Henry Tugendhat, Economist and Expert on China and the Middle East, Joins The Washington Institute

WASHINGTON, DC - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is pleased to welcome Henry Tugendhat as its new Soref Fellow in the Diane and Guilford GlazerFoundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East. Tugendhat, who has spent more than a decade analyzing China's global activities outside the Pacific region, focuses on Chinese economic, technological, and security policy.

"I'm thrilled that Henry is bringing to the Institute his deep expertise on China's expanding role in the broader Middle East," said Segal Executive Director Robert Satloff. "His on-the-ground experience, economic expertise, and policy insights will strengthen our work on great power competition across the region."

Most recently, Tugendhat served as an economist on the China team at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where he regularly briefed executive branch officials, military leaders, and members of Congress. He previously worked on the Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment team at the World Bank and as a research associate at Johns Hopkins University's China-Africa Research Initiative.

Tugendhat has written for Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post, among other media outlets. He holds a master's degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a bachelor's degree from the University of Leeds, and he is completing his doctorate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He has lived and worked in China for three years and speaks Mandarin, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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About The Washington Institute: The Institute is an independent, nonpartisan research institution funded exclusively by U.S. citizens that seeks to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and to promote the policies that secure them. Drawing on the research of its fellows and the experience of its policy practitioners, the Institute promotes informed debate and scholarly research on U.S. policy in the region.