Benjamin Creutzfeldt is a Resident Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He has studied and worked in China for three decades and spent several years as a university lecturer in Latin America, where he witnessed the growing impact of China first-hand. Prior to his appointment as a Wilson Fellow, he was Resident Postdoctoral Fellow for China-Latin America-U.S. Affairs at the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
Last Updated: December 13, 2018
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