Matthew P. Goodman

Senior Vice President for Economics
Matthew P. Goodman

Matthew P. Goodman is senior vice president for economics and holds the Simon Chair in Political Economy at CSIS. The CSIS Economics Program, which he directs, focuses on international economic policy and global economic governance. Before joining CSIS in 2012, Goodman served as director for international economics on the National Security Council staff, helping the president prepare for global and regional summits, including the G20, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and East Asia Summit. Prior to the White House, Goodman was senior adviser to the undersecretary for economic affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Before joining the Obama administration in 2009, he worked for five years at Albright Stonebridge Group, where he was managing director for Asia. From 2002 to 2004, he served at the White House as director for Asian economic affairs on the National Security Council staff. Prior to that, he spent five years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., heading the bank’s government affairs operations in Tokyo and London. From 1988 to 1997, he worked as an international economist at the U.S. Treasury Department, including five years as financial attaché at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo.

Goodman holds an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C.

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U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference 2023

The second annual U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference features keynote remarks from senior officials and 4 panels focusing on the U.S. relationship with ASEAN and the Quad and a discussion about the role of American industry in the region.  

Event by Gregory B. Poling , Ambassador Ted Osius , Victor Cha , William Alan Reinsch , Matthew P. Goodman , and Stephanie Segal — June 14, 2023

CSDS-CSIS Transatlantic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific

CSIS and the Centre for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy (CSDS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels School of Governance co-organized the annual Transatlantic Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific to provide new perspectives on the ongoing debates on transatlantic cooperation on the Indo-Pacific region.

Event by Christopher B. Johnstone , Luis Simón , and Gunnar Wiegand , Kurt Campbell , Michael Reiterer , Matthew P. Goodman , Shihoko Goto , Ramon Pacheco Pardo , Emily Benson , Eva Pejsova , Céline Pajon , Yuki Tatsumi , Jeffrey Hornung — June 7, 2023

Assessing IPEF’s New Supply Chains Agreement

The CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business evaluate the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity’s (IPEF) first agreement on supply chains.

Critical Questions by Aidan Arasasingham , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman , and William Alan Reinsch — May 31, 2023

G7 Gives First Definition to ‘Economic Security’

As the United States and its G7 partners define and enhance their focus on “economic security,” CSIS expert Matthew P. Goodman argues that governments should not sacrifice sources of prosperity at the costly altar of protectionism. 

Commentary by Matthew P. Goodman — May 31, 2023

G7 Hiroshima Summit Outcomes

The CSIS Economics Program and Japan Chair examine the commitments and statements made at the 2023 G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima Japan.

Critical Questions by Hannah Grothusen , Matthew P. Goodman , Christopher B. Johnstone , and Federico Steinberg — May 23, 2023

Press Briefing: Previewing G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a call-in press briefing to preview the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on May 19-21.

Event by Matthew P. Goodman , Christopher B. Johnstone , Maria Snegovaya , and Gregory C. Allen — May 9, 2023

Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region

Please join the experts from CSIS and USSC for Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region, a discussion of geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific and priorities for enhancing allied policy coordination across a range of economic and security challenges. 

Event by and John J. Hamre , Michael J. Green , Peter Dean , Miah Hammond-Errey , Victor Cha , Charles Edel , John Kunkel , Hayley Channer , Gerard DiPippo , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman — May 4, 2023