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Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
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Phone: +1-212-434-9745
E-mail: asegal@cfr.org
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New York, NY
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Currently leading a study group on Asian innovation and technological entrepreneurship. Forthcoming book looks at the technological rise of Asia. Previously the project director for a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on Chinese military modernization.
Expertise:Technology and development in China and India; East Asian security; Chinese domestic and foreign policy.
Experience:Arms Control Analyst, China Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA (1999-2001); Visiting Scholar, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998-2001).
Languages:Chinese (fluent).
Honors:Mellon Fellowship, Department of Government, Cornell University (1998-99); L.T. Lam Fellowship for South China Research, Cornell University (1996, 1998); MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in Technology and Security (1996-97); C.V. Starr Fellowship, Cornell University (Spring 1996); Mellon Fellowship, Department of Government, Cornell University (1995-96); Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Cornell University (Summer 1995); Sage Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University (1993-94); Austin Barclay Fellowship for Academic Excellence, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1992).
Selected Publications:"'Mixed view' of real China from Olympics," Bloomberg (August 2008); "The Culture of China," The Dave Baum Show, "China in 2007," TalkZone (November 2007); "New China Worries," The International Economy (Fall 2007); “Is America Losing its Edge? Innovation in a Globalized World,” Foreign Affairs (November/December 2004); “Practical Engagement: Drawing a Fine Line for U.S.-China Trade,” Washington Quarterly (Summer 2004); “Technology Development in the New Millennium: China in Search of a Workable Model,” in Crisis and Innovation in Asian Technology (coauthor, Cambridge University Press, 2003); “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Local Governments, Industrial Sectors, and Development in China,” Politics and Society (coauthor, December 2001); “China’s Luster Fades,” Los Angeles Times (coauthor, 2004); “How to Persuade China to Trade Fairly,” Financial Times (2004).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
November 13, 2008
Expert Brief
CFR's Elizabeth Economy and Adam Segal write that Chinese leadership in resolving the financial crisis is likely to be constrained.
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November 13, 2008
Expert Brief
CFR Senior Fellow Adam Segal writes that India may be better positioned for a quick recovery from the global financial crisis than many other developing countries.
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August 6, 2008
Transcript
A CFR conference call on China's Olympic Nightmares and the impact that hosting the Olympics has had, and will have on China.
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June 26, 2008
Video
Watch Ted Koppel, managing editor of the Discovery Channel, and CFR senior fellow Adam Segal discuss The People's Republic of Capitalism, a documentary series on the rapid rise of China and its role in the global economy.
June 26, 2008
Audio
Listen to Ted Koppel, managing editor of the Discovery Channel, and CFR senior fellow Adam Segal discuss The People's Republic of Capitalism, a documentary series on the rapid rise of China and its role in the global economy.
June 26, 2008
Transcript
Discussion following an advance screening of "Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism."
July/August 2008
Podcast
This audio includes readings of selected articles from the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs.
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July/August 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Failure to plan for predictable problems has turned China's coming-out party into an embarrassment.
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July/August 2008
Podcast
From the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: Failure to plan for predictable problems has turned China's coming-out party into an embarrassment.
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January 2, 2008
Podcast
Adam Segal, CFR’s senior fellow for China studies, discusses what the next president’s China policy should look like.
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Updated: June 8, 2007
Online Debate
CFR's Manjeet N. Kripalani and Adam Segal debate whether India will overtake China.
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January 25, 2007
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in China, National Security and Defense, Society and Culture
January/February 2007
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Not long ago, the expansion of free trade worldwide seemed inevitable. Over the last few years, however, economic barriers have started to rise once more. The forecast for the future looks mixed: some integration will probably continue even as a new economic nationalism takes hold. Managing this new, muddled world will take deft handling, in Washington, Brussels, and Beijing.
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December 15, 2006
Interview
Adam Segal, a leading expert on Asian military and technological issues, holds “extremely low” expectations for the latest round of Six-Party Talks over North Korea’s nuclear program.
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October 19, 2006
Interview
Adam Segal, a leading expert on China’s military and technological policies, says that North Korea’s decision to test missiles and explode a nuclear device in the face of Chinese warnings has produced “a great deal of tension” in relations between the two Communist countries. “So for the Chinese it’s not only a loss of face because they had been taking the lead in trying to bring North Korea back to the negotiation table, but I think there’s also a great deal of anger personally at Kim and the Korean military,” says Segal.
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April 17, 2006
Op-Ed
The Washington Post
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March 16, 2006
Testimony
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March 9, 2006
Op-Ed
San Jose Mercury News
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March 2006
Article
Far Eastern Economic Review
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America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9627
gsamore@cfr.org
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Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
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Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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