
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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The people of Myanmar need the world's help too
Erin L. Murphy in Nikkei Asia — January 27, 2023
West plays a tired, old tune on matching China’s Belt and Road
Erin L. Murphy in Politico — November 15, 2022
Biden aims to rekindle relationship with China’s Xi during summit in Indonesia
Erin L. Murphy in USA Today — November 13, 2022
China denies Belt and Road Initiative ‘debt trap lie’ as infrastructure spending tops US$1 trillion
Erin L. Murphy in China Macro Economy — August 22, 2022
Laos economic crisis intensifies amid massive Chinese debt
Erin L. Murphy in DW — August 9, 2022
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Global Infrastructure Competition: Belt, Road, and Beyond

Economics in National Security

A Conversation with Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez
Event by Matthew P. Goodman , Erin L. Murphy , and Jose W. Fernandez — January 24, 2023

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023
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
Commentary by Matthew P. Goodman , Erin L. Murphy , Gerard DiPippo , Stephanie Segal , and Matthew Reynolds — December 20, 2022

State Department Needs to Spend Its CHIPS Fund Wisely
Commentary by Erin L. Murphy , Matthew P. Goodman , and James Andrew Lewis — October 27, 2022

Addressing Infrastructure Financing Gaps in Emerging Markets
Critical Questions by Erin L. Murphy and Conor M. Savoy — October 12, 2022

The Future of Myanmar with Erin Murphy
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Erin L. Murphy — October 12, 2022

Intensifying Repression: Pro-Democracy Activists Executed in Myanmar
Podcast Episode by Marti Flacks and Erin L. Murphy — August 9, 2022

The Situation on the Ground in Myanmar with Erin Murphy
Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling , Erin L. Murphy , and Simon Tran Hudes — July 21, 2022
