Bonny Lin | |
Other Names: | 林碧莹 |
Education: | Yale University (PhD), University of Michigan (MA), Harvard College (BA) |
Occupation: | Political scientist |
Employer: | Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Organization: | RAND Corporation, Institute for Defense Analysis |
Bonny Lin is an American political scientist currently serving as senior fellow for Asian security and director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).[1]
Lin holds a BA in government from Harvard, a MA in Asian studies (focused on China) from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in political science from Yale.
Prior to joining CSIS in June 2021,[2] Lin was a political scientist at the RAND Corporation and acting associate director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE.
From 2015 to 2018, Lin was a county director and senior adviser for China in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.[3]