Evan Medeiros

About Evan Medeiros

Evan Medeiros, a respected scholar of China, is currently the director of Asian Studies and the Penner Family Chair at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Previously, he served on the National Security Council staff as director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, and later as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asia. Medeiros was President Obama's top advisor on the Asia-Pacific and was responsible for coordinating US policy toward the region across the areas of diplomacy, defense, economy, and intelligence. He previously served as a policy advisor to former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson on the US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue and has held senior positions at the Eurasia Group and the RAND Corporation.