Erin L. Murphy

Senior Fellow, Asia Program
Erin L. Murphy

Erin Murphy is a senior fellow for the Asia 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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Press Briefing: Previewing 2023 APEC Leaders' Meeting

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a call-in press briefing on Tuesday, November 7, at 11:00 a.m. EST, to preview the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting.

Event — November 7, 2023

Digital Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security: Perspectives from Taipei and Washington

Please join us in-person or virtually for a conference on “Digital Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security: Perspectives from Taipei and Washington” co-hosted by the Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This conference brings together officials, policymakers, and experts to discuss issues important to both the U.S. and Taiwan.

Event — October 19, 2023

CPTPP and the Future of Trade in the Indo-Pacific

Please join the CSIS Project on Trade and Technology and the Economics Program for a conversation with Vangelis Vitalis, New Zealand's Deputy Secretary for Trade and Economics and Crawford Falconer, the UK's Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser. The event will review New Zealand's host year of CPTPP, unpack the UK's accession into the free trade agreement, and discuss the future of trade in the Indo-Pacific. 

Event — September 20, 2023

The Asia Chessboard

Myanmar’s Closing

Mike and Jude are joined by Erin Murphy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow for the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she is currently transitioning to the Asia Program.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette, Michael J. Green, and Erin L. Murphy — September 19, 2023

CSIS The Asia Chess Board

Vietnam: Biden Anoints a New Trusted Tech Partner

CSIS experts Erin Murphy and Thibault Denamiel analyze announcements of semiconductor initiatives during President Biden’s trip to Vietnam. Hanoi shows promise as a semiconductor supply chains diversification partner, but significant challenges remain.

Commentary by Erin L. Murphy and Thibault Denamiel — September 15, 2023