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Thomas Christensen

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings Institution

William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War; Co-Director, China and the World Program (CWP), Faculty Chair, MPP Program at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

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  • Brookings Institution
  • Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

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    Brookings Institution

    Thomas J. Christensen is a nonresident senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and professor of public and international affairs and director of the China and the World program in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. From 2006 to 2008, he served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, with responsibility for relations with China, Taiwan, and Mongolia.

    His research and teaching focuses on China’s foreign relations, the international relations of East Asia, and international security. Previously, he taught at Princeton University, Cornell University, and MIT. He received his bachelor’s from Haverford College, his master’s in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in political science from Columbia University.

    Christensen has served on the board of directors and the executive committee of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He is editor of the Nancy B. Tucker and Warren I. Cohen book series on the United States in Asia at Columbia University Press. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of State.

    Affiliations: Columbia University Press, series editor Council on Foreign Relations, life member National Bureau of Asian Research, member, advisory board Princeton University, China and the World Program and Master’s in Public Policy Program, director Princeton University, professor Schwarzman Educational Foundation, member, academic advisory board World Politics, member, editorial committee

    Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

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    CWP and Thomas Christensen are moving to NYC Summer 2018.

     

    Thomas J. Christensen is William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University. At Princeton he is also faculty director of the Masters of Public Policy Program and the Truman Scholars Program.   From 2006-2008 he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs with responsibility for relations with China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. His research and teaching focus on China’s foreign relations, the international relations of East Asia, and international security.  His most recent book_, The China Challenge:  Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power_ (W.W. Norton) was an editors’ choice at the New York Times Book Review, a “Book of the Week” on CNN”s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and the Arthur Ross Book Award Silver Medalist for 2016 at the Council on Foreign Relations.   Before arriving at Princeton in 2003, Professor Christensen taught at Cornell University and MIT. He received his B.A. with honors in History from Haverford College, M.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He has served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, as co-editor of the International History and Politics series at Princeton University Press, and as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee for the Schwarzman Scholars Program. He is currently the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Nancy B. Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book Series on the United States in Asia at Columbia University Press.  Professor Christensen is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the Brookings Institution. In 2002 he was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of State.

    WorseThan a Monolith: Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia  - Thomas J. Christensen

    The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power - Thomas J. Christensen

    For more information, visit http://cwp.princeton.edu/people/thomas-j-christensen.

    Areas

    • International Relations

    • International Security

    • China Foreign Relations

    • International Relations of East Asia

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