Daniel H. Katz, Ph.D., is a nonresident scholar for the Baker Institute China Studies Program and serves as the director of the Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training at The City University of New York. His research focuses on defense diplomacy, which is the subject of his book, "Defence Diplomacy: Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict" (Routledge, 2020). Katz is also a member of the 2024–25 Council on Foreign Relations Education Higher Education Ambassador Program.

He has previously worked with the U.S. Department of State, the Center for a New American Security, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies–Asia. Katz has written extensively on global security issues and U.S.-China relations. He holds a Ph.D. in strategic studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, a double Master of Science in international affairs from Peking University and the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in international studies and classics from Yale University.

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