Summary
Elizabeth C. Economy (born 27 December 1962) is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and expert on China's politics and foreign policy. She was a Senior Advisor for China to the Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration and Senior Fellow (on leave) at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.[1]
Elizabeth Charissa Economy | |
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 Elizabeth Economy at Naval War College in 2016 | |
| Born | December 27, 1962 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Negotiating the Terrain of Global Climate Change Policy in the Soviet Union and China: Linking International and Domestic Decision-making Pathways (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michel Oksenberg, Kenneth Lieberthal |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | |
Education and career edit
In 1994, Economy completed her PhD in Political Science at the University of Michigan.[2]
She has taught at Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies.[3] She was C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations for over a decade.[4][2][5]
From 2008 to 2014, Economy served as a member and then Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Agenda Council on the Future of China. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a member of WEF's Global Agenda Council on the United States.[3]
In 2008, Economy received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Vermont Law School.[3]
Board memberships edit
Economy serves on the board of managers of Swarthmore College and the board of trustees of The Asia Foundation.[6] She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group[7] and is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations.[8] She also serves on the National Endowment for Democracy's board of directors.[9]
Personal life edit
Economy is the daughter of materials science researcher James Economy and Anastasia Economy.[10] She was raised in San Jose, California.[11] She married investment banker David Wah in 1994.[12] They live in New York City and have three children.[2]
Publications edit
Books edit
- The Internationalization of Environmental Protection (Cambridge University Press, with Miranda Schreurs, 1997)
- China Joins the World: Progress and Prospects (Council on Foreign Relations Press, with Michel Oksenberg, 1999)
- The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future (Cornell University Press, 2004)
- By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World (Oxford University Press, 2014, with Michael Levi)
- The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State (Oxford University Press, 2018)[13]
- The World According to China[14] (Polity, 2021)
Articles edit
- "The Game Changer: Coping With China's Foreign Policy Revolution." Foreign Affairs (2010): 142–152.
- "China's Imperial President: Xi Jinping Tightens His Grip." Foreign Affairs 93.6 (2014): 80–91.
- "History with Chinese Characteristics: How China's Imagined Past Shapes Its Present." Foreign Affairs. 96 (2017): 141–148.
- "China's New Revolution: The Reign of Xi Jinping." Foreign Affairs. 97 (2018): 60–74.
- "The China Model: Unexceptional Exceptionalism." Essay Series of the Hoover Institution: Human Prosperity Project (2020).
References edit
- ^ "Elizabeth Economy". www.foreignaffairs.com. 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ^ a b c "Elizabeth Economy". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ a b c "ELIZABETH C. ECONOMY" (PDF). Council on Foreign Relations.
- ^ "Xi Jinping's Vision for China: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Economy". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Elizabeth Economy". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Elizabeth Economy". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Elizabeth Economy". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy". Asia Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "National Endowment for Democracy Announces New Board Members". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Jankauski, Emily (8 November 2021). "Remembering MatSE's first department head James Economy". matse.illinois.edu. Urbana, Illinois. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Professor James Economy and family establish named Professorship". matse.illinois.edu. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; Elizabeth Economy and David Wah". The New York Times. 21 August 1994. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "'The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State' by Elizabeth C. Economy". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ The World According to China.
External links edit
- In this podcast, Elizabeth C. Economy and James M. Lindsay discuss Chinese president Xi Jinping and China-US relations (May 3, 2018)