Deborah BRAUTIGAM, Ph.D.
CARI Director and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University

A leading expert on China in Africa, Professor Brautigam is the author of Will Africa Feed China? (Oxford University Press, 2015), The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2010; Chinese version published by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press) and Chinese Aid and African Development: Exporting Green Revolution (St. Martin’s Press, 1998). She is also co-editor of Taxation and State-Building: Capacity and Consent (Cambridge University Press, 2008) as well as numerous articles published in academic journals and public affairs media. Professor Brautigam regularly advises international agencies and governments on China-Africa economic engagement.

Hong ZHANG
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hong Zhang received her PhD in Public Policy from Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University in 2021. Her research interests include China’s political economy, international development cooperation and foreign aid, and the global expansion of China’s national champion SOEs, particularly in the construction sector. Her doctoral dissertation explains how China’s developmental state extends its core mechanisms in its international development engagements. Hong is also a fellow at the China and the World Program at Columbia University in 2021-2022. She co-edits the People’s Map of Global China and the Made in China Journal. Hong has a MSc in Sociology from London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Renmin University of China. Before the academic career, she had worked as an international reporter for China’s Caixin Media. For a list of her publications, please see her Google Scholar page. She tweets as @StellaHongZhang.

Yufan HUANG
Predoctoral Fellow

Yufan is a Ph.D. student at the Government Department of Cornell University. From 2018 to 2020, he was a researcher with CARI. Before that, he was a researcher on foreign and defense affairs at the New York Times Beijing Bureau. Yufan has an M.A. in China Studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and a B.A. in International Politics from Renmin University of China.

Daniela SOLANO-WARD
Technical Editor

Daniela Solano-Ward is the team's technical editor responsible for editing and formatting all publications, including working papers, policy briefs, and bulletins. Daniela graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with an M.A. in International Development and International Economics. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia in International Relations and History.