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Joseph Webster
Joseph Webster is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative; he also edits the independent China-Russia Report.
Joseph Webster is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, where he specializes in energy geopolitics. Parallel to his energy work, Joe edits the China-Russia Report, an independent, non-partisan newsletter exploring developments in Sino-Russian relations.
His energy and geopolitical analyses have been cited in Axios, Politico, Politico Europe, The Diplomat, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, inter alia.
Joe completed a master’s degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, where he was a Mount Vernon fellow, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland. Joe is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.

March 15, 2023
Xi Bets on His Own Personal Diplomacy in Russia, Ukraine
By Joseph Webster

February 13, 2023
China’s Growing Economic Support for Russia
By Joseph Webster

January 24, 2023
Amid Signs of Softer Foreign Policy Tone, Is China About to Shift Its Russia Policy?
By Joseph Webster
