Peter Mackenzie

Peter Mackenzie is an Asia analyst in the China Security Affairs Group. Mackenzie has a master's degree in public policy and administration from Columbia University and a B.A. in Asian studies from Williams College. Prior to joining CNA, Mackenzie worked for the National Committee on United States-China Relations, researching interaction between American and Chinese foreign policy think tanks. He previously worked for the International Republican Institute (IRI), first with IRI's China program and later as the director of IRI's East Africa office in Nairobi, Kenya. He has also worked on the Asia program at the Atlantic Council of the United States and coordinated the council's senior fellows program. After college, he taught English for one year at the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou. He studied Mandarin Chinese at Capital Normal University in Beijing and the Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include China-Africa relations, Chinese national interests, political reform and social change in China, and PRC military diplomacy.