Explainer Series

What does Trump 2.0
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April 2025

Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Evan A. Feigenbaum is Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where he oversees its work in Washington, Beijing, New Delhi and Singapore. Holding a PhD in Chinese politics from Stanford University, his career has spanned government, think tanks, the private sector, and three regions of Asia. In government he served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (at the US Department of State) and advised two US Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary. He is the author of three books, including The United States in the New Asia (CFR, 2009) and China’s Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age (Stanford University Press, 2003), as well as numerous articles and essays.