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Before coming to the Council, Dr. Segal was an arms control analyst for the China Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists. There, he wrote about missile defense, nuclear weapons, and Asian security issues. He has been a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and Qinghua University in Beijing. He has taught at Vassar College and Columbia University.

Dr. Segal is the author of Digital Dragon: High-Technology Enterprises in China (Cornell University Press, 2003), as well as several articles and book chapters on Chinese technology policy. His work has recently appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Washington Quarterly, Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Affairs including “Is America Losing its Edge? Innovation in a Globalized World,” Foreign Affairs (November/December 2004); “Practical Engagement: Drawing a Fine Line for U.S.-China Trade,” Washington Quarterly (Summer 2004.)

Dr. Segal has a PhD and a BA in government from Cornell University, and an MA in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He reads and speaks Chinese.