04-06-2026 The Joseph Fewsmith Commemorative Symposium, with lecture by Evan Medeiros

Monday, April 6
2 PM – 7 PM
CDS 1750, 665 Comm Ave., Boston MA 02215

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Evan S. Medeiros is a professor and Penner family chair in Asia studies in the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. He is also currently the Director of the Asian Studies Department. He has published several books and articles on East Asian security affairs, U.S.-China relations, and China’s foreign policy. He regularly provides advice to global corporations and commentary to the international media. Dr. Medeiros most recently published in August 2023 Cold Rivals: The New Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition, with Georgetown University Press.

Dr. Medeiros’ background is a unique blend of regional expertise and government experience. He served for six years on the staff of the National Security Council as director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia and then as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia. In the latter role, Dr. Medeiros was President Barack Obama’s top advisor on the Asia-Pacific and was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific across areas of diplomacy, defense policy, economic policy, and intelligence.

Prior to joining the NSC, Medeiros worked for seven years as a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. From 2007 to 2008, he also served at the Treasury Department as a Policy Advisor to Secretary Hank Paulson Jr., working on the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Dr. Medeiros holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an M.Phil in international relations from the University of Cambridge (as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar), an M.A. in China studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and a B.A. in analytic philosophy from Bates College.

Dr. Medeiros currently serves on the board of two companies, Blackberry Government Solutions and Gorilla Technology Group. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Cambridge University’s Centre for Geopolitics and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is married to the former U.S. Ambassador to Chile Bernadette Meehan, and they have a daughter, Amelia.