Michael Swaine came to the Carnegie Endowment after twelve years at the RAND Corporation. He specializes in Chinese security and foreign policy, U.S.–China relations, and East Asian international relations. One of the most prominent U.S. analysts in Chinese security studies, he is the author of more than ten monographs on security policy in the region. At RAND, he was a senior political scientist in international studies and also research director of the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy.

He was appointed as the first recipient of the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy Chair in Northeast Asian Security in recognition of the exceptional contributions he has made in his field.

Prior to joining RAND in 1989, Swaine was a consultant with a private sector firm; a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley; and a research associate at Harvard University. He attended the Taipei and Tokyo Inter-University Centers for Language Study, administered by Stanford University, for training in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

Selected Publications: Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security, with Andrew Yang, Evan Medeiros, and Oriana Mastro (Carnegie 2007); Managing Sino-American Crises: Case Studies and Analysis, (Carnegie 2006); "Military Modernization in Taiwan," in Strategic Asia 2005-2006, Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, eds., (Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2005); "Deterring Conflict in the Taiwan Strait," Carnegie Paper No. 46 (July 2004); "The Taiwan Relations Act: The Next 25 Years," Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, April 2004; "Trouble in Taiwan," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2004.

Areas of Expertise

Swaine is an expert in U.S.-China military and security policy, China, Taiwan, and East Asia.

Education

B.A., George Washington University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

Languages

Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Homeland Security & Terrorism, China,