Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman will join the Brookings Institute as a distinguished fellow, the D.C.-based think tank announced Wednesday. Huntsman brings to Brookings his expertise on China, where he served as U.S. ambassador, and his success as governor of Utah.
“As we try to address America’s domestic and foreign policy challenges, Jon’s extraordinary government service at home and abroad will be a great benefit to the Institution” Brookings President Strobe Talbott said in a statement Wednesday.
“His diplomatic service in China will further deepen Brookings’s strong bench of policy experts on Asia, and his rich domestic policy experience will add another dimension,” said John L. Thornton, chairman of the Brookings Board of Trustees. “We look forward to calling on his expertise.”
