Kenneth Lieberthal

Kenneth Lieberthal is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, and also the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He served as director of the China Center from July 2009 to August 2012. Lieberthal was special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council for 1998 through 2000. Lieberthal is professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, where until 2009 he was the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science and William Davidson Professor of Business Administration. He was director of the University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies from 1986 to 1989. He earlier taught at Swarthmore College from 1972 to 1983 before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 1983. He has a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, and a master’s and doctorate in political science from Columbia University. Affiliations: Albright Stonebridge Group, senior advisor Asia Policy, member, editorial board China: An International Journal, member, editorial board China Economic Review, member, editorial board Chinese Academy of Governance, guest professor Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., member Council on Foreign Relations, member Duke Kunshan University, member, advisory board East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, member, international advisory board Foreign Policy Bulletin, member, editorial board Journal of Contemporary China, member, editorial board National Bureau of Asian Research, member, board of advisors National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, member, board of directors and executive committee of the board National Development and Reform Commission, International Cooperation Centre, senior advisor Research Center for Contemporary China, Peking University, member, board of advisors Rio Tinto Corporation, member, China advisory panel Shanghai Institute of International Studies, member, international advisory council Tsinghua University, Center for China in the World Economy, member, board of advisors University of Michigan, member, provost’s advisory committee U.S.-China Policy Foundation, member, board of directors United States Asia Pacific Council, member William Davidson Institute, member, board of directors