Deborah Seligsohn

Deborah Seligsohn is a senior associate with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She is currently an assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, a Woodrow Wilson Institute China fellow, and an associate at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on Chinese politics; U.S.-China relations; and public health, energy, and environmental politics in China and India. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in political science and international affairs from the University of California San Diego in 2018, she worked in both the nonprofit and government sectors on public health, science, climate, and the environment. From 2003 to 2007, she served as the environment, science, technology, and health counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and from 2007 to 2012 she served as the Beijing-based principal adviser to the World Resources Institute’s China Energy and Climate Program.
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Recent Visitors to China: Takeaways & Next Steps
Event by Scott Kennedy , Deborah Seligsohn , and Craig Allen — February 10, 2023
Have U.S.-China Tensions Hurt American Innovation: A Big Data China Event
Event by Ilaria Mazzocco , Deborah Seligsohn , Scott Rozelle , Molly Roberts , Ruixue Jia , Abigail Coplin , and James Mulvenon — December 9, 2022
Passing But Incomplete: Grading President Biden’s Asia Trip
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy , John L. Holden , Claire Reade , Deborah Seligsohn , Ilaria Mazzocco , Paul Triolo , and Jeannette Chu — May 26, 2022
U.S.-China Health Security Cooperation: Time is of the Essence
Event by Scott Kennedy , J. Stephen Morrison , Deborah Seligsohn , Xiaoqing Boynton , Tom Frieden , and Yanzhong Huang — December 14, 2021
First Takes: Our Initial Reactions to USTR Tai’s CSIS Speech on China Policy
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Daniel H. Rosen , Claire Reade , Deborah Seligsohn , Jeannette Chu , and John L. Holden — October 5, 2021