David Shambaugh

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
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David Shambaugh is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program and the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS). He is an internationally recognized authority on China's domestic politics, foreign policy, military and security, and the international relations of Asia. He also is professor and director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University, the former editor of The China Quarterly, a frequent commentator in the international media, a consultant to the U.S. government and private foundations, and the author of numerous books, chapters and articles on different aspects of China and Asian affairs.

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Expertise

  • China
  • U.S.-Asian relations
  • China's foreign policy
  • Asian security

Experience

Current Positions

  • Director, China Policy Program, and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science, George Washington University

Past Positions

  • Director, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University (1996-1998)
  • The Phi Beta Kappa Society, Visiting Scholar Program (2011-2012)
  • Ngee Ann Kongsi Professorship in International Relations, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (3/2011)
  • Visiting Professor, Department of International Relations, Australian National University (8/2010)
  • Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, China Academy of Social Sciences Institute of World Economics & Politics (8/2009-7/2010)
  • Board of Directors, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (2009—)
  • Honorary Research Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (2009—)
  • Honorary Research Fellow, Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos da China, Asia e Pacifico (IBECAP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008—)
  • Distinguished Visiting Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (05/2007)
  • Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore, East Asia Institute (11/2002)
  • Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2002—2003)
  • Hong Kong S.A.R. Government. Distinguished Visitor Program, 12/2002
  • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader in Chinese Politics, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (1988-1996)
  • Editor, The China Quarterly (1991-1996)
  • Acting Director, Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1987-1988)
  • U.S. National Security Council, East Asia Bureau, staff assistant (1977-1978)
  • U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence & Research, Office of East Asia & the Pacific, analyst (1977)

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan Dept. of Political Science
  • M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1980
  • B.A., George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, 1977

Language Fluency

  • Chinese
  • English
  • French

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