China's Soft Power: Fact or Fiction?

China's Soft Power: Fact or Fiction?

David Shambaugh has been Professor of Political Science & International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University since 1996. He recently returned from a year in China on a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship at the China Academy of Social Sciences. He directed the Sigur Center for Asian Studies from 1996 to 1998, and since that time has directed the China Policy Program at the Elliott School. He has also been a nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at The Brookings Institution since 1998. Previously, Dr. Shambaugh taught at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies; served as Editor of The China Quarterly (1991-95); and directed the Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1986-87). His newest books are China's Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation; American and European Relations with China; and The International Relations of Asia (all published in 2008). Professor Shambaugh is a frequent commentator in international media, and has contributed to leading scholarly journals such as International Security, Foreign Affairs, The China Quarterly, and The China Journal. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies, World Economic Forum, Pacific Council on International Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Asia Society, and other public policy and scholarly organizations. He received his BA in East Asian Studies from the Elliott School, an MA in International Affairs from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.