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Mercy A. Kuo
Mercy A. Kuo is Senior Contributing Author at The Diplomat.
She was formerly executive vice president at a U.S. business risk intelligence consultancy, where she advised Fortune 500 companies on geopolitical risk.
Dr. Kuo has held executive leadership positions as president and executive director of the Washington State China Relations Council in Seattle, managing director and research director at the Committee of 100, a U.S.-China relations leadership organization in New York City, and director of the Southeast Asia and Strategic Asia programs at a U.S. foreign policy think tank. She previously served as an all-source analyst specializing in Northeast and Southeast Asian political, security, and military issues at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Dr. Kuo’s select publications include: “China-Russia Cooperation in Africa and the Middle East,” The Diplomat, April 3, 2023; “The Case That Could Hand the Future to China,” RealClearPolicy, November 25, 2019; “The China Factor in EU-US Relations: Fault Lines and Futures,” Security Policy Library, December 2019 Norwegian Atlantic Committee; “China’s Strategic Orientation: Assessing Alternative Futures,” China in the 21st Century: History, Security and International Relations, Vol. 3 (Praeger 2014), and Contending with Contradictions: China’s Policy towards Soviet Eastern Europe and the Origins of the Sino-Soviet Split, 1953-1960 (Lexington 2001).
Dr. Kuo provides subject-matter expertise on U.S.-China relations, Chinese foreign policy, China-EU-NATO dynamics, and the impact of geopolitical risk on business at international and national academic, business, investment, and government forums. She holds a Ph.D. in modern history from Oxford University and is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies.

January 03, 2024
China and Global Governance of AI
By Mercy A. Kuo

December 20, 2023
Assessing China’s and Russia’s Arctic Ambitions
By Mercy A. Kuo

November 28, 2023
In a League of Its Own: The Cyberspace Administration of China
By Mercy A. Kuo

November 21, 2023
The Political Aims of ‘Xi Jinping Thought’
By Mercy A. Kuo

November 17, 2023
China-US Trade and Decoupling: ‘We Are in Uncharted Waters’
By Mercy A. Kuo

November 09, 2023
China’s State Security Departments and Nationwide System
By Mercy A. Kuo

October 31, 2023
A Post-Mortem of the ‘Battle For Hong Kong’
By Mercy A. Kuo

October 23, 2023
China’s Statecraft and Global Leadership
By Mercy A. Kuo

October 16, 2023
China’s Middle East Agenda
By Mercy A. Kuo

October 12, 2023
‘Digital Empires’: The China-EU-US Competition Over Tech Regulations
By Mercy A. Kuo

October 02, 2023
The State of China’s Semiconductor Industry
By Mercy A. Kuo
