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
Belt, Road, and Beyond: The CSIS Belt and Road Executive Course
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: March 27, 2023
Economics in National Security

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

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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

Photo: DAVID GRAY/AFP/Getty Images

State Department Needs to Spend Its CHIPS Fund Wisely

The CSIS Economics and Strategic Technologies Programs argue that the $500 million appropriated to the State Department in the CHIPS Act needs to be spent wisely if the United States and its allies are to stay ahead in the global technology competition with China.

Commentary by Erin L. Murphy , Matthew P. Goodman , and James Andrew Lewis — October 27, 2022

Photo by JOSH EDELSON/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

Addressing Infrastructure Financing Gaps in Emerging Markets

CSIS senior fellows Erin Murphy and Conor Savoy argue that concessional and local currency financing helps U.S. lending be more competitive, address depreciation challenges in debt-distressed countries, and offer an alternative to China's damaging lending practices.

Critical Questions by Erin L. Murphy and Conor M. Savoy — October 12, 2022

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Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

The Future of Myanmar with Erin Murphy

Dan Runde is joined by Erin Murphy to discuss Murphy's career and her new book Burmese Haze, foreign policy and Myanmar, and Aung San Suu Kyi.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Erin L. Murphy — October 12, 2022

CSIS Building the Future
Southeast Asia Radio

The Situation on the Ground in Myanmar with Erin Murphy

Greg talks with Erin Murphy, deputy director and senior fellow for the Economics Program at CSIS, about the current situation on the ground in post-coup Myanmar.

Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling , Erin L. Murphy , and Simon Tran Hudes — July 21, 2022

CSIS Southeast Asia Radio