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ORIANA SKYLAR MASTRO

Political Scientist, Stanford

Director, Indo-Pacific Policy Lab

China Expert, Carnegie Endowment

Reservist, U.S. Air Force

Geopolitical Consultant

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Silver Medalist in the 2026 Axiom Business Book Awards
(International Business / Globalization category)

Featured Research

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Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

(Available Now!)

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Kim’s Dangerous Liaisons: Russia, China, and the Growing North Korea Threat

(Foreign Affairs, May/June 2026)

Burden Sharing in the Indo-Pacific: Recommendations for U.S. Defense Policy (US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, March 2025)

Oriana Skylar Mastro makes a case for paring America’s nukes (The Economist, January 2025)

China's Agents of Chaos: The Military Logic of Beijing's Growing Partnership (Foreign Affairs, October 2024)

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