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Rachel Esplin Odell
Nonresident Research Analyst, Asia Program

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Rachel Esplin Odell is a nonresident research analyst in Carnegie’s Asia Program, where her research focuses on Chinese security studies, East Asian international relations, and U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. She is also a PhD student in political science and security studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Odell’s co-authored publications include works on U.S.-China security perceptions, Sino-Japanese relations, U.S. military strategy in Asia, Chinese trade policy, Chinese crisis management behavior, and trends in Chinese military development. She has participated in briefings for several U.S. government agencies in the military, diplomatic, and intelligence communities.

In the 2012 Republican presidential primary, Odell was a member of Jon Huntsman’s foreign policy team and the chair of DC Young Professionals for Huntsman. She has also interned in the China affairs bureau of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She serves as the international policy advisor for the Millennial Action Project and was named one of “25 Under 25 in U.S.-China Relations” by Yale’s China Hands journal.


affiliations
education
AB, Harvard College
languages
English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish

All work from Rachel Esplin Odell

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8 Results
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Conflict and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Strategic Net Assessment

The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing enormous change, fueled by high levels of economic growth and deepening levels of integration. These and other forces are generating a shift in the distribution of economic, political, and military power across the region.

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· April 2, 2015
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U.S.-China Security Perceptions Survey: Findings and Implications

Public and elite attitudes in the United States and especially China are exerting a growing influence on the bilateral security relationship.

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· December 12, 2013
In the Media
How to Contain Japan-China Tensions

War is unlikely between China and Japan, but ongoing crises are not. Bold diplomacy is needed.

· June 21, 2013
Diplomat
In the Media
Getting Past Mutual Suspicion

Both the United States and China need to recognize the nature and seriousness of the tensions and suspicions that have accumulated between the two powers over the past few years.

· June 6, 2013
National Interest
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China’s Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2030: A Strategic Net Assessment

The first and only unclassified strategic net assessment of the future impact of China’s growing military power on Japan and the United States.

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· May 3, 2013
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Protectionism

The international monetary system helped countries liberalize trade and limited protectionism during the Great Recession. But countries with pegged exchange rates remain a threat to trade, especially if the peg is undervalued.

· July 1, 2011
paper
Is Protectionism Dying?

Although World Trade Organization policies helped limit the increase in protectionist measures during the recent financial crisis, a mutually reinforcing set of legal and structural changes in the world economy played a larger role in keeping global markets open.

· May 26, 2011
article
Why is Protectionism Dormant?

The forces that kept protectionism at bay during the financial crisis—chief among them, national laws, regional agreements, and structural economic shifts—should be the focus of future trade negotiations.

· May 26, 2011