Daniel Blumenthal

Dan Blumenthal is a current commissioner and former vice chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, where he directs efforts to monitor, investigate, and provide recommendations on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the two countries. Previously, he was senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia in the Secretary of Defense's Office of International Security Affairs and practiced law in New York prior to his government service. At AEI, in addition to his work on the national security implications of U.S.-Sino relations, he coordinates the Tocqueville on China project, which examines the underlying civic culture of post-Mao China. Mr. Blumenthal also contributes to AEI's Asian Outlook series.  

Experience

• Member, Board of Advisers, Project 2049 Institute, 2008-present
• Commissioner, 2006-present; Vice Chairman, 2007, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
• Member, Academic Advisory Board, Congressional U.S.-China Working Group, 2005-present
• Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia, 2004; Country Director for China and Taiwan, 2002-2004, Secretary of Defense's Office for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• Associate, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 2000-2002
• Researcher, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1994-96

Education

• J.D., Duke Law School
• M.A., School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• B.A., Washington University
• Chinese language studies, Capital Normal University