Thomas J. Christensen

Thomas J. Christensen's most recent book is Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW (Columbia Univ. Press, 2022). His earlier book, The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power (W.W. Norton) was an editors’ choice at the New York Times Book Review, a “Book of the Week” on CNN”s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and the Arthur Ross Book Award Silver Medalist for 2016 at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of State.

Recent media:

"How to Avoid a War Over Taiwan," Foreign Affairs, October 13, 2022