Julia Rosenfield

Julia Rosenfield is an Asia analyst in the China Security Affairs Group. Rosenfield received her B.A. in history and Chinese from Middlebury College. She also studied Chinese at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, the Harbin Institute of Technology, and Middlebury College’s renowned intensive summer language program. Rosenfield is also an alumna of the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program (Mystic, Connecticut), where her interests in both maritime trade and Chinese affairs culminated in the writing of a research paper titled The American China Trade: Beginnings, Development, and the Shanghai Experience.

At CNA, Rosenfield’s research has focused on Chinese political-military affairs and maritime issues. She is also interested in Chinese social, economic, and legal developments, as well as contemporary and historical gender and minority issues. Rosenfield is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science degree at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution of George Mason University.