Ryan Hass

Ryan Hass is an American foreign policy analyst currently serving as director of the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies.

He is also a trustee of The Asia Foundation, a nonresident affiliated fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, a senior advisor at The Scowcroft Group and the McLarty Associates, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Hass' research focuses on U.S. policy toward East Asia, in particular U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Taiwan relations, the Korean Peninsula, regional security, and maritime issues.

Education Hass holds a BA (2001) from the University of Washington and attended Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for graduate studies between 2001 and 2002 before joining the U.S. Department of State. thumb Hass met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as part of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy delegation.

Publications Books US-Taiwan Relations, Brookings Institution Press, April 15, 2023 (co-authored with Bonnie S. Glaser and Richard C. Bush) Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence (Yale University Press, 2021)

Reports

Building International Support for Taiwan, CSIS, February 13, 2024 (co-authored with Jude Blanchette and Lily McElwee)

Articles Questioning the presumption of a US “consensus” on China policy, Brookings Institution, July 15, 2024 (co-authored with Ali Wine) Avoiding War in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs, July 9, 2024 How will Biden and Trump tackle trade with China? Brookings Institution, April 4, 2024 Ryan Hass on Taiwan: Is there bipartisan consensus in the United States? Taipei Times, March 18, 2024 A roadmap for a US-China AI dialogue, Brookings Institution, January 10, 2024 (co-authored with Graham Webster) Ryan Hass On Taiwan: An American perspective on Taiwan's election, Taipei Times, January 4, 2024 Kissinger Was Bold on China, in On Kissinger's Legacy, Brookings Institution, December 8, 2023 (co-authored with Adrien Chorn, Natalie Sambani, Marvin Kalb, Cheng Li, Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Bruce Riddle, Nathan Sachs) The Right Way to Deter China From Attacking Taiwan, Foreign Affairs, November 8, 2023 (co-authored with Jude Blanchette) What America Wants From China, Foreign Affairs, October 24, 2023 America, China, and the Virtue of Low Expectations, Foreign Affairs, Jun 28, 2023 The Taiwan Long Game, Foreign Affairs, December 20, 2022 (co-authored with Jude Blanchette) The Upside of Pelosi's Unwise Taiwan Visit, Foreign Affairs, August 16, 2022 China Is Not Ten Feet Tall, Foreign Affairs, March 3, 2021 Don't squeeze Taiwan, Brookings Institution, February 7, 2018 (co-authored with Evan S. Medeiros)