Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center
Portrait: Kenneth Lieberthal

Kenneth Lieberthal is a 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 24 books and monographs and over 70 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. His latest book, Bending History: Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy (co-authored with Martin Indyk and Michael O’Hanlon), was published by the Brookings Press in March 2012.

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Expertise

  • China
  • U.S.-China Relations
  • climate change
  • energy security
  • Asia

Experience

Past Positions

  • Director, John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings
  • University of Michigan: William Davidson Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, Distinguished Fellow and Director for China at the William Davidson Institute, and Faculty Associate of the Center for Chinese Studies
  • Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council (1998-2000)
  •  numerous editorial and advisory boards and committees
  •  consulted for a variety of US government agencies, corporations and NGOs

Education

  • Ph.D. (1972), M.A. (1968), Columbia University
  • B.A., Dartmouth College, 1965

Language Fluency

  • Chinese
  • English

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