Amy searight biography

Amy Searight joins Hamilton as the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs for the spring 2025 semester.  Amy has a wealth of experience on Asia policy—spanning defense, diplomacy, development, and economics — in both government and academia.  In the Obama administration she served in the Department of Defense (DOD) as deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, as well as principal director for East Asian security.  She also served in the U.S.

Agency for International Development (USAID) as senior adviser for Asia.  She has also served on the policy planning staff and as special adviser for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in the State Department as a Council on Foreign Relations international affairs fellow.  Before entering government, Amy was an assistant professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, where she taught international relations of Asia