Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee

  • Nonresident Fellow
  • Media queries: press@atlanticcouncil.org

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Issues

Inclusive Growth Rule of Law Women

Regions

China East Asia Taiwan

Languages

Chinese English Taiwanese
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Aug 24, 2026

An economic shock is coming. Boosting women’s economic opportunity may be the key to overcoming it.

By Jérémie Bertrand, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, Caroline Perrin

With over a billion young people set to enter the global workforce in the next decade, policymakers must prioritize education and jobs for young women to advance prosperity.

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Jul 15, 2026

2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes: The legal foundations that enable prosperity are rapidly eroding

By Ignacio Campomanes, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, James Mazzarella

Adherence to the rule of law has declined sharply since 2020. Drawing on thirty years of data across 171 countries, the 2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes show why that matters: without strong legal foundations, economic reforms stall, democracies erode, and prosperity stays out of reach for millions.

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Apr 20, 2026

Institutional architecture and prosperity: What lies beneath the aggregate score

By Ignacio Campomanes, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, James Mazzarella

Institutional strength drives prosperity, but aggregate scores can hide key differences—what ultimately shapes development outcomes is how political, legal, and economic systems interact.

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Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center, where she supports the center’s programming, data collection, and research. She previously served the Freedom and Prosperity Center as an assistant director.

Lee is a 2023 graduate of National Chengchi University in Taiwan, with a BA in diplomacy, and studied at Sciences Po Lille in France. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at Academia Sinica (Taiwan’s national research institute) on US policy towards Taiwan and China. Her work has been featured by the US-China Perception Monitor, the American Political Science Association, the Carter Center, and the New Atlanticist. A dual US-Taiwan citizen raised in Taipei, Lee is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.