Patrick deGategno

Patrick deGategno is an Asia analyst in the China Strategic Issues Group. Prior to joining CNA, he was associate director of the Asia Program at the Atlantic Council, organizing projects and researching trans-Atlantic engagement of Greater China, the two Koreas, and Southeast Asia. He was simultaneously associate director of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Project, analyzing long-term global trends and their implications for the role of the United States in world affairs. Previously, he was an Asia regional analyst for iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, assessing political risk for businesses operating in China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. He was also a Douglas K. Bereuter Junior Associate in Asian Affairs at the Asia Foundation.

deGategno holds an M.A. in Asian studies with concentrations in the politics, history, and economics of China, the two Koreas, and Southeast Asia from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. He received his B.A. in cultural studies with concentrations in Chinese and Southeast Asian history, politics, and sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has lived, studied, and worked in Beijing, and he has Mandarin and French language skills.