David Shambaugh
David Shambaugh is a Senior Director of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and advises clients on issues related to China. Dr. Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and the founding Director of the China Policy Program at the George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution.
Dr. Shambaugh has consulted for a number of public and private sector organizations—including with the U.S. Defense Department, U.S. National Intelligence Council, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Rand Corporation, Library of Congress, Microsoft Corporation, Deutsche Bank, MacQuarie Securities, Standard Chartered Bank, and American Express International.
Prior to joining the faculty at George Washington University, Dr. Shambaugh served on the faculty at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he also served as Editor of The China Quarterly. He also directed the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and served as an analyst in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and National Security Council staff.
Dr. Shambaugh has authored or edited 26 books, including China Goes Global (forthcoming); Charting China’s Future (2011); International Relations of Asia (2008); China’s Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation (2008), China-Europe Relations: Perceptions, Policies & Prospects (2007), China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan, and the United States (2007); Power Shift: China & Asia’s New Dynamics (2005); The Odyssey of China’s Imperial Art Treasures (2005); and Modernizing China’s Military (2003). He has also published approximately 200 articles, chapters, and editorials in edited books, scholarly and policy journals, and newspapers, and is a frequent commentator in international media.
He has been a visiting scholar at numerous institutions in Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan. He was appointed Honorary Research Professor of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) in 2008, and was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in China 2009-2010. He has also been a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, National Committee on U.S. China Relations (Board of Directors), Council on Foreign Relations, and other professional bodies and editorial boards.
Dr. Shambaugh earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan; M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); and B.A. (cum laude) in East Asian Studies from The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Dr. Shambaugh possesses fluency in Chinese, with some ability in German and French.