David Shambaugh is a professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University

George Washington University

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 in Washington DC, as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

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. He is regarded as an authority on China’s foreign policy, military and security issues in East Asia, and Chinese politics. Shambaugh is a regular media commentator, and has acted as an advisor to the United States government and several private foundations and corporations. He was formerly the editor of the China Quarterly, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

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Shambaugh earned his bachelor’s degree from the Elliott School of International Affairs

Elliott School of International Affairs

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, where he now teaches. He received his M.A. in international affairs from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

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, and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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Publications

• Charting China's Future: Domestic and International Challenges (2011)
• China's Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation (2008)
• American and European Relations with China (2008)
• International Relations of Asia (2008)
• Power Shift: China & Asia's New Dynamics (2005)
• China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan, and the United States (2007)
• China-Europe Relations (2007)
• Modernizing China's Military (2003)
• The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures (2005)
• The Modern Chinese State (2000)
• Is China Unstable: Assessing the Factors (2000)
• China's Military Faces the Future (1999)
• The China Reader: The Reform Era (1998)
• Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (1996)
• Deng Xiaoping: Portrait of a Chinese Statesman (1995)
• Beautiful Imperialist (1993)
• China's Military in Transition (1991)
• The making of a premier: Zhao Ziyang's provincial career (1984)