Ben Sando is a research fellow at the Global Taiwan Institute, where he investigates PRC united front influence operations and hosts the GTI Insights podcast. He previously worked at the Doublethink Lab NGO in Taipei, Taiwan, studying PRC united front strategy for the China Index project.
Sando holds an M.A. in Asian Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He completed his B.A. at Stanford University, where he majored in International Relations and minored in Mechanical Engineering.
Sando has lived in Seoul, South Korea, as a researcher at the ROK National Assembly Research Service and the Yonsei University Institute for Sinology. Fluent in Mandarin and Korean, his writing has been published by the Global Taiwan Brief, Council on Foreign Relations, East Asia Forum, The Diplomat, NK News, and others.