered on the politics of trade and cross-border investment, with a particular focus on how great power competition shapes governments’ role in trade and investment policymaking.  Li’s dissertation explores how technological rivalry among major economies makes governments play an increasingly active role in initiating anti-globalization policies.  Her research employs a mixed-method approach that integrates network analysis, text analysis, field interviews, and comparative case studies.