Jennifer Welch is the Chief Geoeconomics Analyst at Bloomberg. She most recently served as Director for China and Taiwan on the U.S. National Security Council and as Special Advisor for Asia and the Pacific in the offices of Vice President Kamala Harris and former Vice President Mike Pence. Previously, she was Fulbright fellow in Xi’an, China, where she worked with local scholars and nutritionists to design a health education program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and East Asian studies from Bucknell University.
Podcasts
Jennifer Welch on the Taiwan Election and Cross-Strait Dynamics
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Recent Posts
Kurt Tong on Channel News Asia discussing Takaichi’s landslide win in Sunday’s lower house election
February 9, 2026
Media Mentions
Japanese voters have handed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a powerful mandate, delivering her ruling coalition a crushing victory in Sunday’s ...
Rintaro Nishimura in CNN on Japan’s snap election: ‘From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers’
February 6, 2026
Media Mentions
“From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers,” said Rintaro Nishimura, a Tokyo-based ...
David Boling and Akihiro Tsuchiya with 9fin’s Richard Macauley in webinar: What to expect from Japan’s snap election
February 5, 2026
Media Mentions
9fin’s Asia editor Richard Macauley was joined by Akihiro Tsuchiya, senior advisor at The Asia Group and former senior MOF official (Japan), ...
Geopolitics and Business in 2026 – Five Trends from TAG’s GeoCommercial Strategy Survey