Dan Spinelli is a program specialist for the China team at USIP. His work focuses on cross-Strait relations and Chinese domestic politics.

Before joining USIP, he worked as a national security reporter for four years, covering various aspects of China policy, peace activism and the U.S. military. He also studied Mandarin Chinese for a year in Taiwan through funding from a U.S. Fulbright-Hays grant and as a National Bureau of Asian Research Chinese Language Fellow.

Spinelli is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Asian studies from Georgetown University. He previously graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English.