Joshua Eisenman
Senior Fellow in China Studies

Joshua Eisenman is Senior Fellow in China Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council and editor of AFPC's China Reform Monitor. Along with Ambassador David H. Shinn, he is coauthor of China and Africa: A Century of Engagement (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012). China and Africa, which was named one of the top three books on Africa for 2012 by Foreign Affairs, covers China’s political, economic, military and social relations with all African countries. Mr. Eisenman was also coeditor of China and the Developing World: Beijing's Strategy for the 21st Century (ME Sharpe, 2007) and author of the book’s chapter on China-Africa relations. In 2011-12, as adjunct professor of politics at New York University, he taught the international relations of China, Chinese domestic politics, and the political economy of East Asia both in New York and Shanghai. He is currently teaching China-Africa relations at UCLA, where he is a PhD candidate in the political science department.

Prior to joining the AFPC, Mr. Eisenman worked for two-and-a-half years as a professional policy analyst on the staff of the Congressionally mandated U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He has also worked as Fellow at the New America Foundation and Assistant Director of China Studies at The Nixon Center. He has consulted for the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the National Intelligence Council.

Mr. Eisenman has written dozen of articles on China’s domestic development and foreign policy for a variety of publications including The Journal of Contemporary China, Current History, the Wall Street Journal, and the Baltimore Sun. He has spoken on China’s international relations and domestic politics at venues around the world including The Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University, The Brookings Institution, Cornell University, the Carnegie Council, UCLA, The American Enterprise Institute, the European Parliament, Stanford University, the Asia Society in Hong Kong, and Fudan University in Shanghai.

Mr. Eisenman received his MA in International Relations with specializations in China studies and international economics from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and his BA in East Asian Studies and Chinese language from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese.