William Z.Y. Wang was born in Beijing, China. He completed his Ph.D thesis in September 2016 in the International Relations department at LSE. Before joining SEAC as a research assistant, William earned a Master's degree in history at Temple University and MPhil in International Relations at LSE. He had also worked in Beijing as a copy editor for Frontier of Law, a journal for legal studies.
William's current research focus is on prestige signaling in great power politics and alignment strategies in the unipolar world. He combines theoretical inquiry with empirical analysis in the study of security strategies in Southeast Asia.