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Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia
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Phone: +1.202.509.8528
E-mail: efeigenbaum@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the policy planning staff for East Asia. Author of books on China. Now writing a book on the reemergence of Asia as an integrated strategic space and the global implications of the rise of Asian power.
Expertise:China, India, Central Asia, Japan, North and South Korea, Russia; energy, Caspian oil and gas; China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; new global and Asian regional architecture.
Experience:Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives; South Asian regional economic/security affairs), 2007-2009; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (Central Asia), 2006-2007; Member (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia), Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, 2001-2006; Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Security Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000-2001; Program Chair, Chinese Security Studies Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1999-2001; Lecturer on Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 1998-1999; Belfer Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Harvard University, 1998-2000; Olin Fellow in National Security, Harvard University, 1997-1998; Lecturer of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994-1995; Consultant, RAND Corporation, 1992-1993.
Languages:Chinese (fluent); French (familiar); Japanese, Korean, Russian (basic).
Honors:Superior Honor Award, U.S. Department of State (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Selected Publications:“The Future of U.S.-India Relations,” Foreign Press Center (October 2008); “Strategic Context of U.S.-India Relations,” Harvard University Weatherhead Fellows Program (April 2008); "The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Future of Central Asia," Nixon Center (September 2007);"Turning the Page in U.S.-Turkmenistan Relations," Carnegie Endowment (September 2007); "Trade and Investment Framework in Central Asia and Afghanistan ," U.S. Department of State (August 2007); "The United States and Kyrgyzstan," Kyrgyz National University (April 2007); "Fifteen Years of Tajik-American Relations," Tajikistan Center for Strategic Research (April 2007); “Central Asian Economic Integration: An American Perspective,” Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (February 2007); "Kazakhstan and the United States in a Changed World,” China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly (December 2006); Zhonggong Keji Xianqu [China’s Science and Technology Pioneers], Taipei: National Defense Press, 2006; China’s Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003; "China's Strategy of Weakness," Far Eastern Economic Review (1 March 2001); "China's Challenge to Pax Americana," Washington Quarterly (Spring 2001); "Patterns of Chinese Policies on Technology Transfer," Journal of American-East Asian Relations (Summer 2001); "China's Military Posture and the New Economic Geopolitics," Survival 41, no. 2 (Summer 1999); "Soldiers, Weapons, and Chinese Development Strategy: The Mao Era Military in China's Economic and Institutional Debate," China Quarterly, no. 158 (June 1999); "Who's Behind China's High-Technology 'Revolution'? How Bomb Makers Remade Beijing's Priorities, Policies, and Institutions," International Security 24, no. 1 (1999); Change in Taiwan and Potential Adversity in the Strait, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1995.
Interviews, discussions, and presentations:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "U.S.–India Relations on the Eve of Singh’s Visit" (Panel discussion, November 18, 2009)
BBC World Service, "The World Today:" "U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue" (radio interview; July 27, 2009)
CNN IBN, "Face the Nation:" "Hillary's Visit Foundation for Bigger Things Ahead" (television interview; July 20, 2009)
International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Indian School of Business: " The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership: Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Growth" (public presentation; June 6, 2009)
Voice of America Uzbek: "Central Asia" (radio interview; May 8, 2009):
Washington Post Discussions: "N. Korea to Boycott Nuclear Talks, Restart Weapons Plant" (online discussion; April 14, 2009)
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, W.P. Carey Forum, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University: "What's at Stake at Manas Airbase" (public presentation; February 23, 2009)
Global Journalist: War in Sri Lanka: The End of the Tamil Tigers (radio interview; February 26, 2009)
Publications:
Council Special Report: The United States in the New Asia (November 2009)
Current Research Projects
November 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Financial Times
"As U.S. president Barack Obama makes his way through Asia he will find a dynamic region in ferment," writes Evan Feigenbaum. And, as the region continues to grow, the United States needs to assert itself through trade agreements or risk becoming marginalized in a region that will constitute about half the global economy.
See more in Asia, Business & Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets, Trade
November 11, 2009
Podcast
As President Obama embarks on a trip to Asia, CFR Senior Fellow Evan Feigenbaum says the president must express U.S. commitment to free trade and drive the agenda for greater trade liberalization in the region.
November 11, 2009
Audio
Ahead of President Obama's trip to Asia to participate in summits with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as bilateral meetings in Tokyo, Beijing, and Seoul, CFR Fellows Evan Feigenbaum, Joshua Kurlantzick, and Sheila Smith discuss the security and economic issues that will dominate his agenda.
See more in Asia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 2009
Council Special Report No. 50
Council Special Report
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape. A purposeful multilateralism that pools the efforts of those with the greatest capacity, the authors argue, could make Asia a more prosperous and secure region.
See more in Asia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
October 19, 2009
Transcript
A panel discussion on China's global rise, as part of the Council on Foreign Relations China 2025 Conference.
See more in China, Economic Development, Trade
October 19, 2009
Video
Watch experts as they examine China's future global outlook.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
See more in China, International Peace and Security, Grand Strategy
October 19, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts as they examine China's future global outlook.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
See more in China, International Peace and Security, Grand Strategy
July 16, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Evan Feigenbaum discuss the future of U.S-India relations
July 16, 2009
Transcript
CFR's Evan Feigenbaum talks about the significance of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India.
See more in India, Public Diplomacy
July 16, 2009
Expert Brief
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to India with an opportunity to further improve a relationship that has been transformed over the last decade, says CFR's Evan Feigenbaum, until recently the deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for U.S. relations with India.
See more in India, Diplomacy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 15, 2009
Interview
CFR's Evan Feigenbaum says the United States should ensure improved relations with India are not paralyzed by domestic Indian politics.
See more in United States, India, Elections
March 26, 2009
Podcast
CFR Central Asia expert Evan Feigenbaum says the United States has a rare opportunity to explore whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization can become a serious partner in stabilizing Afghanistan.
See more in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Russian Fed., International Peace and Security
November 26, 2007
Transcript
A panel discussion covering the politics of oil pipelines from the Caspian region to around the world.
See more in Caspian Sea Region, Energy
November 13, 2007
Audio
Listen to experts discuss issues surrounding the pursuit of oil and gas in the Caspian Sea region, including ongoing discussions among the five states that border the Sea, with an emphasis on the critical role of pipelines.
See more in Economics, Natural Resources Management
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
Complete list of CFR Books
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