Dr. Ellen L. Frost
Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics
Adjunct Research Fellow, INSS National Defense University
Washington, DC
Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and an adjunct research fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008).
Dr. Frost served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81), various positions in the Treasury Department (1974–77) and the State Department (1963), and as a legislative assistant in the US Senate (1972–74). During the 1980s she worked for two multinational corporations.
In addition to her new book, she is the author of For Richer, For Poorer: The New US-Japan Relationship (Council on Foreign Relations, 1987), Transatlantic Trade: A Strategic Agenda (1997), and numerous articles and chapters. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the U.S. Committee of CSCAP (Council on Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific), and the Public Diplomacy Council.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1945, Dr. Frost received her Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University, where she specialized in the politics and foreign policy of China; an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and a BA magna cum laude from Radcliffe College/Harvard, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.