Bonny Lin is an American political scientist currently serving as senior fellow for Asian security and director of the China Power Project at the

Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initially named the Center for Strategic and Inte ...

(CSIS).

Education

Lin holds a BA in government from

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...

, a MA in Asian studies (focused on China) from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, and a PhD in political science from

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

Career

Prior to joining CSIS in June 2021, Lin was a political scientist at the

RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries. Since the ...

and acting associate director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE. From 2015 to 2018, Lin was a county director and senior adviser for China in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Publications

Articles

* The Looming Crisis in the Taiwan Strait, ''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

'', July 2, 2024 (co-authored with Bonnie S. Glaser) * Blinders, Blunders, and Wars: What America and China Can Learn, ''

'', 2014 (co-authored with

David C. Gompert David Charles Gompert (October 6, 1945 – August 21, 2024) is an American government official and former diplomat who served as the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) following the resignation of Dennis C. Blair in 2009. Prior to his ...

and Hans Binnendijk)

Congressional testimonies

* U.S. Allied and Partner Support for Taiwan: Responses to a Chinese Attack on Taiwan and Potential U.S. Taiwan Policy Changes, '' U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission'', February 18, 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Bonny Living people 21st-century American historians American foreign policy writers American international relations scholars American political scientists American women political scientists China–United States relations CSIS people Harvard College alumni RAND Corporation people Taiwan–United States relations United States–Asian relations University of Michigan alumni Yale University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)