Elizabeth Charissa Economy | |
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Born | December 27, 1962 |
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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 |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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