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Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Director, John L. Thornton China Center
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development

Dr. Lieberthal is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. Lieberthal served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. His government responsibilities encompassed U.S. policy toward Northeast, East and Southeast Asia.



Expertise

China; U.S.-China Relations; climate change; energy security; Asia; Southeast Asia

Background

Current Positions
William Davidson Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, Distinguished Fellow and Director for China at the William Davidson Institute, and Faculty Associate of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan

Past Positions
Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council (1998 - 2000)

Education

Ph.D. (1972), M.A. (1968), Columbia University; B.A., Dartmouth College, 1965


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