Bo Kong

Bo Kong is a assistant research professor in the Energy, Resources, and Environment (ERE) Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he directs ERE’s research on East Asia. Until recently, he was director of the school’s Global Energy and Environment Initiative (GEEI). Prior to GEEI, he served in a number of positions in the analytical community, including as energy and mining associate at Ayrlie Partners, chief energy economist for ChinaStakes.com, visiting scholar at the Institute for Global Dialogue in South Africa, research fellow at the Center for Global Security of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and research associate at the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center. He is the author of China’s International Petroleum Policy (Praeger, 2009) and many articles that appear in both English and Chinese publications on Chinese energy policy. He has also appeared on Clean Skies TV, VOA, and Phoenix television shows. Additionally, he sits on the Advisory Board of the Revenue Watch Institute and the Mitigation Board of the Global Network for Climate Solutions of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He is also a member of the International Editorial Board for the Universiti of Kebangsaan Malaysia’s journal JEBAT: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics, and Strategic Studies. Born and raised in Xinjiang, China, he received his B.A. in international trade from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. After graduate studies at the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, he earned from SAIS an M.A. in American foreign policy and international economics and a Ph.D. in China studies and international energy policy.