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New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2023

The political factors behind China’s disappearing leaders

By Mark Parker Young

Several senior Chinese officials appear to have been ousted in recent months. A close look at the officials involved suggests that a variety of personal and institutional factors contributed to their downfall.

China Corruption

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2023

China’s balloon blunder shows the shortcomings of its national security apparatus

By Mark Parker Young

The composition of China's security structures indicates that the military did not want to disrupt a major diplomatic moment and thought the balloon would be undetected.

China Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Nov 16, 2022

Beijing’s foreign-policy decisions aren’t determined by its political calendar

By Mark Parker Young

There is little connection between the timing of political events and the strength of Beijing's responses to external provocations. International policymakers should take note.

China Crisis Management

Mark Parker Young is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and a principal analyst at Mandiant. Previously, he spent fourteen years as an analyst in the Central Intelligence Agency and served as deputy national intelligence officer for East Asia from 2018 to 2020 on the National Intelligence Council. In this role, he led the US intelligence community’s production of strategic analysis on senior policymakers’ top priorities regarding China. He received his master of advanced study in global affairs from Yale University and his master of arts in international affairs from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.