Rush Doshi Explained

Rush Doshi
Other Names:	杜如松 (Dù Rú-sōng)
Nationality:	American
Education:	Harvard University (PhD), Princeton University (BA)
Occupation:	Political scientist
Employer:	Georgetown University, Council on Foreign Relations
Website:	https://www.rushdoshi.com

Rush Doshi is an American political scientist currently serving as an assistant professor of security studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.^[1] He is also senior fellow for China and director of the Initiative on China Strategy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).^[2] He served at the White House National Security Council (NSC) in the Biden administration as Director and later Deputy Senior Director for China and Taiwan from 2021 to March 2024.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Education

Doshi holds a BA in East Asian studies from Princeton University and a PhD in political science and government from Harvard University. His dissertation, published in 2018, was titled "The Long Game: Chinese Grand Strategy After the Cold War."^[6] It served as the basis of his 2021 book titled "The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order." Stephen P. Rosen was his dissertation committee chair.

Career

Prior to joining the Biden administration, Doshi was founding director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Brookings Institution^{[7] [8]} and an adjunct senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security.^[9] He was a 2020 China Fellow at the Wilson Center.^[10]

Doshi left the NSC in March 2024 and joined CFR as the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies.^[11]

Publications

Books

• "The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order," Oxford University Press, June 11, 2021.^{[12] [13]} (received the 2021 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award from Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies)^[14]

Reports

• China as a ‘cyber great power’: Beijing's two voices in telecommunications, Brookings Institution, April 2021 (co-authored with Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic, and John Ferguson)^[15]

Articles

• The Biden Plan (in What Does America Want From China?), Foreign Affairs, May 30, 2024^[16]
• The Chinese Communist Party Has Always Been Nationalist, Foreign Policy, July 1, 2021^[17]
• "How America Can Shore Up Asian Order," Foreign Affairs, January 12, 2021 (co-authored with Kurt M. Campbell).^[18]
• The China Challenge Can Help America Avert Decline, Foreign Affairs, December 3, 2020 (co-authored with Kurt M. Campbell)^[19]
• Beijing Believes Trump Is Accelerating American Decline, Foreign Policy, October 12, 2020^[20]
• The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order, Foreign Affairs, March 18, 2020 (co-authored with Kurt M. Campbell)^[21]
• China Steps Up Its Information War in Taiwan, Foreign Affairs, January 9, 2020^[22]
• "Beyond the San Hai: The Challenge of China’s Blue-Water Navy," Center for a New American Security, May 15, 2017 (co-authored with Patrick M. Cronin, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa, and Alexander Sullivan).^[23]

References

1. Web site: DeFosse . Jenna . 2024-03-20 . Security Studies Program welcomes Rush Doshi to Faculty . 2024-03-20 . CSS . en-US.
2. Web site: Rush Doshi . 2024-05-30 . Council on Foreign Relations . en.
3. Web site: Biden's China Team . June 16, 2023 . The Wire China.
4. Web site: Allen-Ebrahimian . Bethany . February 2, 2021 . Biden's whole-of-National Security Council strategy . June 16, 2023 . Axios.
5. Web site: Fabens . Mac . 2023-04-03 . Biden's China Team: Who is Rush Doshi? . 2023-06-16 . U.S.-China Perception Monitor . en-US.
6. Web site: Doshi . Rush . The Long Game: Chinese Grand Strategy After the Cold War . February 10, 2024 . Harvard Library.
7. Web site: Rush Doshi . 2023-06-16 . Brookings . en-US.
8. Web site: Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles . 2023-12-18 . Brookings . en-US.
9. Web site: Rush Doshi . 2024-02-10 . www.cnas.org . en.
10. Web site: Wilson China Fellows Wilson Center . 2024-07-22 . www.wilsoncenter.org . en.
11. Web site: CFR Welcomes Sue Mi Terry and Rush Doshi as Asia Fellows Council on Foreign Relations . 2024-08-04 . www.cfr.org . en.
12. Web site: 2021-08-02 . The long game: China's grand strategy to displace American order . 2023-06-16 . Brookings . en-US.
13. Web site: A Review of Rush Doshi's "The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order" . 2023-06-16 . Council on Foreign Relations . en.
14. Web site: Furniss Book Award for 2021 goes to The Long Game by Rush Doshi Mershon Center . 2023-08-10 . mershoncenter.osu.edu . en.
15. Web site: China as a 'cyber great power': Beijing's two voices in telecommunications . 2024-02-10 . Brookings . en-US.
16. News: 2024-05-30 . What Does America Want From China? . 2024-05-30 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . 0015-7120.
17. Web site: Doshi . Rush . 2024-02-22 . The Chinese Communist Party Has Always Been Nationalist . 2024-02-13 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
18. News: Campbell . Kurt M. . Doshi . Rush . 2021-01-12 . How America Can Shore Up Asian Order . en-US . Foreign Affairs . 2023-06-16 . 0015-7120.
19. News: Campbell . Kurt M. . Doshi . Rush . 2020-12-03 . The China Challenge Can Help America Avert Decline . 2024-02-10 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . 0015-7120.
20. Web site: Doshi . Rush . 2024-02-22 . Beijing Believes Trump Is Accelerating American Decline . 2024-02-13 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
21. News: Campbell . Kurt M. . Doshi . Rush . 2020-03-18 . The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order . 2024-02-10 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . 0015-7120.
22. News: Doshi . Rush . 2020-01-09 . China Steps Up Its Information War in Taiwan . 2024-02-10 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . 0015-7120.
23. Web site: Beyond the San Hai . 2023-08-06 . www.cnas.org . en.