Dr. Haemin Jee

Assistant Professor

Course Director - Chinese Politics, International Political Economy

Social Sciences

Personal Website
haemin.jee [at] westpoint.edu

Haemin Jee graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in Government and received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. At West Point, she teaches classes on Chinese politics, international relations, and international political economy. Her research interests include authoritarian politics, public opinion in China, rule of law and policymaking in China, and the implications of US-China competition. Her work has appeared in Democratization and Perspectives on Politics.

Ph.D. - Stanford University

A.B. - Harvard University

Research Interests

Authoritarian politics, Chinese politics, Democratic backsliding, Chinese political economy, International political economy

Current Research

Bureaucratic Incentives and Government Responsiveness in China, European Strategies in the Shadow of Sino-American Competition, Anti-China Rhetoric and Asian American Identity

Selected Publications

Jee, Haemin, and Tongtong Zhang. “Oppose Autocracy without Support for Democracy: A Study of Non-Democratic Critics in China.” Perspectives on Politics, 2025, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724001798. Jee, Haemin, Hans Lueders, and Rachel Myrick. 2021. “Towards a Unified Approach to Research on Democratic Backsliding.” Democratization 29 (4): 754–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2021.2010709.