James Mann
FPI Author-in-Residence
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
James Mann was senior writer-in-residence at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; served as staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, including positions as Beijing bureau chief, national security correspondent and foreign affairs columnist; previously was staff writer for the New Haven Journal-Courier, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun; received the National Press Club Edwin M. Hood Award (first place) for diplomatic correspondence in 1993 and 1999, the Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting in 1999, the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for best book of the year by a journalist in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific Award for the best book about Asia in 2000; is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; formerly was a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and fellow of the American Academy in Berlin; serves as guest commentator for television and radio networks; B.A., sociology, Harvard University
Publications:
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet (2004); About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship With China, From Nixon to Clinton (1999); Beijing Jeep (1989); “Congress and Taiwan” in Making China Policy (2001); numerous articles in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic and The Washington Post