Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Charissa Economy
Elizabeth Economy at Naval War College in 2016
Born (1962-12-27) December 27, 1962
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisNegotiating the Terrain of Global Climate Change Policy in the Soviet Union and China: Linking International and Domestic Decision-making Pathways (1994)
Doctoral advisorMichel Oksenberg, Kenneth Lieberthal
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Institutions

Elizabeth C. Economy (born 27 December 1962) is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and expert on China's politics and foreign policy. She is the Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the US, China, and the World at the Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she served as the senior advisor for China in the Department of Commerce. Economy was previously at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she served as the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and director for Asia Studies for over two decades.