About Speaker

Dr. Evan Medeiros is the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he also serves as Director of the Asian Studies Program. He is the author of several books and articles on East Asian security, U.S.-China relations, and Chinese foreign policy.

Dr. Medeiros offers a distinctive combination of scholarly expertise and senior government experience. He served for six years on the National Security Council staff, first as Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, and subsequently, as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia.

Prior to his government service, Dr. Medeiros spent seven years as a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. He also served at the U.S. Treasury Department, from 2007 to 2008, as Policy Advisor to Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., where he worked on the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Dr. Medeiros holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge — where was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar — an M.A. in China Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a B.A. in Analytic Philosophy from Bates College.