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Stephanie T. Kleine-Ahlbrandt

China Adviser and North East Asia Project Director

International Crisis Group

Phone: +86 1368 101 3381 skleine-ahlbrandt@crisisgroup.org

Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt is the China and North East Asia Project Director of the International Crisis Group (ICG) based in Beijing. Her areas of expertise include the international politics of East Asia, China’s foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

From 2006-2007, she was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to that she worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva where she was responsible for human rights and rule of law technical cooperation with the Government of the People's Republic of China; also serving as Officer-in-Charge of the Asia-Pacific region and Desk Officer for several African countries.

Previously, Ms. Kleine-Ahlbrandt investigated human rights violations and genocide for the United Nations in Rwanda (1994-1995) and monitored and reported on the human rights situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (1996).

She has also worked with the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Council of Europe. She received a B.A. from Indiana University, a certificate of political science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Universite Robert Schuman, in Strasbourg, France, and a Master's Degree from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Focus: Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, Security, China, Africa, Asia

Related Resources:

• China, the Unlikely Human Rights Champion (Commentary)
• The West's Reaction to the 2006 China-Africa Summit (Audio)

Selected Publications:

"From Principle to Practice: Operationalizing the human rights-based approach to United Nations development cooperation and programming," Human Rights and Development: Law, Policy and Governance (contributor, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006)

"The Commission on Human Rights and Nigeria: From Pariah to Progress?," Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (contributor, Universal Law Publishing, 2005)

"Learning Lessons from IDP Resettlement: Villagization in Northwest Rwanda," Forced Migration Review (Oxford University Press, 2004)

"The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education: Role, Activities and Limitations of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," Human Rights and Conflict: New Actors, Strategies and Ethical Dilemmas (contributor, US Institute of Peace, 2004)

The Protection Gap in the International Protection of Internally Displaced Persons: the Case of Rwanda, Second Ed. (Graduate Institute of International Studies, 2004)

"The Kibeho Crisis: Towards a More Effective System of International Protection for Internally Displaced Persons," Forced Migration Review (Oxford University Press, 1998)

"China's New Dictatorship Diplomacy", Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008, Volume 87 No. 1, pp 38-56, http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/miscellaneous_docs/china_s_new_dictatorship_diplomacy.pdf

Last Updated: Jul 13, 2009