Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program and the China Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously based in Beijing, he now conducts research in Washington on nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, arms control, emerging military technologies, China’s security policy, and regional security in the Asia-Pacific. With a technical background, he also serves as a nonresident researcher with Princeton University’s Science and Global Security Program.
He holds a PhD in science, technology, and international affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MA in international relations and a BS in physics from Tsinghua University.
He is the author of Political Drivers of China’s Changing Nuclear Policy: Implications for U.S.-China Nuclear Relations and International Security; Tides of Change: China’s Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic Stability; and Narrowing the U.S.-China Gap on Missile Defense: How to Help Forestall a Nuclear Arms Race. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times, among others.