Kenneth Lieberthal

Dr. Lieberthal is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. Lieberthal served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. His government responsibilities encompassed U.S. policy toward Northeast, East and Southeast Asia.

In the News:

• Kenneth Lieberthal on the Sino-U.S. S&ED in “Debate: Sino-US S&ED”, China Daily, May 24, 2010
• Kenneth Lieberthal on China’s Green-Tech Rise in “There’s a new Red Scare. But is China really so scary?”, Washington Post, February 28, 2010
• Kenneth Lieberthal and Barbara Finamore in “China Insists That Its Steps on Climate Be Voluntary”, New York Times, January 29, 2010

Additional Information:

• Kenneth Lieberthal’s homepage

Publications:

• U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: The Road Ahead
• Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change (Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
• China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Policy