Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Director, John L. Thornton China Center
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development

Lieberthal is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. Lieberthal was a professor at the University of Michigan for 1983-2009. He has authored 17 books and monographs and over seventy articles, mostly dealing with China. He also served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. His government responsibilities encompassed U.S. policy toward Northeast and East Asia.