Anastasya (Ana) Lloyd-Damnjanovic is the Director of Security and Foreign Affairs at the Commission, where she has worked since 2019. Ana previously researched China-related issues as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. She is the author of A Preliminary Study of PRC Political Influence and Interference Activities in American Higher Education (Wilson Center, 2018). Ana earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University, graduating with high honors and the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Scholarship. She subsequently earned a Master of Philosophy in International Relations degree from the University of Oxford and a Master of Arts degree in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University. Ana has lived in Beijing, where she was a member of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars, and in Taipei, where she studied at National Taiwan University’s International Chinese Language Program (ICLP). Ana reads and speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Areas of Interest and Expertise
- China’s foreign policy
- Chinese politics
- China’s defense modernization (supported 2020 hearing, 2023 hearing)
- China’s nuclear forces (supported 2021 hearing)
- China’s cyber capabilities (supported 2022 hearing)
- Taiwan (supported 2021 hearing)
- Technology transfer
- China’s overseas influence activities (supported 2023 hearing)