Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Corvinus University of Budapest

Expert Bio

Federico Pachetti researches and teaches 20th century international history, with a focus on how shifting dynamics in global political economy shaped the evolution of Sino-American relations during the final decades of the century. He is working on a book manuscript that explores the assistance American and international economic institutions provided to the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s economic reforms during the 1980s. The book will bring together several fields, such as the history of capitalism, US foreign policy, and the history of Chinese economic reforms, tracing the origins of the institutionalization that led to the economic entanglement between the two countries within the context of the emerging financial globalization.

Dr. Pachetti specializes in the history of 20th century Sino-American relations, the history of globalization, and the history of post-1945 international economic institutions. He is now a junior post-doctoral fellow at Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies (CIAS), Budapest. Previously, he held positions at New York University (NYU) Shanghai and at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Pachetti received his Ph.D. in global history from the University of Hong Kong. He also holds two Master Degrees, one in History of International Relations from LSE, the other in International Relations and European Studies from the University of Florence. He completed his Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Pisa.

Wilson Center Project

A Careful Globalization: The Roots of America’s Global Entanglement with China in the 1980s.

Major Publications

1. "The Roots of a Globalized Relationship: Western Knowledge of the Chinese Economy and US-China Relations in the Long 1970s", in Priscilla Roberts and Odd Arne Westad (edited by), China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s in Global Perspectives, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017

Previous Terms

June 5-August 18, 2017.