Lily McElwee

Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Freeman Chair in China Studies
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Lily McElwee

Lily McElwee is an adjunct fellow in the in the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Previously, she served as deputy director and fellow in the Freeman Chair, where she researched China’s foreign policy and relations with the United States, European Union, and the Global South. At CSIS, she co-leads the Interpret: China project and the CSIS-Brookings project Advancing Collaboration in an Era of Strategic Competition. Dr. McElwee is currently writing a book on the history of U.S. investment gatekeeping amid the rise of China, as a Strategy and Policy Fellow with the Smith Richardson Foundation. She has completed fellowships with the American Council on Germany and CSIS-USC U.S.-Korea NextGen scholar program, and is a member of the QUAD Task Force on China’s Strategic Futures organized by ORF America and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. She holds a DPhil in China studies and an MSc from the University of Oxford, and a BA with honors in political science from Stanford University.

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