Nicholas Eberstadt Keynote Speaker

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches and writes extensively on international security in the Korean Peninsula and Asia, demographics, and economic development. Domestically, he focuses on poverty and social well-being. Dr. Eberstadt is also a senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research.

His many books and monographs include Men Without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition (2022); Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications (2010); The Poverty of “the Poverty Rate” (2008); The End of North Korea (1999); The Tyranny of Numbers (1995); and Poverty in China (1979). His latest is Lessons for an Unserious Superpower: The “Scoop” Jackson Legacy and US Foreign Policy (2024).

He has offered invited testimony before Congress on numerous occasions and has served as consultant or adviser for a variety of units in the US government. His frequent media appearances include major radio, television, and podcasts. His presentations have attracted millions of viewers online.

Dr. Eberstadt has a PhD in political economy and government, an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, and an AB from Harvard University. In addition, he holds a master of science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2012, Dr. Eberstadt was awarded the prestigious Bradley Prize. In 2020, he received the Irving Kristol Award, AEI’s highest honor.