David O. Shullman is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He served as Senior Director of the

Atlantic Council The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs, favoring Atlanticism, founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosp ...

's Global China Hub, leading the think tank's work on China, as well as an adjunct professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

. Previously he was a Senior Adviser overseeing democratic resilience building against authoritarian influence at the

International Republican Institute The International Republican Institute (IRI) is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1983 and funded and supported by the United States federal government. Most of its board is drawn from the Republican Party. Its public mission is to a ...

between 2018 and 2021 and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the

National Intelligence Council The National Intelligence Council (NIC), established in 1979 and reporting to the Director of National Intelligence, bridges the United States Intelligence Community (IC) with policy makers in the United States. The NIC produces the "Global Trend ...

between 2016 and 2018.

Education

Shullman received a BA in government from

(2000), a MA in law and diplomacy with a focus on international relations and national security studies from the

Fletcher School The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Fletcher is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations. As of 2017, the student b ...

(2004), and a PhD in political science from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

(2011). He also holds a certificate in Mandarin Chinese from

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU) () is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education of China, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the B ...

Career

From 2001 to 2002 Shullman worked for

Weber Shandwick Weber Shandwick is a marketing communications firm formed in 2001 by merging the Weber Group, Shandwick International and BSMG. The company is part of global agency network Interpublic Group The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) is a ...

as a public affairs associate. In 2007 he joined the

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

(CIA) as a senior analyst. In 2016 he was appointed Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the

(NIC) in the

Office of the Director of National Intelligence The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a cabinet-level United States government intelligence and security official. The position is required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head o ...

(ODNI). He has also been an adjunct senior fellow with the

Center for a New American Security The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is a think tank in Washington, D.C., specializing in United States national security issues, including terrorism, irregular warfare, the future of the U.S. military, the emergence of Asia as a global p ...

's Transatlantic Security Program.

Publications

Reports

*Chinese Malign Influence and the Corrosion of Democracy, ''

'', June 27, 2019 (editor) *Democracy first: How the US can prevail in the political systems competition with the CCP, ''

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global econo ...

'', September 2020 (co-authored with Patrick W. Quirk and Johanna Kao)

Articles

*How China Exports Authoritarianism, ''

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 ...

'', September 16, 2021 (co-authored with Charles Edel) *China and Russia's Dangerous Convergence, ''

'', May 3, 2021 (co-authored with Andrea Kendall-Taylor) *How the United States can protect democracy from China and Russia, '' The Hill'', March 12, 2021 (co-authored with Patrick Quirk) *Want to prevail against China? Prioritize democracy assistance, ''The Hill'', October 1, 2019 (co-authored with Patrick Quirk) *A Russian-Chinese Partnership Is a Threat to U.S. Interests, ''

'', May 14, 2019 (co-authored with Andrea Kendall-Taylor) *How Russia and China Undermine Democracy, ''

'', October 2, 2018 (co-authored with Andrea Kendall-Taylor)

US Congressional testimonies

*The Roots of Coercion: ''China’s Leverage in Indo-Pacific Countries and the Future of PRC Gray Zone Tactics, July 28, 2022''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shullman, David O. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American political scientists Atlantic Council Georgetown University faculty International Republican Institute Georgetown University alumni The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Beijing Normal University alumni Analysts of the Central Intelligence Agency Center for a New American Security United States–Asian relations China–United States relations