Yun Sun
Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution
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Brookings Institution
Yun Sun is a nonresident fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. She also serves as co-director of the East Asia Program, and director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and China's relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes.
From 2011 to early 2014, she was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, appointed by the Foreign Policy Program and the Global Economy and Development Program, where she focused on Chinese national security decision-making processes and China-Africa relations. From 2008 to 2011, Yun Sun was the China Analyst for the International Crisis Group (ICG) based in Beijing, specializing on China's policy towards conflict countries and the developing world. Prior to ICG, she worked on U.S.-Asia relations in Washington, D.C. Her work is regularly cited by Voice of America, Axios, and other prominent news outlets and publications.
Yun Sun earned her master's degree in international policy and practice from George Washington University, as well as an M.A. in Asia Pacific studies and a B.A. in international relations from Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.
EDUCATION
- MA, International Policy and Practice, George Washington University
- MA, Asia Pacific Regional Studies, Foreign Affairs College (Beijing)
- BA, International Relations, Foreign Affairs College (Beijing)
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"China Also Has to Win": A Discussion with Yun Sun on One Belt, One Road in Africa
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