Bates Gill
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Dr. Bates Gill is an expert on Chinese foreign policy and the current director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Dr Gill has a long record of research and publication on both international and regional security issues. These include arms control, non-proliferation, peacekeeping and military-technical development—and all mainly with regard to China and Asia. In recent years his work has broadened to encompass other contemporary security-related trends including multilateral security organizations, the impact of domestic politics and development on the foreign policies of states, and the nexus of public health and security.
in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia
in 1991. His thesis investigated the role of weapons transfer in forming the foreign policy of China and was entitled "Fire of the Dragon: Arms Transfers in Chinese Security Policy.". He received his B.A from Albion College, with a double major in Political Science and French.
He is fluent in Chinese
, English
, and French
.
(CSIS) in Washington, D.C from 2002. He served as a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and inaugural Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution
in Washington, D.C.
, from 1998 to 2002.
Before his work at Brookings, Dr. Gill's previous assignments included directing the East Asia
programmes at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
, in Monterey, California
. He also held the Fei Yiming Chair in Comparative Politics at the Johns Hopkins University
Center for Chinese and American Studies, at Nanjing University
in China
. For his work with Johns Hopkins University and his subsequent accomplishments, he was inducted to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2007.
He is also the publisher of the SIPRI Yearbook during his tenure as SIPRI Director. http://www.sipriyearbook.org/
Dr Gill has a long record of research and publication on both international and regional security issues. These include arms control, non-proliferation, peacekeeping and military-technical development—and all mainly with regard to China and Asia. In recent years his work has broadened to encompass other contemporary security-related trends including multilateral security organizations, the impact of domestic politics and development on the foreign policies of states, and the nexus of public health and security.
Education
Gill received his Ph.DDoctor of Philosophy
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in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
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in 1991. His thesis investigated the role of weapons transfer in forming the foreign policy of China and was entitled "Fire of the Dragon: Arms Transfers in Chinese Security Policy.". He received his B.A from Albion College, with a double major in Political Science and French.
He is fluent in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and French
French language
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.
Professional life
Prior to being named the SIPRI director in 2007, Gill held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International StudiesCenter for Strategic and International Studies
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(CSIS) in Washington, D.C from 2002. He served as a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and inaugural Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
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in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, from 1998 to 2002.
Before his work at Brookings, Dr. Gill's previous assignments included directing the East Asia
East Asia
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programmes at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Institute of International Studies is a graduate school of Middlebury College, located in Monterey, California, United States...
, in Monterey, California
California
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. He also held the Fei Yiming Chair in Comparative Politics at the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
Center for Chinese and American Studies, at Nanjing University
Nanjing University
Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...
in China
China
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. For his work with Johns Hopkins University and his subsequent accomplishments, he was inducted to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2007.
Books
Dr. Gill has authored or edited eight books:- Governing the Bomb: Civilian Control and Democratic Accountability of Nuclear Weapons (Oxford University Press, 2010), co-edited with Hans Born and Heiner Hänggi
- Asia's New Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and the Search for Community (Columbia University Press, 2009), co-edited with Michael J. Green
- Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy (Brookings Institution Press, 2007, revised edition in 2010)
- China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know Now about the Emerging Superpower (PublicAffairs, 2006), co-authored with C. Fred Bergsten, Nicholas Lardy, and Derk Mitchell
- Weathering the Storm: Taiwan, Its Neighbors and the Asian Financial Crisis (Brookings Institution Press, 2000), co-edited with Peter Chow
- China’s Arms Acquisitions from Abroad: A Quest for ‘Superb and Secret Weapons’ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), co-authored with Taeho Kim
- Arms, Transparency and Security in Southeast Asia (Oxford University Press, 1997), co-edited with J. N. Mak
- Chinese Arms Transfers (Praeger Publishers, 1992)
He is also the publisher of the SIPRI Yearbook during his tenure as SIPRI Director. http://www.sipriyearbook.org/
Professional Affiliations
- Feris Foundation of America, Board member
- Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Board member
- Center for Democratic Control of Armed forces, Board member
- ISIS-Europe, Board Member
- China-Merck AIDS Partnership, Board member
- Asia Society Policy Advisory Board member
- Shanghai Institute of International Studies, Advisory Board member
- Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Board member
- Journal of Contemporary China, China Security, China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Security Challenges Editorial Board member
- Council on Foreign Relations, member
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, member
External links
- SIPRI Biography: Dr. Bates Gill
- Bates Gill | Foreign Affairs (Author Profile)
- China's Space Odyssey: What the Antisatellite Test Reveals About Decision-Making in Beijing - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007
- China's HIV Crisis - Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002
- Limited Engagement - Foreign Affairs, July/August 1999