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Michael D. Swaine

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Former Senior Fellow, Asia Program

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Michael Swaine is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Michael Swaine was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies. Formerly a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, Swaine is a specialist in Chinese defense and foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian international relations.

He has authored and edited more than a dozen books and monographs and many journal articles and book chapters in these areas, directs several security-related projects with Chinese partners, and advises the U.S. government on Asian security issues. He received his doctorate in government from Harvard University.


Affiliations

  • Asia

Areas of Expertise

North KoreaSecurityArms ControlEast AsiaSouth KoreaChinaTaiwanJapanSecurityMilitary

Education

PhD, AM, Harvard University, BA, George Washington University

Languages

Japanese, Mandarin Chinese

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