Paul Thomas Haenle (born (1966-04-21)April 21, 1966) is an American analyst and China specialist currently serving as Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
He established Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (CTC), the Beijing-based think tank of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, at Tsinghua University in 2010.
[1] In addition to his role at Carnegie, Haenle is also Asia Pacific Region Chair at Teneo and a senior advisor at Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC,[2] where he assists U.S. and foreign businesses with their cross-border business strategy, including the development of key government relationships, crisis management, and public relations.
[6] Prior to joining Carnegie, Haenle served as the White House China director on the National Security Council under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
During his government service, Haenle served as special assistant to Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley from 2004 to 2007, and in the Pentagon as a China advisor for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.