Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Michael D. Swaine

Senior Associate
Asia Program

Michael Swaine is a senior associate 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 Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.

Areas of Expertise

China, Defense and Security, East Asia, Japan, Military, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

Education

PhD, AM, Harvard University
BA, George Washington University 

Languages

Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

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America's Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century

In America's Challenge, Michael D. Swaine offers a fresh perspective on current and future U.S. policy toward China.

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