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Erica S. Downs

Erica S. Downs

Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Erica Downs focuses on the international expansion of Chinese companies and China's energy and foreign policies as well as government-business relations in China. She was an energy analyst at the CIA.



Expertise

China; energy

  • Language Fluency:
  • Chinese

Background

Past Positions
Energy Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency (2003-2005); Lecturer, Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, China (1999-2000); Analyst, RAND Corporation (1998)

Education

Ph.D. (2004), M.A. (1998), Princeton University; B.S., Georgetown University, 1994


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioU.S. Cooperation with China on IranJanuary 19, 2012The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Save to My PortfolioChina–Gulf Energy RelationsAugust 01, 2011Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Save to My PortfolioNew Interest Groups in Chinese Foreign PolicyApril 13, 2011U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Save to My PortfolioGetting China to Sanction IranMarch/April 2011Foreign Affairs
Save to My PortfolioThe Power of Oil Companies in Chinese PoliticsJuly 29, 2010Brookings Institution Press
Save to My PortfolioChina’s Energy RiseJune 2010Rowman & Littlefield
Save to My PortfolioWho’s Afraid of China’s Oil Companies?2010Brookings Institution Press
Save to My PortfolioChina's "New" Energy AdministrationNovember-December 2008China Business Review
Save to My PortfolioChina’s Energy Policies and Their Environmental ImpactsAugust 13, 2008U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
Save to My PortfolioChina's Quest for Overseas OilSeptember 2007Far Eastern Economic Review
Save to My PortfolioOil-Hungry China Belongs at Big TableSeptember 08, 2006Calgary Herald
Save to My PortfolioHow Oil Fuels Sino-U.S. FiresSeptember 04, 2006Business Week
Save to My PortfolioChina's Role in the World: Is China a Responsible Stakeholder?August 04, 2006U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Contact Information

edowns@brookings.edu

202.797.6498

202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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