Banning Garrett

Dr. Banning Garrett is the Director of the Asia Program at the Atlantic Council, a position he has held since March 2009 and held previously from January 2003 through January 2007.

Previously, he was the Director of the Initiative for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate at the Asia Society’s Center for U.S.-China Relations. He is the founding Executive Director of the Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue (ISAID) at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. Before joining the Council in January 2003, Dr. Garrett was a consultant for 22 years to the Department of Defense and other U.S. Government agencies carrying on a strategic dialogue with China. He was also a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a founding board member of the U.S. Committee for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (USCSCAP).

Garrett has written extensively on a wide range of issues, including U.S.-China relations and cooperation on climate change, energy, and other strategic issues; U.S. strategy toward China; Chinese foreign policy and views of the strategic environment; globalization and its strategic impact; U.S. defense policy and Asian security; and arms control. Garrett has published in numerous journals, including International Security, The Washington Quarterly, Asian Survey, Arms Control Today, The Far Eastern Economic Review, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, The New York Times, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Global Times, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Chinadialogue, and YaleGlobal, and has contributed to many edited volumes on Asian affairs.

Garrett received his BA from Stanford University and his PhD from Brandeis University. He has made nearly 50 trips to China since 1981 for consultations with Chinese officials and analysts as well as numerous similar visits to Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.

In the News:

Kelly Sims Gallagher and Banning Garrett on U.S.-China relations leading up to President Hu’s visit in “Hu Jintao Visit to U.S. Pushes Wind-Power Subsidy Issue Into Spotlight”, New York Times, January 5, 2011

Additional Information:

Banning Garrett’s homepage

Publications:

Contact Info:

Atlantic Council
bgarrett@acus.org

Expert Blog Posts

China’s Shifting Stance on Hydrofluorocarbons

China's 2012 Energy Report Card

United States and China Agree to Work Together on Phase Down of HFCs

4 Topics On Clean Energy And Climate Change Obama And Xi Should Consider

China Invests Billions in International Renewable Energy Projects

Experts In the News

June 12, 2013

Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on the potential for China to set a positive example on climate change, “China gets tough on carbon,” Nature

June 10, 2013

Ailun Yang on the challenges of China meeting its climate goals in, “China’s rich provinces outsource emissions to less developed areas,” The Guardian

May 24, 2013

Denise Mauzerall talks about the national dimensions of China’s air pollution problem in, “China’s Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?” NPR

April 21, 2013

Ailun Yang discusses the political challenges at the heart of China’s environmental issues and potential solutions in, “Environmental experts say China’s new leadership has to tackle pollution” South China Morning Post

April 19, 2013

Barbara Finamore comments on the effects of rising public awareness of environmental problems in, “Can social media clear air over China?” CNN

Experts

Experts

Name: Nathaniel Aden , World Resources Institute
Name: Edward Cunningham , Boston University
Name: Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
Name: Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Jerry Fletcher , West Virginia University
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Melanie Hart , Center for American Progress
Name: Mikkal Herberg , The National Bureau of Asian Research
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale Center for Environment and Policy
Name: Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council
Name: David Kline , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Kong , Johns Hopkins University
Name: Michael Levi , Council on Foreign Relations
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown University
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Haibing Ma , Worldwatch Institute
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , The Paulson Institute
Name: Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Huei Peng , University of Michigan
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Luke Schoen , Tsinghua-Berkeley Inter-University Program
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Edward Steinfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , UC Berkeley Boalt Law School
Name: Elizabeth Wilson , University of Minnesota
Name: Julian Wong , Green Leap Forward
Name: Ailun Yang , World Resources Institute
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Data Sources

BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Key China Energy Statistics 2011 (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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