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RAND's China experts have examined a wide range of issues, including the country's military, political, and trade relations, especially with Taiwan and Japan; its environmental, economic, and health policies and prospects; and its international business and intellectual property (copyright) challenges.

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As India and China continue to grow in prominence, each nation has certain advantages, but neither one is primed to have clear across-the-board competitive advantages over the other.

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Roger Cliff

Adjunct Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in international relations, Princeton University; M.A. in history (Chinese studies), University of California, San Diego; B.S. in physics, Harvey Mudd College

Cortez A. Cooper

Senior International Policy Analyst
M.A. in Asian Studies, University of Hawaii; B.A. in psychology, Davidson College

Keith Crane

Director, RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Indiana University; B.A. in international studies, University of Minnesota

Jeffrey Engstrom

Project Associate
M.P.P. in public policy, University of Chicago; B.A. in political science and international studies, University of Nebraska

John F. Fei

Adjunct Researcher
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in East Asian studies, Harvard University; B.A. in chemistry, Williams College

Chaoling Feng

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Master in management science, Tsinghua University; Master in environmental management, Paris Institute of Technology

David R. Frelinger

Senior Policy Analyst
M.A. in political science, UC Los Angeles; B.A. in political science, UC San Diego

Keith Gierlack

Project Associate
M.S. in strategic studies, Nat'l Defense Intelligence Col; B.A. in international affairs, George Washington University

John Gordon, IV

Manager, Policy Sciences Group; Senior Policy Analyst
Ph.D. in public policy, George Mason University; M.A. in international relations, St. Mary's University; M.B.A., Marymount University; B.A. in history, The Citadel

Jeff Hagen

Senior Engineer
M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics, University of Washington; B.S. in engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Eric Heginbotham

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Swarthmore College

Jacob Heim

Project Associate
B.A. in mathematics, Amherst College; M.A. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University

Michael J. Lostumbo

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
M.I.P.P., Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in South Asian studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thomas L. McNaugher

Adjunct; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.P.A. in political science, Harvard University; B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point

William H. Overholt

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D., Yale University; M.Phil., Yale University; B.A., Harvard University

Andrew Scobell

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, Columbia University; B.A. in history, Whitman College; M.A. in Chinese Studies, University of Washington

David A. Shlapak

Senior International Policy Analyst
B.A. in political science, Northwestern University

Charles Wolf, Jr.

Distinguished Chair in International Economics; Senior Economic Adviser; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University

Hao Yu

Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.A. in health economics, Shanghai Medical University; B.A. in medicine, Shanghai Medical University

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