Michael H. Fuchs

Michael H. Fuchs is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where his work focuses on US foreign policy priorities and Asia-Pacific policy. From 2013 until he joined the Center this year, Fuchs was deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, directing US policy on the South China Sea, among other issues. From 2011 to 2013, as special advisor to the secretary of state for strategic dialogues, Fuchs led planning and preparation for Secretary Clinton’s strategic dialogues with China and other nations. He is co-author of The Survival and the Success of Liberty: A Democracy Agenda for US Foreign Policy.