Yun Sun

Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations and China’s relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes.

From 2011 to early 2014, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, jointly appointed by the Foreign Policy Program and the Global Development Program, where she focused on Chinese national security decision-making processes and China-Africa relations. From 2008 to 2011, Yun was the China Analyst for the International Crisis Group based in Beijing, specializing on China’s foreign policy towards conflict countries and the developing world. Prior to ICG, she worked on U.S.-Asia relations in Washington, DC for five years. Yun earned her master’s degree in international policy and practice from George Washington University, as well as an MA in Asia Pacific studies and a BA in international relations from Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.

 

Projects
Unpacking Beijing’s strategic, economic, political, and security interactions with the critical region
Deepening understanding of China’s participation in international conflict mediation and its impact
Deepening understanding of China’s foreign policy behaviors and their motivations and impact
Furthering research on the country’s civil-military relations, ethnic reconciliation, and geopolitical dilemmas
Policy solutions and in-depth analysis of the complex relationship between mainland China and Taiwan
Research & Writing

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