Elizabeth Economy is C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most recent book, The River Runs Black,  won the 2005 International Convention on Asia Scholars award for best social sciences book. Her writings appear often in publications such as Foreign Affairs,  The New York Times,  The Washington Post, and the International Herald Tribune, and she is a frequent radio and television commentator on U.S.-China Relations. Dr. Economy regularly testifies before Congress and consults for the U.S. government and companies on Chinese environmental issues.  She is currently working on a new book focusing on the implications of China’s global quest for natural resources.

She received her Ph.D.  from the University of Michigan, her A.M. from Stanford University and her B.A.  from Swarthmore College. In 2008, she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Vermont Law School.