Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her forthcoming book, "The World According to China" (Polity Press, 2021), explores China’s foreign policy ambitions and their impact on the international system. Her most recent book, "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State," (Oxford University Press, 2018) was shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a prestigious literary award for foreign affairs books. She is also the author of "By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World" (Oxford University Press, 2014), co-authored with Michael Levi, and the award-winning "The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future" (Cornell University Press, 2004; 2nd edition, 2010).

Economy has published articles in policy and scholarly journals including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Harvard Business Review; and op-eds in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among others. In June 2018, she was named one of the "10 Names That Matter on China Policy" by Politico Magazine.

Economy serves on the board of managers of Swarthmore College, the board of trustees of the Asia Foundation, and the board of directors for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. She received her BA with Honors from Swarthmore College, her AM from Stanford University, and her PhD from the University of Michigan. In 2008, she received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Vermont Law School.

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