Erin L. Murphy

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Economics Program
Erin L. Murphy

Erin Murphy is a deputy director and senior fellow for the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She has spent her career in several public and private sector roles, including as an analyst on Asian political and foreign policy issues at the Central Intelligence Agency, director for the Indo-Pacific at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, founder and principal of her boutique advisory firm focused on Myanmar, and an English teacher with the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program in Saga, Japan. Murphy received her master’s degree in Japan studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and her bachelor’s degree in international relations and Spanish from Tufts University. She was also a 2017–2018 Hitachi international affairs fellow in Japan with the Council on Foreign Relations. Murphy is also the author of Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar's Opening-and Closing (Association for Asian Studies, 2022).

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Executive Education

Global Infrastructure Competition: Belt, Road, and Beyond

Get a master’s-level introduction to the fast-moving global infrastructure story, including China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and U.S. and allied responses.

Course Date: October 11, 2023
Registration Closes: September 27, 2023

Press Briefing: Previewing Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a call-in press briefing to preview the Quad Leaders’ Summit to take place on May 24 in Sydney, Australia.

Event by Charles Edel , Nicholas Szechenyi , Erin L. Murphy , and Richard M. Rossow — May 10, 2023

Blue Dot Network Gains Momentum

CSIS deputy director and senior fellow Erin Murphy highlights the implications of the United Kingdom joining the Blue Dot Network Steering Committee and what it suggests for the future of the infrastructure development partnership.

Commentary by Erin L. Murphy — April 20, 2023

Executive Education

Economics in National Security

In this course, participants will learn about the range of economic policy tools available to U.S. policymakers, how these tools are used in support of broader strategic and economic objectives, and the implications for the private sector and other economic actors.

Course Date: April 17, 2023
Registration Closes: April 3, 2023

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023

What is the outlook for U.S.-China relations? Which of the U.S. alliance networks in the Indo-Pacific is most promising? Will IPEF thrive? Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, security, and economic developments.

Event by Victor Cha , Emily Benson , Jude Blanchette , Charles Edel , Matthew P. Goodman , Christopher B. Johnstone , Scott Kennedy , Ellen Kim , and Bonny Lin , Lily McElwee , Erin L. Murphy , Yuko Nakano , Gregory B. Poling , William Alan Reinsch , Nicholas Szechenyi , Raymond Vickery , Kurt Campbell , Ambassador Taeyong Cho , Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez — January 12, 2023

Five Things to Watch in 2023

CSIS Economics Program experts look ahead to the coming year and highlight five issues in international economic affairs they will be tracking in 2023.

Commentary by Matthew P. Goodman , Erin L. Murphy , Gerard DiPippo , Stephanie Segal , and Matthew Reynolds — December 20, 2022