Bonnie S. Glaser

Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser is the managing director of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States’ Indo-Pacific program. She has worked at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and U.S. policy for more than three decades. She is also a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum. She was previously a senior adviser for Asia and the Director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). From 2008 to 2015, she was a senior adviser with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, and from 2003 to 2008, she was a senior associate in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS, she served as a consultant for various U.S. government offices, including the Departments of Defense and State. Ms. Glaser is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). She served as a member of the Defense Department’s Defense Policy Board China Panel in 1997. Ms. Glaser received her B.A. in political science from Boston University and her M.A. with concentrations in International economics and Chinese studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).