John Lee is a senior fellow at 华体会.
John Lee is a senior fellow at 华体会. He is also a senior fellow (nonresident) at the United States Studies Centre and an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney.
From 2016 to 2018, he was senior national security adviser to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. In this role, he served as the principal adviser on Asia and for economic, strategic, and political affairs in the Indo-Pacific region.
Dr. Lee was also appointed the foreign minister鈥檚 lead adviser on the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper, the first comprehensive foreign affairs blueprint for Australia since 2003 and written to guide Australia鈥檚 external engagement for the next ten years and beyond.
He has held adjunct professorships at the Australian National University and University of Sydney. He is one of the foremost experts on the Chinese political economy and on strategic and economic affairs pertaining to the Indo-Pacific.
Dr. Lee鈥檚 articles have been published in leading policy and academic journals in the United States, Asia, and Australia.
He received his master鈥檚 and doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford and his bachelor of laws and arts degrees (first class, philosophy) from the University of New South Wales.
He is based in Sydney, Australia.
Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson to assess how China鈥檚 growing influence is reshaping the regional order鈥攁nd how the US should respond.
To discuss China鈥檚 ambitions in the Middle East, Beijing鈥檚 position in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what this all means for American interests in the region, Hudson鈥檚 Zineb Riboua hosts a discussion with Senior Fellow John Lee and Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow Tuvia Gering.
Join Hudson Senior Fellows Aaron MacLean, Tom Duesterberg, Bryan Clark, and John Lee as they discuss Dr. Lee鈥檚 latest report, cowritten with Lavina Lee.
