Education:
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Expertise:
Chinese politics and foreign policy; U.S.-China relations; China's military and security; international relations of the Asia-Pacific region

Background:
David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Director of The China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University (1996-present), and Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at The Brookings Institution (1998-present).

Before joining the faculty at George Washington, he taught for eight years at the University of London�s School of Oriental and African Studies, where he also served as Editor of the China Quarterly from 1991-96. He also served as Acting Director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1987-1988), and as an analyst in the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1976-77), and the National Security Council staff (1977-78).

Professor Shambaugh is recognized internationally as an authority on contemporary Chinese affairs, U.S.-China Relations and the international politics and security of the Asia-Pacific region. He is a widely published author of numerous books, articles, book chapters and newspaper editorials. He has authored four and edited twelve books. His newest study, Modernizing China�s Military, was published by the University of California Press in 2003. He has also published articles in Foreign Affairs, International Security, Survival, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, Washington Quarterly, World Policy Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Far Eastern Economic Review, Asian Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, and other periodicals. He is also a frequent commentator in international media.