Raymond C. Kuo
Vice President of Research for Geostrategy and Diplomacy; Marshall M. Bouton Senior Fellow, Asian Studies
About Raymond C. Kuo
Dr. Raymond Kuo joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in 2026 as vice president of research, geostrategy. Dr. Kuo also serves as the Marshall M. Bouton Senior Fellow for Asia Studies at the Council, focusing on US-China competition, alliance dynamics, and regional order in the Indo-Pacific.
Previously, Dr. Kuo served as the inaugural director of the Taiwan Policy Initiative and a senior political scientist at RAND. He is an expert in international security, international order, and East Asia.
His books include Following the Leader, on military alliances, and Contests of Initiative, on China's maritime gray zone strategy. His work has appeared in International Security, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Foreign Affairs, and The National Interest, among other publications.
Dr. Kuo has held faculty positions at Fordham University and the University at Albany, SUNY, and has worked for the United Nations and the National Democratic Institute. He holds a PhD in politics from Princeton University.