Laura Rosenberger

Laura Rosenberger has more than two decades of experience in foreign policy and national security at senior levels both in and out of government, with particular focus on China, Taiwan, and the Indo-Pacific; countering authoritarian threats to democracy; and the national security implications of emerging technology.

Before joining Freedom House, Rosenberger served as national security advisor to Senator Andy Kim. Prior to that, she served as chair of the American Institute in Taiwan and as special assistant to the president and senior director for China and Taiwan on the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House. Rosenberger also served in a range of positions at the State Department and the NSC, including as chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state and as director for China and Korea at the NSC. She began her career at the State Department as a Presidential Management Fellow, working to protect North Korean refugees and address North Korea’s human rights abuses.

Outside of government, Rosenberger founded and served as director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and as a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), where she oversaw and conducted extensive work on countering authoritarian influence and strengthening democratic resilience. She also served as foreign policy advisor on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Rosenberger serves on the board of visitors of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State’s College of Liberal Arts, and on the advisory board for the Presidential Leadership Academy at Penn State. She received her master’s degree in international peace and conflict resolution from American University’s School of International Service, and her bachelors’ degrees from Penn State University’s Schreyer Honors College in sociology, psychology, and women’s studies.

Rosenberger’s analysis has been published in a wide range of outlets including Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Democracy Journal, and the Journal of Democracy; she has testified on authoritarian threats to democracy before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Foreign Affairs Committee Europe Subcommittee; and she has appeared as an expert on China, Russia, and authoritarian threats to democracy on MSNBC, CNN, and numerous podcasts.