
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. to launch talks on partnership with 11 Western Hemisphere nations
Matthew P. Goodman in The Washington Post — January 27, 2023
Divided over Ukraine war, G-20 summit struggles on economic agenda
Matthew P. Goodman in The Washington Post — November 13, 2022
Biden aims to assert American leadership abroad at UN climate summit and G20
Matthew P. Goodman in CNN — November 10, 2022
Biden's COP27, G20 plans: Talk to Xi, pressure Russia, contain North Korea
Matthew P. Goodman in Reuters — November 10, 2022
Opec+ and US escalate oil fight
Matthew P. Goodman in Financial Times — October 6, 2022
[スキャナー]IPEF交渉入り、対中国の実効性カギ…新興国と温度差
Matthew P. Goodman in The Yomiuri Shimbun — September 11, 2022
US, Taiwan eye closer trade ties amid China tensions
Matthew P. Goodman in DW — August 19, 2022
Yellen Heads to Asia With Russia Oil-Price-Cap Top of Mission
Matthew P. Goodman in Bloomberg — July 8, 2022
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Next Steps in the Evolution of Development Finance
Event by Janet L. Yellen , Matthew P. Goodman , Stephanie Segal , Claire Healy , Alexia Latortue , Nancy Lee , and Marilou Uy — February 9, 2023

Domestic Perspectives on IPEF’s Digital Economy Component
Brief by Aidan Arasasingham , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman , and William Alan Reinsch — January 26, 2023

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

The Biden-Kishida Summit Meeting
Critical Questions by Nicholas Szechenyi , Yuko Nakano , and Matthew P. Goodman — January 10, 2023

Japan's 2023 G7 Priorities and the Future Economic Order
Event by John J. Hamre , Matthew P. Goodman , and The Honorable Yasutoshi Nishimura — January 5, 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

IPEF Advances at Negotiations in Brisbane
Critical Questions by Aidan Arasasingham , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman , and William Alan Reinsch — December 16, 2022
