Ryan Hass is an American foreign policy analyst currently serving as director of the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies.

He is also a trustee of The Asia Foundation, a nonresident affiliated fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, a senior advisor at The Scowcroft Group and the McLarty Associates, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Hass holds a BA (2001) from the University of Washington and attended Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for graduate studies between 2001 and 2002 before joining the U.S. Department of State.

[2] Between 2013 and 2017, Hass served as Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs at the White House National Security Council in the Obama administration.

Hass was appointed director of Brookings' John L. Thornton China Center in July 2023.