Craig Singleton
China, Asia

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Craig Singleton is a senior fellow at the non-partisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he leads the organization’s China program. He previously spent more than a decade serving in a series of sensitive national security roles within the U.S. government, where he primarily focused on East Asia. In that capacity, Craig regularly briefed federal law enforcement, U.S. military personnel, foreign leaders, congressional oversight committees, and the White House on a wide range of issues, including China’s overseas military expansion, Chinese malign influence, and North Korea. Craig is a regular contributor to outlets such as Foreign PolicyThe HillDefense NewsNewsweekThe National InterestThe DiplomatReal Clear DefenseThe Wall Street JournalAxiosYahoo, The New York Times, Reuters, CNBC, NBC News, and Fox News, among others. Craig received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree in international policy from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.