Claire Chu is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. She is also a senior China analyst at Janes in Washington, DC. Her research on the Janes Geoeconomic Influence and Threat Intelligence team focuses on the national security implications of China’s global economic activity, including foreign direct investment and capital flows, and the role of the private sector in China’s economic and financial statecraft.
Chu joined Janes through the acquisition of RWR Advisory Group, where she was the lead China researcher and editor of the biweekly Belt and Road Monitor. She is also a counselor to the Project 2049 Institute’s China Economic and Strategy Initiative and has testified before Congress about US-China economic and security issues. Her commentary is featured in major media outlets in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy, and Nikkei Asia.