Arran Hope

Arran Hope is the editor of China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation, where he also has responsibility for additional China-related publications and programming. His writings analyzing political developments in the People’s Republic of China have informed U.S. government reports and appear on university course syllabi. He has also appeared on panels at the Hudson Institute and has testified in front of U.S. state senators.

Arran has edited several books, including the reference volume The People’s Liberation Army as Organization Volume 3.0 (2025) and a monograph by the scholar Samantha Hoffman, China’s Mobilization State (2026). He is currently working on a third volume on the Party’s approach to governance, based on China Brief articles published since 2023.

Arran holds master’s degrees in Chinese studies from the University of Cambridge and Columbia University, where he focused on twentieth century Chinese political history. He has spent time studying and working in Beijing and Taipei, and is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, as well as in French and Japanese. Arran previously worked as a reporter for The China Project covering Chinese technology and business. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat and in print in the Italian magazine Formiche.