BIOGRAPHY

Murray Hiebert serves as senior fellow and deputy director of the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He regularly visits Myanmar.

Prior to joining CSIS, he was senior director for Southeast Asia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he worked to promote trade and investment opportunities between the United States and Asia

Hiebert joined the U.S. Chamber in 2006 from the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau, where he covered trade issues. Earlier he worked for the Wall Street Journal Asia and the Far Eastern Economic Review in Washington, reporting on U.S.-Asia relations.

From 1995 to 1999, he was based in Kuala Lumpur for the Far Eastern Economic Review. In the early 1990s, he was based in Hanoi for the Review, reporting on Vietnam’s economic reforms. He joined the Review’s Bangkok bureau in 1986, covering political and economic developments in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

Hiebert is the author of two books on Vietnam, Chasing the Tigers (Kodansha, 1996) and Vietnam Notebook (Review Publishing, 1993).

CSIS

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 1962, CSIS has become one of the world’s preeminent international policy institutions focused on defense and security; regional stability; and transnational challenges ranging from energy and climate to global development and economic integration. Its scholars provide strategic insights and policy solutions to help decision makers chart a course toward a better world.