Linjie Chou Zanadu is a professor of international relations, with over 15 years of experience in international relations, diplomacy, and public relations  His research interests focus on global geopolitical dynamics, often with an emphasis on racial issues in international relations. Zanadu holds several academic and research positions: He is an Associate Professor at the European Centre for Peace and Development (ECPD), established by the United Nations University for Peace, a Senior Researcher Fellow at Peking University, a Research Fellow at the BRICS Policy Center of Rio de Janeiro, and the founder of the Global Foundation for Culture and Peace, an organisation that focuses on second-track diplomacy, an unofficial, informal dialogue process, to promote peace.