Devin T. Stewart is Director of the Global Policy Innovations program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. In this capacity, he edits Policy Innovations and was the founding editor of Carnegie Ethics Online. Previously, he was Assistant Director of Studies and Japan Studies Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. From 2000 to 2003, Devin was a researcher at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry and in 2004 a staff writer for The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo. He also chaired the Korea-Japan Study Group in Tokyo and in Washington. He was also a researcher at the Japan External Trade Organization New York and has served on the staffs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senator Barbara Mikulski. Devin's articles have appeared in six languages in numerous publications, including The American Interest, SAIS Review, The Asian Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Japan Inc., Asahi Shimbun, Prospect Magazine, The Globalist, and The National Interest. He has been featured in or interviewed by Dow Jones, AFP, Reuters, Xinhua, Jiji Press, BBC, Bloggingheads.tv, Al Jazeera, and CCTV. Devin holds an M.A. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., and Bologna, Italy.

Articles by Devin T. Stewart:

Damming Public Opinion
1 April 2008

"A powerful dynamic is playing out in China’s relations with the developing world. China is willing to deal with authoritarian regimes, and strike contracts on energy that are non-transparent. China’s distaste for making foreign aid contingent on policy indicators may worsen corruption in recipient countries. Some of its dam building projects will have devastating impact on neighboring countries. All these are fueling a public opinion backlash in the developing world, which China may not be able to dam."