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Gregory Kulacki
Senior Analyst, China Project ManagerExpertise
Nuclear Weapons & Global Security-US-China RelationsProfile
Dr. Gregory Kulacki is Senior Analyst and China Project Manager in the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and an expert on cross-cultural communication between the United States and China. Since joining the Union of Concerned Scientists in 2002, he has focused on promoting and conducting dialogue between Chinese and American experts on nuclear arms control and space security. Dr. Kulacki’s commentary on U.S.–China relations has appeared in National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Christian Science Monitor and other U.S. and Chinese media. His advice on cooperation with China has been solicited by governmental and non-governmental organizations in China and the United States, including the U.S. House China Working Group, the Senate Armed Services Committee, the U.S. National Academies, NASA, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dr. Kulacki has lived and worked in China for the better part of the last twenty years, facilitating exchanges between academic, governmental, and professional organizations in both countries. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Kulacki served as an Associate Professor of Government at Green Mountain College, Director of External Studies at Pitzer College and Director of Academic Programs in China for the Council on International Educational Exchange.
Dr. Kulacki earned a doctorate in Political Theory from the Department of Government and Politics and a master’s in International Relations from the University of Maryland, College Park. He also completed graduate certificates in Chinese Economic History and International Politics at Fudan University in Shanghai.
